Location: McKnight Art Center West (School of Art, Design and Creative Industries), Room 210

Join us for a special Artist Talk with printmaker and multimedia artist Joshua James Knott as he discusses the inspiration behind his latest exhibition, "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning," currently on view in the Clayton Staples Gallery. 

Afterwards, stay for a Meet the Artist Reception, 5-6 p.m. at the Clayton Staples Gallery in McKnight Art Center West.

"The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" is on view in the Clayton Staples Gallery now through Friday, March 13. Clayton Staples Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

About the artist
Knott holds a BFA in graphic design from Fort Hays State University; MFA from Tulane University; and MFA in digital art and printmaking from Fort Hays State University. He is currently lead art instructor at Crowder College in Missouri.

About the artist's work
Art and life happen in fragments. I feel the creative act is an attempt to reconfigure those fragments. My studio practice is reliant on the act of collecting and accumulating an eclectic range of image resources. I modify and combine these appropriated fragments with my own drawings, collages, photographs, and other image-centric ephemera. This combination of personal mark-making and manipulated/appropriated source materials exemplifies a number of dualities, philosophically linked by their opposition.