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Curators Michael Hall and Pat Glascock offer insight into the exhibition, Carving and Commerce: Model Totem Poles 1880-2010. Drawn from public and private collections across the continent, this exhibition takes the first comprehensive look at the many forms of model totem poles produced between 1880 and 2010.

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Michael Hall completed his BA at the University of North Carolina and MFA in sculpture at the University of Washington. As a sculptor, Michael has exhibited widely in both the US and Canada. A highly sought after speaker, he has lectured at over one hundred cultural institutions and universities. He has also authored numerous museum catalogues and a collection of critical essays. In addition to directing the graduate sculpture program at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, Michael has taught sculpture in several American universities. He collects folk art, and The Hall Collection of American Folk Art is on permanent display at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Today, Michael produces sculpture in his Michigan studio, and he is adjunct curator of American Folk Art at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio.

Pat Glascock received her undergraduate degree from Oregon State University with a major in Art and Education. She completed a Masters degree in painting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Pat taught art in public school and then at Oberlin College and the College for Creative Studies where she worked for almost 20 years. Her paintings and mixed media collages have been presented regionally in group exhibitions and nationally in Indiana, New York, and Ohio. The collection of early 20th century paintings from the Great Lakes region that she assembled with her husband, Michael, was acquired by the Flint Institute of Arts in 2003. Today, Pat continues her artistic explorations in her Michigan studio.