Tom Urban
Tom Urban is a retired Associate Professor from the University of Oregon and was the founding director of the EMU Craft Center. He has a courtesy appointment in the University of Oregon Art Department where he has taught sculpture classes over the past twelve years. He also co-founded instructor for the University of Oregon Stone Sculpture workshop. He teaches at numerous sculpture symposiums and shows his work in Northwest galleries. Urban has a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Laura Alpert
Laura Alpert is a sculptor who investigates the relationship between human technology and the natural world. In her work, the distinctions between the fabricated and natural orders are presented as indefinite, variable and changeable. Alpert is also a faculty member in the University of Oregon Department of Art. She has been an instructor at the MARBLE/marble Stone Carving Symposium in Colorado as well as at Northwest Stone Sculptor’s Association events in Washington and Oregon. Albert is the co-founder and co-leader of the UO Stone Carving Workshop. She has exhibited in shows in Canada, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Colorado. In Oregon, Albert has exhibited at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, Lane Community College, the Lawrence Galleries, Portland, Sunriver, the Jacobs Gallery, and other venues.
