Office: Pool Art Center 111
Phone: (417) 873-7484
E-Mail: jwhisenhunt@drury.edu
Website: blainewhisenhunt.net
Band: ozarksheiks.com
Monday
8 – 9 a.m.
Noon – 1 p.m.
4:20 – 5:20 p.m.
Wednesday
8 – 9 a.m.
Noon – 1 p.m.
4:20 – 5:20 p.m.
Friday
8 – 9 a.m.
Noon – 1 p.m.
Associate Professor Blaine Whisenhunt joined the Drury Art and Art History Department in 2004 to develop the Sculpture studio and curriculum. Since that time he has taught Drawing, Foundations of Studio and Design, all levels of Sculpture, Video Art, Drawing, and served as Coordinator of Foundations. He is currently developing and teaching Praxis Studio for the department of Art and Art History and will serve as program co-director for Ethical and Global Foundations in Greece, a study abroad program for summer 2014.
Blaine is both an accomplished musician and visual artist. His music, which can be associated with the emerging New Weird America or Post-Punk Blues indie music genres, has been reviewed in various music publications including Dirty Linen and Sing Out! Blaine is currently recording and performing with the Ozark Sheiks (founding member, singer, guitar, songwriter).
Though trained as a sculptor, Blaine considers himself to be a post-media contemporary artist whose work is not reliant on a specific medium, discipline or style. He sees his work as a vehicle for socio-political and cultural criticism, underpinned by a nexus of timeless and emerging philosophical inquiries. More recently his work has explored a shared language with architecture as represented in recent examples Rhizomatic Grotto (large scale public installation) and Rhizome (solo exhibition). Blaine’s work has been shown nationally and internationally in both group and solo exhibitions including New York City, San Francisco, and Glasgow, Scotland.
Associate Professor since 2013
Drury University faculty member since 2005