Mike Adams Sculpture

Idaho State University Master of Fine Arts student Mike Adams selected for Fulbright Award to Norway

Idaho State University student Mike Adams will pursue his passions for sculpture, Viking ships, and Norse mythology - combining these interests into multi-media sculptural installations - during the 2011-12 academic year while working on a Fulbright grant in Oslo, Norway. "I'll be making sculptures that explore the themes of voyages and migration, incorporating video projections," said Adams, whose works can be viewed at www.MikeAdamsArtist.com.

Mike Adams with sculpture.
Adams earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1986, and chose the graduate school at ISU because of the strength of the art program, and the beautiful natural setting.

"It's been incredibly exciting," said Adams, who is scheduled to earn his Master of Fine Arts Degree in sculpture in May. "I feel like I've been on a sugar high for the last few days and have felt light-headed and elated since being notified."

His Fulbright project title is "A Sculptural Investigation of the Vessel and its Relation to Created Experience." On his blog (http://mikeadamsartist.com/blog2/), Adams states, "That's a little heavy sounding, but the idea is to explore how boats and ships, like art-and boats and ships as art-are a means of creating experiences. They 'take us places.'"