{"id":4911,"date":"2021-02-01T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2022-02-22T22:32:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:32:22","slug":"grier-torrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/2021\/02\/grier-torrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Grier Torrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-4911\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-4911-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4911-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4911-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4911\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Torrence_Cup-That-I-Drink-lighter.jpg\" width=\"505\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Torrence_Cup-That-I-Drink-lighter.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Torrence_Cup-That-I-Drink-lighter-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" title=\"Cup That I Drink lighter\" alt=\"Torrence_Cup That I Drink lighter\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4911-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4911-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Visiting Artist Lecture<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 class=\"widget-title\">Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:00 am<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Visual &amp; Performing Arts Center<br role=\"presentation\" \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\">WCSU, Westside Campus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grier Torrence received his BFA degree at Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA degree at Yale University. He also studied at Stanford University. He has taught at several art schools including Pratt and is currently the Visual Arts Director at Miss Porter\u2019s School in Farmington, CT.<\/p>\n<p>Grier is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, among them a Ford Foundation grant, an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant, and 4 residency awards at Vermont Studio Center. His works have been shown in many solo and group exhibitions and he is represented at Bowery Gallery in NYC.<\/p>\n<p>In his own words, Torrence is \u201cinterested in the world within, the psychology of being, the spiritual. This is a devotion, a practice, and a process. Interiors and buildings interest me. There is a parallel. Light comes into a place. There is depth. . . The ideas that come, seem to me to be a gift, and my job is to serve as a conduit for them, in reverence to the creative force. Those whom I love, those who affect me, are here in my work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griertorrence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.griertorrence.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:00 am Visual &amp; Performing Arts CenterWCSU, Westside Campus Grier Torrence received his BFA degree at Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA degree at Yale University. He also studied at Stanford University. He has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-events","tag-wcsu-mfaprogram-visitingartist-griertorrence-art-painting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}