Join the The Buckminster Fuller Future Organization, scores of local artists, and friends for two packed hours at the Closing Reception & Art Auction of the “Buckminster Fuller: Exploring the Sacred Geometry of Nature” two month art show this Friday, April 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Hall of Presidents, Rotunda, and Guyon Auditorium of Morris Library on SIU Carbondale campus:

1) ART AUCTION! More than 30 of the entries will be auctioned off via both live and silent auction. Come prepared to acquire some amazing artwork by local artists inspired by Buckminster Fuller and the Sacred Geometry of Nature.

2) Winners of the juried art show will be announced. Art show was juried by Gary Kolb (emeritus SIU faculty Cinema & Photography, former Dean College of Mass Communication & Media Arts) and Marie Bukowski (Director and Professor SIU School of Art & Design).

3) Special keynote presentation “Sacred Geometry and Oneness” by SIU Carbondale MFA Matt Schultz (of Pigface, Lab Report, and The Division fame).

4) Closing reception and art auction catered by Cristaudo’s!

5) Classical music provided by string quartet.

This event, part of the 4th Fuller Future Festival, is completely FREE, please join us.

We WILL also be selling dozens of different books by and about Buckminster Fuller, along with a number of other Bucky-related zines, photos, collectibles, toys and games.

Contact Brent Ritzel for more information, 618-203-4844, brent
@siu.edu, or see www.FullerFutureFest.com. Also, please visit our Facebook Event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/1581410612134269.

Matthew Schultz is a multi-media artist; musician, inventor, film maker, designer and sculptor. His bodies of work cover a wide range from political satire to the healing Mandala Event. As a musician, Schultz is most known as the inventor of the acclaimed A.T.G. or Anti Tank Guitar. In total, Schultz has appeared on over 35 CDs with 9 solo productions. He was a founding member of Pigface and Lab Report. He composed 2 feature film sound tracks for Hollywood director Bernard Rose. He also worked with renowned film maker Fernanda Rivero Gutierrez. Schultz has built the entire world of The Exhibition for the History of The Division. This farcical hermetic order was conceived by Schultz and then painstakingly built by hand. With life-sized wax figures to CDs, the exhibition is presented as a museum exhibition replete with text plaques and audio tours. Currently, Schultz is an instructor of digital arts. He continues to expand his Mandala Event as well as The Exhibition for the History of The Division.

The Buckminster Fuller Future Organization would like thank our co-sponsors Carbondale Community Arts, Morris Library’s Special Collections Research Center, the SIU Carbondale Student Programming Council, and our keynote speaker, Matt Schultz. We would also very much like to thank Gary Kolb and Marie Bukowski for donating their time and expertise as our art show’s jurists!