Springfield, Ohio - Rebecca Harvey, ceramist and assistant professor of art at The Ohio State University, will present a slide lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 in Kissell Auditorium, Koch Hall. The lecture is open to the public. A reception will follow from 8 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. in the Ann Miller Gallery in Koch Hall.

Harvey will speak on ceramic construction, working with clay and glazing. "Convolutions and lobes cause the glaze to roll over, pool around...I am working toward a complexity of surface, playing against the transmission of light," explained Harvey. Harvey believes that a function of her work is the power to participate in daily life. "The objects we use daily are our connections with our immediate past. They have the potential to be imbued with great power for they hold a quiet testimony, a witness to our lives."

Harvey points out that her work has parallels in evolutionary theory. "Every living organism, responding to the forces of selection that act upon it, exhibits compromise solutions using preexisting components. I am working with the themes of chance and variation in an organic system of building. I divide and combine pre-established parts."

Additionally, Harvey will demonstrate her craft in a series of workshops from 12:45 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 and 12:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 in Room 1, Koch Hall. Both workshops are open to the public, but capacity is limited. During these hours, the Recitation Hall parking lot is reserved for faculty and staff; visitor parking is available in the Benham-Pence Student Center parking lot.

Exhibition of Harvey's work will begin Monday, Feb. 26 and run until Friday, March 30 in the Ann Miller Gallery. The gallery is open 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

For additional information, contact Scott Dooley, assistant professor of art, at (937) 327-6327.