Converse College Undergraduate Academic Programs

MAC BOGGS
Professor of Art

Milliken Art Building, Room 210B

Phone: (864)-596-9176

Mr. Boggs was born and raised in Eastern Kentucky. His great grandfather was a blacksmith; both grandfathers and his father were welders and steelworkers. Continuing a family tradition of ironwork, he has taken the ironworker's material and process and made art.

In 1969, he earned a B.A. degree from the University of Kentucky. In 1970, he earned a M.F.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1970, he has taught undergraduate and graduate art courses at Converse. In 1994, he was promoted to full professor.

Mr. Boggs is well known for his abstract paintings, steel sculptures, bronze work, computer graphics, and architectural designs. His work is placed in the presidential libraries of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. His work is also located internationally in permanent collections of numerous corporations. Professor Boggs was invited to present his September 11th World Trade Center memorial, The Halo Project, at the fourth edition of the exhibition "International Biennial of Contemporary Art" in Italy. (Read more...) In addition, he has received many sculpture commissions for private residences, one of which is the home of the author Lillian Jackson Braun.

The city of Spartanburg commissioned Mr. Boggs to produce a bronze medallion to commemorate the city's sesquicentennial. In 1991, he was named Honorary Artists of Spartanburg by proclamation of the Mayor of Spartanburg. In 2000, the Mayor proclaimed April 29th as "Mayo Mac Boggs Day." Mr. Boggs frequently exhibits his work and serves as a guest speaker for lecture-demonstrations. He has been the subject of many radio and TV shows, the most recent being Educational Television's "Impressions."

Recently Mr. Boggs lived in Pietrasanta, Italy carving marble that had been excavated from Monte Altissimo, also known as Michelangelo's marble mountain in honor of the legendary artist who personally selected and used the exquisite marble for his own carvings beginning in 1517. The full headline appears here.