VCU’s Seipel to Savannah

Roy Proctor writes about artist Joe Seipel, who is leaving VCU after having played an integral role in putting its sculpture department on the map. The rankings were published one month after Seipel was promoted to senior associate dean for academic affairs and director of graduate studies at VCU’s School of the Arts (now officially VCUarts) […]

March 15, 2009; 11:58 PM • by FTRea

Roy Proctor writes about artist Joe Seipel, who is leaving VCU after having played an integral role in putting its sculpture department on the map.

The rankings were published one month after Seipel was promoted to senior associate dean for academic affairs and director of graduate studies at VCU’s School of the Arts (now officially VCUarts) in 2001.

Seipel was clearly on his way, but no one could have guessed how far he would travel. Last year, at a time when most folks would be thinking about retirement, the 61-year-old Seipel let it be known that, after 35 years at VCU, he would leave in May to become vice president for academic services at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.

Click here to read Proctor’s piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Click here to read more background on Seipel in previous published material at the Fan District Hub.