He is one of more than 100 faculty, alumni, and students from around the country who have donated over 250 works of art to the exhibition. While in Tel Aviv, John Moore first rendered this cityscape as a painting. Three BU faculty who are also well-known printmakers are donating etchings to the show. When he returned to the United States, he decided to remake the painted image as an etching. SFA Professor Sidney Hurwitz is donating two etchings, both derived from local images.
Mixer is a color etching of a concrete mixing truck.
Coal Dock, a monochrome etching printed in dark brown, is drawn from a power plant's coal storage building, a structure that was on the Boston waterfront until its demolition 20 years ago. A prominent international artist who has exhibited in major museums around the world, SFA Professor John Walker is also contributing two etchings, both from a series entitled Passing Bells. Associate Professor Alston Purvis, Visual Arts Division director ad interim and graphic designer, is among the distinguished contributors as well, donating a collage. Student work includes paintings, mixed media sculpture, silk screens, and charcoal drawings.