Bill Turville in Arlington Windows Project for September

Arlington-based architect, sculptor, and art educator, Bill Turville, is showing three sculptures at 12 Meford St. in Arlington this month.

Bill has long been a proponent of environmental activism.  Starting with his efforts while still a student at Pratt to help start the first recycling center in Brooklyn after World War II, Bill has found a way to include his activism into his art making. Bill's work is filled with a wry sense of humor combined with his love of textures and materials. His work appeals to every age level and can be read on many different levels.
 

In his own words, "I love working in three dimensions with nearly any medium and enjoy experimenting with each one and combination of each.  I also enjoy relating some of my work to a space or a cause or a theme.  I try to impart this enthusiasm to my students, encouraging them to find creative and new parts of themselves to make things that have never been seen on earth before.  Some of my students, younger and older, dive right in and others are more tentative but all eventually find that they can do something new and exciting and contribute this to the world, their world, creating their world.  It is all about lighting up the creativity I completely believe is in each individual of any age."

See more of Bill's work

Nashawtuc Sled, 2011

A Taste of the Past:

Lunch for the Game Boy.

William Turville

2007

materials: toy and game pieces salvaged from

Concord DPW Drop-off/Swap Off Oct. 2007;

recycled steel skewers and tray

Skewered increasingly rare toy and game parts

kabobs with choice old-school puzzle pieces

garnish served on tray ready for barbecuing.

[Cook to perfection in one nanosecond

in super-heated electronic game market.

Once served ages four to ten.]