ACAA Monthly Meeting

The Agawam Community Artists and Artisans will host

Brian McQuillan, metal sculpture artist

Whether he’s building Rat Rods, crazy trailers or sculpting fascinating people or creatures, Brian McQuillan is always creating exciting works of metal art designed to captivate your imagination, and command your attention.

McQuillan's magic is created in part, by the huge amounts of nuts, bolts, antique toys, tools, automotive, and motorcycle parts that are always included in his art. Wherever his work is exhibited there is always a group of people gathered around challenging themselves to identify the fantastic amounts of objects contained in his art.

Brian’s work will be on display, and he will be doing a demonstration, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Agawam Community Artists and Artisans monthly meeting. The meeting will be held at the Agawam Public Library, 750 Cooper Street, Agawam, beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and free of charge.  

Brian is a member of the Scantic River Artisans and a member of the Monson Arts Council. He and his wife Marie make their home in Hampden, MA.

McQuillan’s sculptures can at time be fascinating, curious, humorous, and thought-provoking,  but they are always entertaining.

“As an artist, my interests are all over the place. My subjects are also very diversified,” he said. “Often I’m captivated by a pose or an attitude, something in the way a subject presents itself. I try to find the soul of a subject or create a soul. By using facial expressions or movement, I find that every human subject or animal or insect that I portray can be brought to life this way and by doing so create a reaction from the viewer.”

For further information: please contact Ceil Rossi (413)-207-1247 or email tocarefree2@hotmail.com.