{"id":24,"date":"2018-10-15T18:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/winter-2018-volume-1-issue-34\/pg-16-man-behind-the-mace-jeffrey-mcgee\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:07:00","slug":"man-behind-the-mace-jeffrey-mcgee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/winter-2018-volume-1-issue-34\/man-behind-the-mace-jeffrey-mcgee\/","title":{"rendered":"Man behind the mace, Jeffrey McGee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><i>By Jeannie Peng Mansyur<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">If you\u2019ve noticed a new mace at San Jacinto College commencement ceremonies, Jeffrey McGee is the man behind the design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The department chair of fine arts at San Jacinto College grew up in a small town east of Buffalo, New York, having started his art career working in an art gallery in graduate school. He has since worked in Kansas City as a docent for the Arabia Steamboat Museum and served as a studio assistant for the renowned national history sculptor Gary Staab. He began teaching art full time at San Jacinto College in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">McGee holds an associate degree in computer animation from the Art Institute of Pittsburg, a bachelor\u2019s degree in studio art from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a master\u2019s degree in metalsmithing from the University of Kansas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What inspired you to pursue art?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Art is in my family. I have several cousins who are involved in the arts in some way, so my generation in particular was always encouraged to pursue the things we loved to do. When I as a kid, I read comic books and watched a lot of animation. I especially loved Chuck Jones\u2019 Looney Tunes, Bill Watterson\u2019s Calvin &amp; Hobbes and the comic artist Alex Ross.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What inspires you to teach art?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">I love promoting problem solving in the academic setting. I find that it is the best preparation for anyone\u2019s chosen career, no matter the discipline. Art is the best vehicle for this in that there can be multiple solutions to a single problem. I always stress to my students to believe in their instincts and opinions, but be able to back them up through practice and study.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What was your inspiration for the mace?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Its design was inspired by San Jacinto College. It represents the effect we have on the students, employees and community members we serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What materials did you use?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The handle is walnut, and the metal components are made from sterling silver, copper, and a brass alloy called NuGold. The stars were carved from wax by one of my former students Eden Lopez, and I then cast them in sterling silver. The rest of the metalwork was fabricated from sheet metal and wires.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What would you like people to know about the mace?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">I\u2019d like them to see themselves and our institution reflected in its design. It was created entirely by hand as an echo of the grit and determination it takes to make students successful in their chosen path.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">In addition to serving as a professor, what other projects do you have throughout the area?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">I focus on my job here at San Jacinto College primarily, but I have found time to create a few original pieces in the past few years that have been shown at invitational group exhibitions nationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">What would you like for people to know about today&#8217;s art scene?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The art world can be difficult to break into, but the most important thing I could tell prospective art professionals would be to network. Get to know the people involved with galleries, exhibitions and studios. 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