Sculptor Mike Hansel will give an artist's talk Wednesday, April 16

Sculptor Mike Hansel will give an artist's talk Wednesday, April 16, at 6 p.m. in Bedford Auditorium, in the Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Program. Hansel's Intestinal Fortitude, made of stainless steel, which won the Best of Show award at the 2005 Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival in Newport News, will be on view through spring 2010. Hansel, who makes large-scale steel sculptures, heads the art department at St. George's School and teaches art at Salve Regina University, both in Newport, Rhode Island, where he lives.