Dan Millspaugh

Faculty Emeriti

The late Professor Emeritus, Dan Millspaugh was born in Miami, FL and received his BFA in ceramics, as well as his MFA in sculpture from the University of Miami. Millspaugh joined the UNC Asheville Department of Art & Art History in 1981 and retired in 2007. He received the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1996 and was named the first recipient of UNC Asheville's Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Creative Expression. Millspaugh completed sculpture commissions for the city of Asheville, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, the UNC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill and the Tennessee Valley Authority in Alabama. His works are on display in numerous corporate, public and private collections throughout the United States.

"The medium of my most recent work is cast iron. The material and process are attractive because of the necessity of a group activity. Sculpture in general needs more than one person and enhances the teaching process. My most fondly remembered experiences in undergraduate and graduate school were group efforts.

I also use steel fabrication as a method of working and find these two media the most satisfying. My latest fabricated pieces are large outdoor works presently installed in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Asheville, North Carolina. All of my work involves simple structural forms and design."