Fire Artist

NAME: Kamil Peters

WORK: Fire Artist, Community Activist

HCLC EXPERIENCE: Throughout his career at Hampshire, Kamil Peters studied the intersection of art and community action. Combining a talent for metalwork and sculpture with a desire to open doors for today’s youth has produced collaborations such as Get Up Get Down, a mentorship initiative with a local youth action group.  Read more>

For his Division III Kamil Peters concentrated on the mask, an ancient art form. He constructed a series of 100 masks displayed in various locations in the Northampton-Amherst area, as well as a gallery installation on-campus. Kamil continues to hone his craft and business, and has accepted several impressive commission pieces, including a life-sized giraffe sculpture.  View Kamil’s work>

IN YOUR OWN WORDS: “I think the thing I like most about Lemelson is that it gave me the opportunity to do something I never had a chance to do before.”