{"id":61005,"date":"2024-09-24T13:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=61005"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:49:53","slug":"jason-losko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/jason-losko\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Losko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designer and Co-founder of Metalform Studio in Brooklyn, New York<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-1x1-md is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Jason-Losko-2013-with-Janet-Williams-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Losko\" class=\"wp-image-61007 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/600;width:565px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Jason-Losko-2013-with-Janet-Williams-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Jason-Losko-2013-with-Janet-Williams-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Jason-Losko-2013-with-Janet-Williams-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jason Losko with Professor Emerita Janet Williams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNC Charlotte (2003)<br>Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hometown<\/strong>: Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even as a student, Jason Losko was making large sculptural works, and the year he graduated from UNC Charlotte, his steel and stained-glass <em>A Sapling\u2019s Canopy<\/em> received the &#8220;People&#8217;s Choice Award&#8221; in the Polk Museum of Art&#8217;s Outdoor Sculpture Competition in Lakeland, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason had worked in construction and fabrication before enrolling at UNC Charlotte. 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