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Troy University professor owns successful bottling company “Killer Robot Studio”

August 27, 2020 News

Sarah Mountain Staff Writer A Troy University teacher and Troy alumnus are the owners of a bottling company, a business they started with one goal in mind – having fun. Greg Skaggs is an art professor at Troy and Walter Black is a local artist. Their company, Killer Robot Studio, is the product of their creativity and has been in business for four years, becoming an independent LLC within the last two. “Walter and I were trying to find a way to collaborate on a project,” Skaggs said. “Walter is…

Art professor’s work selected for exposition

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Trojan Living

Mynecia Steele Staff Writer Larry Percy, associate professor of art, was recently selected to feature his work in the fourth annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition. Percy’s Arch 1-Saggar Fired Earthenware piece, along with works from 48 other artists, was selected from 236 submissions for the monthlong display His piece is from a series entitled Kerygma that he has been developing since 1994, as a graduate student. Since then, the series has grown to about 60 to 80 pieces. The series is inspired by his trips to the desert…