Read a review of the show in Modern Painters (caution link contains image intended for adults)

The exhibition will run from September 2 – October 2 with an opening reception on September 2 from 5 – 8 pm.

contact jonesb@apsu.edu for more information

Professor Ken Shipley is in Tuscany right now! He is doing the preparatory work for a study abroad program and attending a soda fire workshop at La Meridiana.

We all hate him.

On September 20 the Department of Art and the Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts welcomes Photographer Arno Minkkinen to Clarksville for a lecture at 7 pm in the Trahern Theater.

Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish American photographer, educator, curator and writer. Over two hundred one-person and group exhibitions at galleries and museums worldwide includes the recent traveling exhibition titled SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs with venues in Massachusetts, Eastern Europe, Finland, Italy and Canada. His self-portrait photographs have been published internationally with six monographs: Frostbite (Morgan & Morgan, 1978); Waterline (Marval, Aperture, and Otava, 1994), Grand Prix du Livre at the 25th Rencontres d’Arles; Body Land (Motta, Nathan, and the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997-1999); SAGA: (Chronicle Books, 2005), Special Jury Prize at the 2nd Lianzhou International Photography Festival in China; and Homework: The Finnish Photographs, 1973 to 2008 (Like Publishing Ltd., 2008); and Swimming in the Air (Cavallo Point, 2008). http://www.uml.edu/Dept/Art/faculty-minkkinen.htm

The lecture is free and open to the public.

“Black and White”, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

August 27 – September 25, 2010

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Juried by Andrea Modica, an internationally renowned fine art and assignment photographer & educator.  She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in addition to many other foundation grants and awards. Her work is in the permanent collections at the MET, the Whitney Museum of Art, The George Eastman House, The Smithsonian, the SF MoMA, the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, among others.

2558 images were entered, 51 images were selected. 659 photographers entered, 46 photographers’ work was selected.

"Blue door, Chiapas"

“Chiapas: People, Architecture and Landscapes”

August 6 – August 28, 2010

The Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico

An exhibit of 35 digital prints and 6 selenium toned gelatin silver prints shot during trips to Chiapas, Mexico in 2004 and 2005. She was part of an organization that works to establish relationships with several groups of indigenous peoples in the rural areas of Chiapas.

Gallery Talk on August 7, 2010

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Whether you are an aspiring artist, professional graphic designer or art is your hobby; all people, from any location, are encouraged to apply. The selected artwork will be used on the 2011 Rivers and Spires promotional poster and will be distributed to over 100,000 people throughout Clarksville-Montgomery County, Tennessee and surrounding areas. The winner will not only have their masterpiece displayed on a poster for all to see, but aspects of the artwork will also be used on festival merchandise including the official Rivers and Spires t-shirt and program.

“Last year was our first year to sponsor the poster contest and there were several very talented artists in the running,” said Doug Barber, Festival Director. “This year, we are looking forward to once again seeing all the talent that is brought to the table.”
The final selection will be a standout piece that captures the spirit of the Rivers and Spires Festival and its impact on the arts and the community. The winning design will be chosen by a panel of professional artists and festival leaders. The 2010 winner, designed by Brandt Hardin, was selected because of its colorful design, whimsical appearance and inclusion of so many key pieces of the festival.

Along with the $500 prize, the winning artist will be recognized throughout the festival weekend (April 14-16, 2011) and receive a complimentary 10-foot-by-10-foot booth during the festival. All artwork must be your original creation and you are welcome to enter as many pieces as you would like.

You can go online and download all the rules, application and read more about last year’s winner at www.riversandspires.com.
For more information contact Doug Barber at 931-245-4344 or e-mail dbarber@clarksville.tn.us.

The Austin Peay Downtown Gallery will present a new exhibit, “Seriously (WTF)” by Donna Stack (’96), from Aug. 5-28, 2010, with an opening reception from 5-8 p.m., Aug. 5.

Stack will present a selection of video and installation works that explores her ongoing investigation into issues of identity, femininity and authenticity, with a selective ambit into how hypocrisy functions within these realms.

Stack received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in 2002 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Austin Peay State University in 1996. She is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis in installation, video and performance. Stack has exhibited at such venues as Talman + Monroe Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., Primo Piano Livingallery in Leece, Italy, and Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Wash. She was recently included in the exhibition “Family Matters” at Sushi: A Center for the Urban Arts in San Diego, Calif. Her work has been reviewed in a number of publications including art US, Artweek and Mavin magazines. She is also the recipient of a 2004 and 2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant and 2009 Iowa Arts Council grant.

Last year, the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts leased a building in downtown Clarksville to provide gallery space for APSU alumni, such as Stack. The gallery, located at 116 Strawberry Alley in downtown Clarksville, is open from noon to 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays