Stephen F. Austin State University
08/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/13/2024 08:49
Works from SFA’s Creel Cherry to be featured in SFA faculty show
Lindsey Creel Cherry, artist and assistant professor of art, will have her work featured during Stephen F. Austin State University's annual School of Art Faculty Exhibition Aug. 20 through Oct. 18 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.
"What You Are Looking At Is You (part 6)," pastel, paint, and layered netting, 24"x20," 2024, is among works created by Lindsey Creel Cherry, assistant professor of art, and featured in her show "Sometimes the Beat Eats You," part of Stephen F. Austin State University's School of Art Faculty Exhibition.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- Stephen F. Austin State University's annual School of Art Faculty Exhibition will show Aug. 20 through Oct. 18 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. An opening reception is planned for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29.
Each year, the faculty exhibition features a wide variety of artworks in ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting, prints, metals and mixed media, according to Christopher Talbot, director of SFA's School of Art. This year, the School of Art is featuring a new body of work created by Lindsey Creel Cherry, assistant professor of art.
Her exhibition "Sometimes the Beat Eats You" features drawings, monotypes and installation.
"Gardens are defined by boundaries," Creel Cherry said. "We filter our preference and presentation within those boundaries and systematically curate our interaction with the natural world. 'Sometimes the Bear Eats You' explores that filter by using the garden as a tool for sociological observation and reflection. The installation, drawings and monotypes in the exhibit examine the edges between objective and subjective, actual and imagined - an ever-evolving constructed reality."
Creel Cherry earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in fashion from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from SFA. In addition to her work in the fine arts, she spent a decade patternmaking and drafting in the apparel industry. In 2015, she was a featured designer on Season 14 of Lifetime TV's "Project Runway," and in 2016 she was a guest speaker at TEDX Youth in Austin.
"We are lucky to have such talented artist-educators that regularly contribute to our instructional offerings in the School of Art," Talbot said. "They each bring a unique perspective to art and teaching, making us a better School of Art."
Admission to the exhibition and reception, which is sponsored in part by retired art Professor William Arscott and Friends of the Visual Arts, is free. For more information, call (936) 468-5500. Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St.