Students To Display Art At Houston Show
Studio art majors in Sam Houston State University’s
Bachelor of Fine Arts program will exhibit their works in
the Annual Houston ArtCrawl on Saturday (Nov. 18).
Curated by students in the art department’s “Museum
and Gallery Practices” class, the 14th annual art crawl
will be held from 2-9 p.m. at the Commerce Street Artists
Warehouse in Houston.
A reception will be held from 7-9 p.m. on that day.
Eight SHSU artists, who applied for and were granted studio
space at SHSU on a competitive basis, will exhibit their work
at CSAW after being chosen by SHSU’s student curators,
according to art department slide librarian Debbie Davenport.
Students whose works will be on display include Kim Cook,
who “uses glass and ink to make translucent layers of
abstract form in her sculpture and wall pieces;” Jennifer
Guest, who “uses kitchsy grotesque imagery to create
surreal psychodramas similar in style to some of the Chicago
Hairy Who artists;” Katy Harris, who “creates
an abstract image using ceramic tiles and hair that represent
a kind of diaristic game;” and Daniel McFarlane, who
“layers surrealistic images to play with space and meaning
in a large abstract painting,” Davenport said.
Also exhibiting are Sam Masterson, who “illustrates
his state of mind using graffiti painting techniques to make
figurative images;” Katy Scherler, whose “36-foot
canvas is a personal, dramatic and epic narrative;”
Amanda Sparks, who “uses an ironic form of repetition
in her sculpture of a tree that sprouts matches;” and
Sam Sullivan, who “draws with thread and camouflages
found objects, in his absurd doodles,” she said.
The ArtCrawl brings together sculpture, painting, drawing
and works in a mixed media by more than 100 artists.
The exhibit also will be on display through Nov. 30 at the
Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, located at 2315 Commerce
Street.
Students in the “Museum and Gallery Practices”
class have curated exhibits on the campus of SHSU and visited
museums and galleries in Houston, Austin and Dallas to learn
the operations, procedures and purposes of art spaces.
For more information, contact Michael Henderson at 936.294.1318
or mhenderson@shsu.edu,
or visit the Commerce Street Artists Warehouse’s Web
site at http://www.commercestreetartistswarehouse.com/.
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SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer
Gauntt
Nov. 14, 2006
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