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.
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.”
“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.
“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.
ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 37 academic facilities, nine residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering more than 120 areas of study. Learn more at sfasu.edu.
By Robbie Goodrich, director of arts information
