Amy Sherald shares inspiration, artistic process during APSU public lecture
October 1, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Amy Sherald, already well known before launching to fame with 2018’s official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, spoke to a nearly filled Austin Peay State University Morgan University Center Ballroom on Thursday about her development and rise as a portrait artist.
Michelle Obama portrait artist, Amy Sherald, to speak at APSU
September 13, 2018
Austin Peay State University Department (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, with support from The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome internationally known artist, Amy Sherald, to Austin Peay State University.
Known for her stylized portraits of African-Americans, in 2016, Sherald was the first woman to win the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition; an accompanying exhibition, The Outwin 2016, was on tour through August 2018.