Community School of the Arts at APSU announces Spring 2018 classes
January 3, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Since 1990, the Community School of the Arts (CSA) at Austin Peay State University has provided high-quality arts classes for children and adults of all ability levels, and another semester of programs is set to begin on January 22nd, 2018.
“If you’ve always been interested in taking up the guitar or learning to write, dance, or paint, but you just haven’t had the chance, it’s never too late to start,” Dr. Janice Crews, CECA director and the new leader of the CSA, said. “It’s also never too early to start participating in the arts, and that’s why the CSA offers classes for teenagers and children as young as six years old.”
Spring 2018 classes at the Community School of the Arts at APSU begins January 22nd, 2018.
APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) Advisory Board
November 29, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The Acuff Circle of Excellence has rebranded and refined its mission to better align with the organization with which it supports, APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA, or “seek-ah”). Beginning this fall, the Acuff Circle of Excellence is known as the CECA Advisory Board.
The Acuff Circle of Excellence has been renamed as the CECA Advisory Board.
APSU to host 23rd Annual Bread and Words reading to benefit APSU Food Pantry
November 14, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for life’s blessings, and the Austin Peay State University Department of Languages and Literature, in association with the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University, hosts an annual reading to benefit those less fortunate in the community the best way it knows how: with the written word.
23rd Annual Bread and Words reading to be held at Austin Peay on Monday, November 20th.
APSU Department of Art + Design welcomes Photo Duo Hillerband+Magsamen
November 5, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, along with the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), will host Hillerbrand+Magsamen an artist lecture at 6:00pm on November 9th, 2017 in Heydel Hall (Art+Design building, Room 120).
Hillerbrand+Magsamen are interdisciplinary artists who create sculpture, installation, performance, video and photographic works to explore their relationships to each other and society.
Hillerband+Magsamen artist lecture to be held at APSU on November 9th.
New Gallery at Austin Peay State University presents Faculty Triennial exhibition
October 25, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Next month, Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, will present the Faculty Triennial, an exhibition celebrating the artwork of current Art + Design faculty.
This year has brought many celebrations to the Department of Art + Design. In August, the new Art + Design building opened its doors to students with new studio classrooms and new exhibition spaces.
Zone 3 to hold alumni reading and film screening on October 26th
October 18, 2017
Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, October 26th, Zone 3, the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts’ literary journal, will welcome two alumnae back to campus for an alumni reading and film screening event.
A graduate of the creative writing program at Austin Peay, filmmaker Jennifer Callahan will present a screening of her new film, “Beulah Land,” on October 26th at 4:00pm.
Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery presents “Michi Meko: How Far We Haven’t Come”
October 5, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, presents “Michi Meko: How Far We Haven’t Come,” as part of the 2017-18 exhibition season.
Michi Meko
Traditional Japanese dance to be held at Austin Peay’s Trahern Theatre on October 4th
October 3, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Famed troupe Global Culture Nasu is making a special trip to Tennessee with a stop at Austin Peay State University.
On Wednesday, October 4th, 2017, Global Culture Nasu will return to Austin Peay’s Trahern Theater for its only public performance on an American college campus. The event is free and open to the public, with the performance beginning at 6:00pm.
Traditional Japanese dance troupe Global Culture Nasu to be at Austin Peay State University Wednesday, October 4th.
Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design welcomes SWOON to campus
September 30, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, along with the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will welcome classically trained visual artist and printmaker SWOON to campus at 6:00pm, October 4th, in Heydel Hall (Art + Design Building, Room 120) for an artist lecture.
Artist SWOON to give lecture at APSU’s Art + Design Building on October 4th.
APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts announces 2017-18 Tennessee Artist Fellow
September 26, 2017
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA, or “seek-ah”) is pleased to announce that Andrew Scott Ross, of Johnson City, is the 2017-18 recipient of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship.
The CECA Tennessee Artist Fellowship was created to celebrate contemporary art and to support the continued creative work of exceptional Tennessee artists.
Art by Andrew Scott Ross
