This Week at APSU: ‘Frozen II’ artist Heather Abels to speak at Austin Peay State University
February 24, 2020
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 award-winning senior matte painter & environment designer, Heather Abels, to Austin Peay State University.
Senior matte painter Heather Abels works at her Clarksville home office.
APSU to have Heather Abels speak, February 26th
February 17, 2020
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 award-winning senior matte painter & environment designer, Heather Abels, to Austin Peay State University.
Senior matte painter Heather Abels works at her Clarksville home office.
Austin Peay State University Art + Design to hold open house to share student work
November 23, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Art + Design is pleased to invite everyone to an end-of-the-semester open house from 5:30pm-6:30pm Wednesday, December 4th, 2019.
Austin Peay State University Art + Design will be holding an open house on December 4th for students to showcase their work. (APSU)
APSU honoring 9/11 anniversary with community art exhibit
September 6, 2017
Clarksville, TN – This September, Austin Peay State University will commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with a special community art project, Honoring 9/11 through Art and Art Therapy.
The program, conceived by Ken Shipley, APSU professor of art, and Melody Shipley, ceramic artist, is designed to support and engage individuals reflecting on the sacrifices of those who died on September 11th, 2001, and to honor those who rose in service and continue to serve as a result of that tragedy.
Family Painting
APSU names experienced arts administrator as new CECA director
February 24, 2017
Clarksville, TN – On a cool evening in early February, dozens of people hurried across the Austin Peay State University campus to hear a lecture in the Trahern Building by Hollywood visual effects artist Colie Wertz.
The event, co-sponsored by the APSU Department of Art and Design and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), attracted attendees from across Clarksville, interested in hearing from a man who’d worked on films such as “Captain America: Civil War,” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
Dr. Janice Crews named APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts director.
APSU construction sites off-limits to Pokémon Go players, general public
July 15, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Pokémon Go, the new GPS-based augmented reality game, has brought dozens of new visitors to the Austin Peay State University campus this week, but many of these individuals are putting themselves at risk by entering closed-off construction sites.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
APSU student Paul Watkins pursues research on hybrid of math, art
May 19, 2016
Clarksville, TN – There are mathematicians and there are artists, and then there is the rare breed that find a way to merge two of the most seemingly disparate fields of study imaginable.
Austin Peay State University math major Paul Watkins does not resemble the “traditional” math student – with long hair and an even longer beard, Watkins looks more like the type who would be at home in an art studio.
APSU student Paul Watkins. (Taylor Slifko, APSU)
APSU welcomes sound artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim
March 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art and Design, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome sound artist and two-time TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim to campus for a visiting artist lecture.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:00pm on Wednesday, March 2nd, in room 401 of the Trahern Building.
Christine Sun Kim
Austin Peay Visiting Writers Series welcomes essayist Ann Pancake on April 12th
March 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Author and essayist Ann Pancake, a native West Virginian with a bit of a wanderlust, has traveled the world in search of a story.
After graduating from West Virginia University, Pancake earned an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina before teaching English in, among other places, American Samoa, Japan and Thailand. Even now, Pancake lives in Seattle, teaching in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Author and essayist Ann Pancake
APSU welcomes Nashville-based designer and illustrator Rachel Briggs
February 24, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art and Design, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome nationally-recognized designer and illustrator Rachel Briggs to campus for a visiting artist lecture.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7:00pm, on February 24th, in room 401 of the Trahern Building.
Works by Rachel Briggs
