{"id":10593,"date":"2012-04-01T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2012-04-01T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T18:59:12","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-retiring-professor-james-diehr-to-be-honored-at-april-5th-salon-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/04\/01\/austin-peay-state-university-retiring-professor-james-diehr-to-be-honored-at-april-5th-salon-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University retiring professor James Diehr to be honored at April 5th Salon Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"APSUClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Here\u2019s how artist and Austin Peay State University professor James Diehr described his new retrospective exhibit, \u201cmemories unwound,\u201d coming to the Downtown Artist Coop:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a grand opening\/going out of business deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cgrand opening\u201d refers to some new works he\u2019s including in the exhibit. The \u201cgoing out of business\u201d phrasing hints at Diehr\u2019s upcoming retirement after 42 years of teaching \u2013 30 of those years as a professor, art department chair and first dean of the College of Arts and Letters at APSU.<\/p>\n

\"APSU<\/a>

APSU Professor James Diehr to be honored at April 5th Salon Event<\/p><\/div>\n

To honor his work and career, the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts is hosting a special opening reception of the exhibit as part of its Spring Salon Series. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 5:00pm on April 5th at the DAC. The \u201cmemories unwound\u201d exhibit runs through April 25th.<\/p>\n

\u201cJim Diehr is one of the visionary founders of the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, and the last of that group still teaching at Austin Peay,\u201d Christopher Burawa, the center\u2019s current director, said. \u201cI felt strongly that we need to honor him for his work as an educator and artist, and for his lasting impact on the University and Clarksville communities.”<\/p>\n

The Center hosts the Salon Series once a month during the fall and spring semesters, featuring distinguished local artists and arts organizations, followed by refreshments and good conversations.<\/p>\n

The \u201cmemories unwound\u201d exhibit will include sculptures, paintings, drawings and some pottery from throughout Diehr\u2019s career, including pieces that \u201cgo back a ways,\u201d he said. The event is somewhat of a bittersweet experience for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole retirement thing is a surprisingly conflicting kind of experience,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve done something for 42 years and enjoyed doing it, and now I realize I\u2019m not going to do it any more. But now I have a chance to be a full-time artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his career, Diehr traveled to England as a Fulbright Scholar and served as a guest lecturer in China. The April 5th salon offers an opportunity for friends, colleagues, community members and everyday art lovers to commemorate the work of this local artist.<\/p>\n

For more information on the salon, contact the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at 931.221.7876.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Here\u2019s how artist and Austin Peay State University professor James Diehr described his new retrospective exhibit, \u201cmemories unwound,\u201d coming to the Downtown Artist Coop: \u201cIt\u2019s a grand opening\/going out of business deal.\u201d The \u201cgrand opening\u201d refers to some new works he\u2019s including in the exhibit. The \u201cgoing out of business\u201d phrasing hints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,589,5762,262,3672,2509,825,1261,13578,11282,13445,2141],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2KR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10594,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions\/10594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}