{"id":29344,"date":"2021-01-25T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=29344"},"modified":"2021-01-25T15:40:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:40:21","slug":"this-week-at-austin-peay-take-a-tour-to-see-a-new-art-exhibit-or-the-campus-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2021\/01\/25\/this-week-at-austin-peay-take-a-tour-to-see-a-new-art-exhibit-or-the-campus-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week at Austin Peay: Take a tour to see a new Art Exhibit or the Campus Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Katrina Chronicles<\/em> \u2013 \u201ca densely narrative exhibition where artist\/storyteller Peter Precourt presents a series of personal stories as a way of dealing with his experience of losing most of his possessions and artwork in the devastation that Hurricane Katrina\u201d \u2013 is open at Austin Peay State University\u2019s The New Gallery through February 12th.<\/p>\n

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But you also can see the exhibit from the safety of your home in a newly launched 360-degree virtual walk-through<\/a> that is integrated with an \u201cartist-led\u201d gallery tour.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see the virtual walk-through.<\/p>\n

The walk-through includes a transcript of Precourt’s audio and a downloadable and printable gallery guide with an exhibition essay by Veronica Kavass.<\/p>\n

Precourt also will have an artist lecture via Zoom on February 3rd at 6:00pm. Register here<\/a> for this free talk.<\/p>\n

If you want to see the exhibit in person, The New Gallery is in the Art + Design building on campus. Hours for The New Gallery are 10:00am-3:00pm. Tuesday-Thursday closed on weekends and holidays, and follows the university\u2019s academic calendar. To maintain social distance measures, a 15-person limit rule will be in effect.<\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University to off virtual tour \u2018The Katrina Chronicles\u2019 through February 12th.<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information on this exhibition, which is free and open to the public, contact Dickins at dickinsm@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New Gallery offers free and public exhibits and artist talks with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design. To see upcoming events, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To read more about The Katrina Chronicles, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While you\u2019re on campus, take a stroll and notice the trees<\/h3>\n

Austin Peay State University\u2019s wooded campus is home to all of the state\u2019s popular, native trees and more \u2013 about 130 different species, including all 22 native oak species \u2013 prompting the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council to certify Austin Peay State University as an official arboretum last fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve actually had an arboretum on campus for the last few years, but this adds a little more validation,\u201d Wes Powell, APSU assistant director of landscape and grounds, said. \u201cThis certification puts us in a state-wide network where people can go to the website and find an arboretum and a plant map. We have all the trees identified and mapped on our website.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powell originally established the Austin Peay Arboretum in 2015, using a plant inventory created by Dr. Dwayne Estes, APSU botany professor, and Dr. Chris Gentry, APSU geosciences professor.<\/p>\n

Since 2017, the University\u2019s grounds and horticulture crews have corrected any maintenance needs on existing trees while also adding 45 new species to campus.<\/p>\n

For information on Austin Peay State University\u2019s Arboretum, visit https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/sustainability\/Arboretum.php<\/a>. If you want to support the arboretum with a financial gift, contact University Advancement at advancement@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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APSU Govs home games this week <\/h3>\n