{"id":9863,"date":"2012-01-31T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2012-01-31T17:06:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T23:06:34","slug":"new-austin-peay-state-university-exhibit-examines-connection-between-text-and-textiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/01\/31\/new-austin-peay-state-university-exhibit-examines-connection-between-text-and-textiles\/","title":{"rendered":"New Austin Peay State University exhibit examines connection between text and textiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Centuries ago, before the appearance of printed books, stories and personal histories were set down on meticulously hand-embroidered fabrics. It\u2019s little wonder then that the word \u201ctext,\u201d which originated around the 14th century, was derived from the Latin word \u201ctextus,\u201d which loosely means \u201cto weave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The connection between the two words is the subject of a fascinating new art exhibit at Austin Peay State University\u2019s Trahern Gallery \u2013 \u201cText and Textiles (A SAMPLER).\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition opens with a reception from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on February 13th. Curators Cynthia Marsh, APSU professor of art, and Paul Collins, Trahern Gallery director, intend to present works by contemporary artists that have referenced the historic and\/or vernacular use of text and textiles into their creative practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany contemporary artists that use materials and techniques relating to historic fabric design, also use text as an important element in their work,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cQuilts, for example, have a long history of using text for various political or documentary purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Text and Textiles exhibit runs through February 29th and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Collins at <a href=\"mailto:collinsp@apsu.edu\">collinsp@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Centuries ago, before the appearance of printed books, stories and personal histories were set down on meticulously hand-embroidered fabrics. It\u2019s little wonder then that the word \u201ctext,\u201d which originated around the 14th century, was derived from the Latin word \u201ctextus,\u201d which loosely means \u201cto weave.\u201d The connection between the two words is [&hellip;]<\/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":[23,6547,12596,825,10203,10097],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2z5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863"}],"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=9863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9865,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions\/9865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}