Austin Peay State University (APSU) students traveled to Rome, Italy, this summer with Department of Art + Design faculty Dr. Tamara Smithers and Professor Patrick Vincent, and recently showcased the work inspired by their trip during a student exhibition.

Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design opens its doors for Clarksville's First Thursday Artwalk on November 2nd, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. From the contemporary art gallery, student galleries and the artwork that fills the hallways, the APSU Department of Art + Design knows how to put on a show.

Austin Peay State University (APSU), with help from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), has showcased many different exhibitions in The New Gallery, but Elisa Harkins is one artist who will surely entice visitors with "Teach Me a Song," running from Oct. 30 - Dec. 8.

With this new program, professors from APSU's College of Arts and Letters can come directly into K-12 classrooms to share their expertise and forge meaningful connections with students. Teachers can call on real-life experts to discuss literature, art, history or any field of their choice.

Austin Peay State University's (APSU) Department of Art + Design, with the support of The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), will welcome printmaker Taro Takizawa to campus for a public lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Heydel Hall, located inside the Art + Design building. This event is free and open to the public.

Associate professor Patrick Vincent's prints are viewable at the Wade Bourne Nature Center from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesdays - Fridays and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturdays at 2308 Rotary Drive until Nov. 11, with a reception scheduled from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23.

The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University extends its hours to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting September 9, 2023. This initiative, augmenting the gallery's participation in the First Thursday Art Walk, facilitates more splendid public engagement with contemporary art, showcasing both nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Visit to deepen your understanding of contemporary narratives and artistic expressions.

Austin Peay State University's College of Arts and Letters recently announced six recipients of the 2022-2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards: Rusty Mitchell, Christian Hodges, Joe Pitts, Emily Pitts-Donahoe, Master Gunnery Sgt. Samuel Barlow and Dr. Walter Riley Braem.

This free, public exhibit will run from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on weekdays from Aug. 28 - Oct. 13 at The New Gallery, located in the Art + Design Building on Austin Peay's campus.

Austin Peay State University sophomore Courtney Gatewood, a student in the Department of Art+ Design, has recently attained national success through her artistic skill and dedication. Her work has already been recognized in multiple prestigious publications, and she will be featured in an upcoming digital exhibition in Times Square, New York City.

Kaylie Fairclough regularly shares her artwork on social media, but she recently found a new platform when The New York Times commissioned her to create four illustrations for a widely read opinion piece. Her work was published as part of a story centered on increased office vacancies in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Austin Peay State University's Department of Art + Design has announced the appointment of McLean Fahnestock as the new department chair, effective June 1, 2023. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from California State University Long Beach and has served as an associate professor of art foundations at Austin Peay since 2016.

Austin Peay State University's Department of Art + Design is inviting the public to celebrate the work of its students with the end-of-the-year ART-A-PALOOZA from 5-7:30 p.m. April 26 in the Art+Design building. The night will feature several different exhibitions, an award ceremony and the opportunity to purchase artwork from students. This event is free and open to the public.

Faculty, students and their families gathered at Austin Peay State University's Heydel Hall on Wednesday, April 19 to for the inaugural College of Arts and Letters Student Leadership Award ceremony.

Starting June 1, Morris will work closely with the dean of the College of Arts and Letters to provide leadership and support for faculty, staff and students. He will also be responsible for overseeing academic programs, supporting research and creative activity and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

The College of Arts and Letters will recognize six outstanding undergraduate student leaders during a ceremony set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 at Heydel Hall, located inside Austin Peay's Art + Design Building.

Retired Master Sgt. Chris Sanderford is giving back to his alma mater with a scholarship donation to send two veteran art students - Herzel Sireci and Shirley Layer - on this year's Art in Rome Study Abroad program, which is scheduled for May 21-June 1.

Austin Peay State University's 55th Annual Juried Student Exhibition will celebrate the department's student artists April 5-26 in The New Gallery, showcasing 43 works from among 228 submissions.

Moore's work deals with identity and color, by comparing social ideologies about race, stereotypes, and personal beliefs to everyday colors and the perception of these colors in our environment.

Last spring, as Emelia Beck finished her first year at Austin Peay State University studying biochemistry, she felt a draw to another discipline - animation and visual effects.

The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) is pleased to announce the 2022-23 recipient of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship, artist Yancy Villa of Memphis, Tennessee.

The collaboration allows art students to choose specimens from the David H. Snyder Museum of Zoology for elaborate photo shoots in Amir Aghareb's photo studio lighting class.

The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, continues the 2022-23 exhibition season with The Sky is [Still] Mine, a solo exhibition by photographer Amir Aghareb.

The Department of Art + Design, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome internationally recognized artist Jaishri Abichandani to continue the 2022-23 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

The College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University will unveil a new podcast on Nov. 4 that celebrates the stories of the college's alumni while striving to inspire current students.

The Current Art Fund granting program is organized and administered by Tri-Star Arts as a partner in the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The Department of Art + Design, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome celebrated printmaker Carlos Barberena to kick off the 2022-23 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, continues the 2022-23 exhibition season with One More River, a solo exhibition by Miami-based artist Friday.

Laura Splan - a transdisciplinary artist working at the intersections of science, technology and culture - has brought another biomedical research-driven project to Austin Peay State University, this one focused on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. #communityexperience

When it comes to art, everything starts with a sketch. For animation and visual effects extraordinaire Shirley Layer, "sketch" has a deeper meaning.

Entering its second year with Austin Peay State University's Community School of the Arts, the Clarksville Youth Orchestra (CYO) will have fall auditions from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29.

In its second year, Austin Peay State University's Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellowship again delivered "a wonderful opportunity" for a student to immerse herself in the university's art collection.

Austin Peay State University Professor Barry Jones’ art exhibition titled “Lesson 6 (James Baldwin)” is scheduled to open on Aug. 17 in the Union Grove Gallery at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, is pleased to kick off the 2022-23 exhibition season with "Herd," a solo exhibition by experimental quilter Paula Kovarik.

Katie Boyer - who is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at Austin Peay and last year earned APSU's inaugural Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellowship - will be a gallery assistant for Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA) Galleries through the beginning of August.

For more than a year, the director of Austin Peay State University's art collection has worked with several students to make the school's vast collection more accessible to the public. This week, those efforts have culminated with a newly unveiled online database that allows people to search for and see the university's collected artwork.

Koch, an artist in Nickelodeon's animated series "The Loud House," will complete the 2021-22 series season. He will also conduct a storyboard workshop with our animation students.

The Department of Art + Design will celebrate the end of the 2021-22 academic year with the 54th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. The professionally juried exhibition opens in The New Gallery on April 4 and runs through April 27.

The Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome celebrated printmaker LaToya Hobbs to continue 2021-22 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) is pleased to announce that artist Ashton Ludden of Knoxville, Tennessee, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021-2022 Tennessee Artist Fellowship.

The Department of Art + Design, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to welcome internationally recognized artist Kenturah Davis to continue the 2021-22 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present Listening: The Fourth String by visual artist Raheleh Filsoofi and musician Reza Filsoofi to continue an engaging 2021-22 exhibition season.

The Department of Art + Design, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is pleased to host award-winning public sculptor and installation artist, Jean Shin, to continue 2021-22 CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series season.

The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present mere mortals by Christina A. West to continue an engaging 2021-22 exhibition season.

Recent APSU art graduate Carlos R. Carpena never met his grandfather, but as a boy growing up in Puerto Rico, he often heard stories about the man and the famous "Borinqueneers."

Paul Rucker will talk about his work associated with the "Preserve & Protect" exhibition, currently on display in The New Gallery.

You never know what you're going to discover at Austin Peay. Graphic design major and APSU Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow recipient Katie Boyer has quite the story.

Co-curated by Michael Dickins, director of The New Gallery, and Erika Diamond, curator and assistant director of CVA galleries at Chautauqua Institution, this exhibition of conceptual garment work looks at the complex ways in which textiles, particularly garments, tell the stories of the past, present, and future.

Clarksville resident Heather Abels worked as a matte painter for Disney's "Encanto" and as a matte painting consultant for the Netflix film, "My Little Pony."

To qualify for this scholarship, students must be APSU sophomores, juniors or seniors with a 3.0 GPA and a studio art major with a concentration in photography.