Take a virtual tour ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ led by the artist, Peter Precourt
(Posted Jan. 22, 2021)
The Katrina Chronicles – “a 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” – is open at Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery through Feb. 12.
But you also can see the exhibit from the safety of your home in a newly launched 360-degree virtual walk-through that is integrated with an “artist-led” gallery tour.
Click here to see the virtual walk-through.
The walk-through includes a transcript of Precourt's audio and a downloadable and printable gallery guide with an exhibition essay by Veronica Kavass.
Precourt also will have an artist lecture via Zoom at 6 p.m. Feb. 3. Register here for this free talk.
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 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, closed on weekends and holidays, and follows the university’s academic calendar. To maintain social distance measures, a 15-person limit rule will be in effect.
For more information on this exhibition, which is free and open to the public, contact Dickins at dickinsm@apsu.edu.
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.
To read more about The Katrina Chronicles, click here.
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