February 4, 2019 / Gallery exhibition opens February 12
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VINCENNES, Ind. - An exhibition featuring the digital artworks
of H. Jennings Sheffield and Natalie Tyree will open February 12 at
Vincennes University’s Shircliff Gallery of Art. The exhibit consists
of projects from Sheffield’s “The Collective Glitch” and Tyree’s
“Millennial Tweets.”
An artist talk and reception will take place with Sheffield and
Tyree on February 28, 11 a.m. (EST), in the gallery. The exhibition
will run through March 15.
Admission to the Gallery, and to the reception, is free and the
public is invited to attend.
The Shircliff Gallery of Art is located in the Shircliff
Humanities Center, Room A103, at the corner of First and Harrison
streets. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and
12-4 p.m. Sundays.
Vincennes University’s Art and Design Department offers
associate degrees in fine art, graphic design, art education, and
pre-art therapy. Information can be found online at vinu.edu/art-and-design.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
“Synthesis” is a two-person exhibition that takes on two
distinctly different forms of collage work. The Collective Glitch
investigates the idea of a collective image. Each is digitally created
by utilizing photographs provided by “a collective.” The collective is
comprised of 15 individuals from ages 20-70 from different geographic
locations and socio-economic backgrounds. Tyree’s newest work utilizes
millennial tweets letterpress printed by hand. She combines new
communication with old technology. Together these works create a
synthesis that transcends time and culture.
H Jennings Sheffield a contemporary artist working in lens
based media, video, and sound. She received her BFA from the Atlanta
College of Art and her MFA from the University of Texas at San
Antonio. Her current work investigates the idea of collective imagery
through re-appropriation. She is an internationally active artist with
her latest work exhibited at The Print Center in Philadelphia; Houston
Fine Art Fair; Colorado Photographic Arts Center; Orange County Center
for Contemporary Art in Santa Ana, CA; B J Spoke Gallery in
Huntington, New York; Lens Culture; Artspace 111 in Fort Worth, Texas;
Colorado Photographic Arts Center; B J Spoke Gallery in Huntington,
New York; Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon; Living
Arts of Tulsa; Pingyao International Photography Festival in China;
McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Ohio; Cambridge University
(UK), and What Do You Really Need, Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria.
Natalie Tyree is an assistant professor of graphic design at
Western Kentucky University. An active educator, designer, and maker,
she seeks to explore popular culture themes in her work related to
contemporary trends and generational mindsets in this media and
influencer obsessed world we find ourselves in. An "old
millennial," her most recent work and research centers
specifically on Millennials and Generation Z and her mission to
de-mystify and mock pre-conceived notions of those generations.
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