New master artists to exhibit at Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery
Thursday, September 24, 2015
by: Rene Abadie
HAMMOND – Cutting-edge contemporary artwork from 11 “fresh” artists will be on display
from Oct. 15 through Nov. 13 at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Contemporary Art
Gallery.
The gallery will host an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 7
p.m. It will be open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The exhibit is free and open
to the public.
The exhibit, “Fresh: New Master Artists Part 1,” will present collections from
the artists, who represent a wide variety of media, including sculpture, video, photography,
installation art, painting, and glass and recently completed their Masters of Fine
Arts degrees from some of the top graduate programs in visual arts across the country.
Gallery Director Dale Newkirk said the goal of this exhibit is to “expose students
and the public to young, upcoming contemporary artists of this generation.”
Featured artists include:
• Patch Somerville, MFA, Tulane University, is a representational painter
who uses nontraditional still life positions.
• Jeffrey Stenborn, MFA, Tulane University, sculptures glass with organic
shape in glass.
• Naama Hadany, MFA, Art Institute of Chicago, is a sculpture installation
artist using unusual media and nontraditional materials.
• Jeffrey Prokash, MFA, Art Institute of Chicago, is a multimedia installation
artist who adapts to a space.
• Kyle Conor Nilan, MFA, Art Institute of Chicago, is an installation artist
in sculptures and creates conceptual pieces.
• Matthew Yaeger, MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, combines sculpture
and art as a nonrepresentational painter.
• Rebecca Ott, MFA, Temple School of Art, uses woven and textile materials
as abstractions parading as paintings.
• Jessica Machacek, MFA, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia,
Athens, combines photographic images with paintings.
• Zac Weinberg, MFA, The Ohio State University, an installation artist specializing
in glass and mixed media pieces.
• Roberto Celis, MFA, University of Texas, San Antonio, modifies found objects
in sculpture.
• Stoney Sasser, Illinois State University, Normal, is an installation artist
who also works in video using organic materials to transform space into a humorous
artwork.
For more information, contact the gallery at 985-549-5080.
