Southeastern's Art Gallery features work by Burns, Collier
Monday, October 3, 2016
by: Rene Abadie
NEW ARTWORK ON EXHIBIT - “New Artwork from the SLU Fine Art Collection” will be on display at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Contemporary Art Gallery beginning Oct. 13. The exhibit is part of Fanfare, Southeastern’s annual October arts festival. Included in the exhibit are paintings by Aaron Collier.
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery will host
exhibits featuring paintings by Aaron Collier, sculpture installations by Samantha
Burns, and video by Silas Munro Oct. 13 – Nov. 10.
The exhibits are part of the university’s Fanfare fall festival of the arts. The
gallery, located in East Stadium, will host an opening reception on Thursday, Oct.
13, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The gallery is 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.
Collier is a visual artist working and living in New Orleans. He earned his masters
of fine arts degree from Tulane University and is currently teaching drawing and painting
there as an assistant professor.
“Collier’s mixed media paintings incorporate figurative and abstract gestures
that occupy a shallow pictorial space,” said Gallery Director Dale Newkirk.
Burns is an artist working in several different media, exploring nature, change,
and language in her sculpture installations. After receiving her bachelors of fine
arts with a concentration in painting and photography from the University of Tampa,
she earned her masters degree at Florida State University.
Munro’s work engages multi-modal practices to effect positive change on society
as a whole by inspiring people to be the best versions of themselves, Newkirk said.
As an extension of his graphic design work, he will exhibit experimental video with
design, color, light, and pattern in the new media galley. Munro received a bachelors
of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design and a masters of fine arts degree
from California Institute of the Arts.
For more information, contact the gallery at 985-549-5080.
