Smith Gallery and SECCA present discussion by North Carolina Artists Fellows

View larger image — Harrison Haynes’ “My Left Your Right,” 2014 archival pigment print.

Posted Oct. 23, 2015 at 3:37 p.m.

BOONE—The Smith Gallery in partnership with the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) presents “Point & Counterpoint: N.C. Arts Fellows in Dialogue” Thursday, Oct. 29, at Appalachian State University.

The program begins at 6:30 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons Room 114. The event is free and open to the public.

Artists who will be discussing their work include David Chatt, Maready Evergreen, Joshua Gibson, Cara Hagan and Jeana Eve Klein. Both Klein and Hagan are faculty in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Appalachian. Chatt is based at the Penland School of Crafts, and Evergreen and Gibson are based in Durham. Gibson is an associate professor at Duke University.

They will talk about their artistic practice and participate in a question and answer session following their dialogue.

For directions and parking information for the event, call 828-262-2186 or visit http://library.appstate.edu/about/parking.

About the North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship

The North Carolina Arts Council awards artist fellowships in the categories of visual art, craft, film/video, choreography, prose writing, poetry, playwriting/screenwriting, musical composition and songwriting, alternating disciplines on a two-year cycle. Artists receive a $10,000 fellowship to support creative development and the creation of new work. Recipients are selected by panels comprised of artists and arts professionals with expertise in each discipline.

Since the inception of the program in 1980, the Arts Council has made over 580 awards to North Carolina recipients, helping to nurture the state’s creative sector by investing in some of its most talented artists.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.