Several months in the making, but ‘Cracked Earth’, by Araan Schmidt is finally on campus! The project of putting the first sculpture in the Arts Quad was a joint effort by @apsuartdesign , @ceca_apsu , @apsucostem , @artsandlettersapsu , APSU Grounds Crew, and @coloradomesau sculpture grad students

Join me tomorrow night at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville as I introduce the 2024-25 CECA TN Artist Fellow, Stacy Kranitz, before her talk about her work and creative practice. 6:30p in the Rechter Room. free and open to the public.

Talking art with 3rd graders from the CMCSS Spanish Immersive Programm in @thenewgalleryapsu.bsky.social

Trump is now threatening colleges & universities for allowing freedom of speech. Attacking students saying they’ll be expelled or deported for organizing in a protest.

🔥 WATCH: “This is not some gotcha moment. You posted this on your own page.” The Speech Prof tries to help Tucker understand what it really means that he assumes Black women are bad at their jobs. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGwXw4f...

“A day over 150 years in the making.” A Powerful ceremony in the rotunda honoring the enslaved craftspeople who helped build the Tennessee Capitol. (H/T @brotherjones.bsky.social ) Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGrwi02...

Jenny Holzer Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise Offset Lithograph on Paper, 1983 @jennyholzer.bsky.social #jennybrownart #womenartists #jennyholzer #abuseofpowercomesasnosurprise

This absolutely broke me. #SlavaUkraine🇺🇦 🧵(1/3)

Absolutely shameful. The AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) holds one of the world’s leading collections of modern and contemporary art from the Western Hemisphere. It is OAS’s principal cultural diplomacy tool for promoting “more rights for more people."

Khari Turner: Lost at Sea Feb. 24-March 28, 2025 The New Gallery, APSU Exhibition essay by Lauren Jackson Harris @thenewgalleryapsu.bsky.social

Thriving at the things I can control

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

I emailed university faculty/staff/administrators a roadmap to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty. The question isn’t whether institutions will comply—it’s who will fight back, and how! greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

Good news everyone! The wait is almost over! Flashes for Bluesky is now available for free pre-order on the App Store. 🔥 Pre-"order" now (it's free) & get it the moment it launches! apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...

Posted @withregram • @thenewgalleryapsu Some installation pics of Khari Turner's show 'Lost at Sea' which will be opening on February 24th!

2/15/25 8:01p. Clarksville peeps: it gonna be a rough couple of hours. Make preps/stay safe.

Dawny Fresh’s artist talk tonight was fantastic!! I can’t say enough about how impressive she is when interacting with students and talking about her work. Such a huge fan. @dawnmdickins.bsky.social , Exceptional Myths, @slocumbgalleries @etsuartanddesign . ….And that jumpsuit is 💣

“Secretary Kennedy will make death great again.”

I think you're really going to like this

Carver D standing up for consent and against religious bigotry. 🥹(And welcome to the world of having your last name misspelled - it happens) www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/...

FFS.

Breaking News: President Trump said he planned to take control of the Kennedy Center and intended to fire several board members and install himself as chair.

A big thanks to Yun Shin for her artist talk last night! Another thanks to everyone who came to listen!! A night filled with meaningful work and limited edition posters :) @yunkoungshin @apsu.print.club @ceca_apsu @apsuartdesign

A big reminder that Art Walk is tomorrow! Come check out APSU faculty member Yun Shin's work, being shown in the New Gallery. As well as viewing other work displayed around the Art & Design building. While you're at it head upstairs to view the Summer Research Show being shown in the Beach Gallery.

this guy is so full of shit

Come out Tuesday night at 6 PM (AD120) to hear Yun Shin's artist Lecture. Hope to see you there! @yunkoungshin @ceca_apsu @apsuartdesign #middletnart #tncontemporary #contemporaryart #artexhibition #austinpeaystateuniversity #artoncampus #ArtAndDesign #apsu

Seems about right.

#porchsittin @wolvesfc.bsky.social

Look out everyone, @SenatorCollins is moderately concerned about the actions of a man she has enabled at every turn again

Rep. Jasmine Crockett continues to be on 🔥 #ResistTrump

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

The use of AI-generated content is rampant again this semester - but so are my amount of F’s. Calling ‘em out - I got time.

WASH POST: “The Supreme Court to decide whether Oklahoma may fund a proposed Catholic charter school, a blockbuster case that could redraw the line between church & state by allowing government to establish and directly fund religious schools…” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire. Gear up. It’s time to brawl.

A nice little thank you note is in order

Come check out the amazing work of APSU faculty Yun Shin! Her exhibit: Record-Keeping, is currently being shown in the New Gallery. #middletnart #tncontemporary #clarksvilleartistscene #installationart #austinpeaystateuniversity #ceca #contemporaryartgallery #apsu

"Second-year Austin Peay faculty member Yun Shin’s new body of work draws from her immersion in the unexpected cadences of parenthood." -exhibition essay by Emily Stokes Yun Shin's exhibit Record-Keeping is now open to view. Come check it out!

TN friends: TN Tree Day is March 15. Reserve your native tree(s) now thru March 2. www.tectn.org/tennesseetre...

Sometimes heroes wear cloaks

@dawnmdickins.bsky.social ETSU exhibition talks about the myth of American Exceptionalism in the form of large scale drawings of cowboys. Using the cowboy as iconography of ruggedness, machismo, and bravado, she uses the manufactured Hollywood imagery to discuss the myth was always manufactured.

Video 2/2 of Dawn’s newest exhibition, ‘American Myth’, at ETSU.

1/2 of Dawn’s newest exhibition at ETSU

Today’s greenhouse haul. It’s currently 27 deg outside.

Sharing from @thenewgalleryapsu.bsky.social - artists w/in a 300-mile radius of Clarksville, TN....apply!