Printmaker Katrina Andry exhibit
- Ongoing: until Thursday, March 17, 2011
- Monday: 7:30am
- Tuesday: 7:30am
- Wednesday: 7:30am
- Thursday: 7:30am
- Friday: 7:30am
- Saturday: 7:30am
- Where: University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
NORTH LITTLE ROCK – A new art exhibit opening Feb. 24 at Pulaski Technical College addresses the influence of negative stereotypes on culture.
Recent works by New Orleans-based printmaker Katrina Andry will be in the Bank of the Ozarks Gallery inside Pulaski Technical College Ottenheimer Library, 3000 West Scenic Drive in North Little Rock. A reception and gallery talk with the artist begin at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 24.
Andry's collection of recent works is titled “Otherness and American Values: How Negative Stereotypes Against Blacks Have Shaped Western Culture.”
To kick off the exhibit’s opening, a reception, art viewing and panel discussion will take place Feb. 23 at the THEA Foundation, at 401 Main St. in downtown North Little Rock. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., and a panel discussion on “Stereotyping and its Effect on Race Relations” follows at 6:30 p.m. Panelists include Arkansas author Grif Stockley, author of Ruled by Race, which chronicles the history of race relations in Arkansas; and Andry.
The collection will remain on display at Pulaski Tech through March 17 and can be viewed during regular library hours. The library is open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Partnering with Pulaski Technical College are the THEA Foundation, Just Communities of Arkansas, Argenta Arts Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. The project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information call: 501-812-2324
About the artist
Katrina Andry received her Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University with a concentration in printmaking in 2010. Her thesis was titled, “Western Interpretation of the Other: How the Perpetuation of Negative Stereotypes Against Blacks Have Shaped our Culture.” She has exhibited at numerous galleries in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
About THEA Foundation
The mission of the THEA Foundation is to advocate the importance of the arts in the development of our youth through educational and promotional activities and to encourage individual participation in art through scholarship, partnership, and other programs. For more information, visitwww.theafoundation.org
About Pulaski Technical College
Pulaski Technical College is a comprehensive, two-year college that serves the educational needs of central Arkansas through more than 90 occupational/technical degree and certificate programs, a university-transfer curriculum and specialized programs for business and industry. The college’s mission is to provide access to high quality education that promotes student learning, to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential and to support the economic development of the state.
This event was posted Feb. 16, 2011 and last updated Feb. 21, 2011
