CLARKSVILLE, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Department of Art + Design, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is displaying Spark: Faculty Triennial Exhibition 2026, from Aug. 25-Oct. 2. An opening reception will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in The New Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.  

In conjunction with this exhibition, The New Gallery is hosting the following gallery talks: 

Thursday, Sept. 10, 6-7 p.m. 

Rachel Bush, Barry Jones, Patrick Vincent, Paul Collins, Luke Warren, and Dr. Tamara Smithers 

Thursday, Sept. 17, 6-7 p.m. 

Yun Shin, Amanda Morgado, Patrick Gosnell, Scott Raymond, Billy Renkl, and McLean Fahnestock 

Thursday, Sept. 24, 6-7 p.m. 

Tabitha Sweitzer, Laicee Blackwell, Joe Nivens, Nicki Davis, and Jaroslava Prihodova 

In addition to these gallery talks, a screening of the 2022 documentary Zkouška umění (Art Talent Show) will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.1, in Art + Design Room 120. The New Gallery will also be open during Clarksville’s ArtWalk on Thursday, Sept. 3 and Thursday, Oct. 1.  

“The Art + Design Faculty Triennial offers the campus community and visitors an opportunity to engage with ideas across a diverse range of disciplines,” The New Gallery Director Jaroslava Prihodova said. “[This includes] art history research, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, illustration, new media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.” 

Participating artists include: Amir Agharebparast, Laicee Blackwell, Rachel Bush, Paul Collins, Nicki Davis, McLean Fahnestock, Jessica Fife, Patrick Gosnell, Emilie Gill, Angie Hernandez-Scoggins, Barry Jones, Hannah Mathis, Amanda Morgado, Joe Nivens, Michael Poindexter, Jaroslava Prihodova, Scott Raymond, Billy Renkl, Yun Shin, Gena Shire-Sgarlata, Tamara Smithers, Britt Stadig, Tabitha Switzer, Patrick Vincent, Luke Warren, Dixie Webb, and Ripley Whiteside. 

The New Gallery is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. and follows APSU’s academic calendar. For more information, contact Jaroslava Prihodova at prihodovaj@apsu.edu. 

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