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Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery: September 4 - October 18, 2023

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photo of plants
Timothy Tracz
Professor of Photography (retired)

Lumens

photo of plants and feathers
Timothy Tracz
Professor of Photography (retired)

Lumens

photo of plants
Timothy Tracz
Professor of Photography (retired)

Lumens

photo of plants
Timothy Tracz
Professor of Photography (retired)

Lumens

framed assemblage of saws, combs, and zippers
Heidi Rushing
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

Teeth Diptych
Zippers, saws, combs, fabric, wood

photo of big rig
Dr. Daniel Setterberg (1943-2010)
Professor of Communication Studies

HWY 90
, 8/02
Archival inkjet print

photo of bird
Dr. Andrea Overbay
Associate Professor of Mathematics/Johnson Center Director

Fly
Northern Flicker | Estes Park, Colorado, USA

photo of bird sitting on rock in water
Dr. Andrea Overbay
Associate Professor of Mathematics/Johnson Center Director

Contemplate
Snowy Egret | Playa Cayote, Costa Rica

photo of bird on branch
Dr. Andrea Overbay
Associate Professor of Mathematics/Johnson Center Director

Perch
Gambel's Quail | El Paso, Texas, USA

photo of bird in tree
Dr. Andrea Overbay
Associate Professor of Mathematics/Johnson Center Director

Observe
Giant Kingfisher | Jinja, Uganda

chalk drawing of building
Dr. Julia Shahid
Associate Professor of Education

New Mexico Adobe
Pastel

sketch of sculpture
Dr. Julia Shahid
Associate Professor of Education

Rush Hour Sketch
Pencil sketch of Rush Hour at the Nasher

chalk drawing of sunflowers
Dr. Julia Shahid
Associate Professor of Education

Sunflowers
Pastel

chalk drawing of men in rowboat at sunset
Dr. Julia Shahid
Associate Professor of Education

Sunset Taxi
Pastel

quilt of water lilies
Becky Goldsmith
Associate Consultant to the Biology Department

Water Lilies for Roberta
100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread

b/w photo of three nudes with gold leaf
Brianna Burnett
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

These Three Muse, 2023
Gelatin silver print on fiber paper with gold leaf

grid of b/w photos with gold drip
Brianna Burnett
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Obscure
Polaroid of appropriated historic images and acrylic gold

b/w photo of flowers with gold line
Brianna Burnett
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Myriad of Value
Gelatin silver print on fiber paper with gold leaf

figure drawing sketch
Dr. Jeffrey Fontana
Associate Professor of Art History

Female Figure Study

color photo of rainbow over house
Carey McClain
Mailing and Printing Services Assistant

Choctaw Rainbow 
iPhone8 photograph | Taken off of Carpenter's Bluff Rd at Choctaw Game Farm, Grayson Co., TX

color photo bird flying at sunset
Carey McClain
Mailing and Printing Services Assistant

Flight 
iPhone8 photograph | 464 Cowbird Ln, Denison, TX

color photo tree sunset
Carey McClain
Mailing and Printing Services Assistant

Twilight 
iPhone8 photograph | 464 Cowbird Ln, Denison, TX

color photo of stormy sky
Carey McClain
Mailing and Printing Services Assistant

Under the Wave
iPhone8 photograph | 464 Cowbird Ln, Denison, TX

painting of eye on cardboard
Rosie Fasullo
Educational Technologist

Got U (front) 

"Got U." written on cardboard
Rosie Fasullo
Educational Technologist

Got U. (back) 

painting of moonlight night
Rosie Fasullo
Educational Technologist

Eye of the Storm 

painting of word "RUN" on red ground with lightning bolts
Rosie Fasullo
Educational Technologist

Shooter 

painting of landscape with gray line across it
Rosie Fasullo
Educational Technologist

Incomplete-

square photo of building corner
Carolyn Wacker
Director of Strategic Communications and Community Engagement

Behind the Kreager 
Square photo. A few years ago, over the summer, I photographed the historic Kreager Building in downtown Sherman to capture the colors and textrues before they were lost. This was one of my favorites.

square photo of outdoor furniture
Carolyn Wacker
Director of Strategic Communications and Community Engagement

Lawn Party 
Square photo. This scene in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington DC was irresistible.

square photo of window with ivy
Carolyn Wacker
Director of Strategic Communications and Community Engagement

Hidden
Square photo. An old shed tucked away in a downtown Sherman alley.

square photo of concrete steps
Carolyn Wacker
Director of Strategic Communications and Community Engagement 

Beware Sharp Object
Square photo. Spotted during a photo walk in an industrial district near downtown Dallas.

photo of trees
Karen Sims
Associate Director of Admission Communication and Digital Content

Good Morning New York!
Digital photography. The break of dawn brings eerie shadows and light to a New York monring.

video still: "all abord" and petri dish
Karen Sims
Associate Director of Admission Communication and Digital Content

all aboard (video still - click image for YouTube link)
Video. Masks, microbes, restricted mobility... images from the COVID pandemic reveal how the virus altered lifelong behaviors at work, home, and in our travels.

video still: Russian astronaut dog
Dr. Margaret Emma Brandl
Assistant Professor of English

Of Moons (video still - click image for YouTube link) 
A video essay (the creative writing kind, not the media studies kind) about dreaming of space (travel), originally published by the literary magazine Thin Air. Also played in the Iron Horse Literary Review Film Fest 2016.

video still: Pokemon game screen
Dr. Margaret Emma Brandl
Assistant Professor of English

Clock-based Events (video still - click image for YouTube link) 
A video essay about health anxiety and Twitch Plays Pokémon. Originally published in the literary magazine Gravel and republished in the Proceedings of the 25th Angelo State University Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton.

video still: oil rig "West Texas" title screen
Dr. Margaret Emma Brandl
Assistant Professor of English

West Texas (video still - click image for Vimeo link) 
A video essay about coming of age and finding certainty in your choices. Published in Ponder Review 4.2.

South-American rodent
Kim Snipes
Biology Lab Coordinator/Safety Instructor and Adjunct Instructor in Biology

Viscacha at Machu Picchu 

landscape photo
Kim Snipes
Biology Lab Coordinator/Safety Instructor and Adjunct Instructor in Biology

Monterey Bay 

photo: bird in flight
Kim Snipes
Biology Lab Coordinator/Safety Instructor and Adjunct Instructor in Biology

Brown Pelican 

painting: abstract purple with circles
Kayla Brooks
Assistant Director of Student Success

Curiouser & Curiouser 

abstract painting, lines and rectangles
Kayla Brooks
Assistant Director of Student Success

Heritage 

abstract painting
Kayla Brooks
Assistant Director of Student Success

Dancing in the Moonlight 

collage of text
Dr. Renée Countryman
Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience Program Director/Director of CREATE

It's Impossible to be a Woman

text collage on pink sheet music
Dr. Renée Countryman
Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience Program Director/Director of CREATE

It's too Hard 

impasto painting of pink wave
Dr. Renée Countryman
Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience Program Director/Director of CREATE

Time for a Pink Wave 

pink canvas board inviting people to write the names of who empowers them
Dr. Renée Countryman
Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience Program Director/Director of CREATE

Who Empowers You? 

photo: saguaro cacti
Dr. Steven Goldsmith
Professor of Biology

Many arms held high / Toward the clear desert sky / Saguaro cacti!

photo of bay
Dr. Steven Goldsmith
Professor of Biology

Mahana Beach Park / It really does look like this! / Olivine crystals! 

photo of cliffs
Dr. Steven Goldsmith
Professor of Biology

Heart of Rocks Trail / Chiricahua National Monument / Southeastern Arizona 

row of toasters lit by neon tubes from within
Mark Monroe
Associate Professor of Art/Art & Art History Department Chair

Breakfast in Marfa

toaster with neon tube inisde
Mark Monroe
Associate Professor of Art/Art & Art History Department Chair

Breakfast in Marfa (detail) 

colorful painting of lion and roses
Jess Reinhard
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Thorn in My Pride 

painting of bear-like creatures attacked by bees and snakes 
Jess Reinhard
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Hornet's Nest of Vipers

colorful painting of figure reaching out to another drowning with the caption "nothing is out of reach"
Jess Reinhard
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Possibilities 

collage painting of builiding and palm trees
Dr. Greg Kinzer
Dean of Humanities/Professor of English

Desert Flight 

abstract painting
Dr. Greg Kinzer
Dean of Humanities/Professor of English

Pattern and Variation, no. 3 

painting of red bird in metal ring
Dr. Greg Kinzer
Dean of Humanities/Professor of English

Cardinal Brings Spring 

stylized landscape painting
Dr. Greg Kinzer
Dean of Humanities/Professor of English

Landscape, no. 1 

quilt of four potted flowers in grid
Becky Goldsmith
Associate Consultant to the Biology Department

Passion Flowers (front) 
100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread

red quilt, backside (avocados and flowers) 
Becky Goldsmith
Associate Consultant to the Biology Department

Passion Flowers (back)
100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread

quilt of stylized plants
Becky Goldsmith
Associate Consultant to the Biology Department

Picasso's Garden (front) 
100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread

quilt back - foral print fabric in greens and blues
Becky Goldsmith
Associate Consultant to the Biology Department

Picasso's Garden (back) 
100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread

small bronze sculpture of man holding bow and arrow, looking up
Dr. Richard Neidhardt
Professor Emeritus of Art

Man with Bow & Arrows, 1987
Bronze

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