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The New Gallery

Name: The New Gallery
Address: 15 Henry Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040, US
Telephone: +19312216519
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Contemporary Art Gallery at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University is a 1500 sq' white cube contemporary art gallery operated by the Department of Art+Design. We host nationally and internationally recognized contemporary artists for exhibitions, lectures, workshops, class visits, and studio visits with students.

10/13/2026

The Department of Art + Design at Austin Peay State University, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), is pleased to welcome Dr. Sharif Bey for a Visiting Artist Lecture titled "Awakening in Contemporary Craft."

6 p.m.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Kimbrough 119 Lecture Hall
Business College
Austin Peay State University

An award-winning ceramicist and sculptor, Dr. Bey explores the cultural and political significance of adornment, Africa and Oceania's visual heritage, and contemporary African American culture through functional pottery, ceramic sculpture, and mixed-media works.

In his lecture, "Awakening in Contemporary Craft", Bey will examine how contemporary craft serves as a catalyst for personal expression, cultural connection, and material storytelling, bridging tradition and experimentation.

Bey is the recipient of the inaugural 2026 Spector Craft Prize, a United States Artists Fellowship, and a Fulbright Scholarship. Major public collections include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Join us for an evening of artistic insight and conversation with an internationally recognized artist whose practice challenges and expands our understanding of contemporary craft.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Images:
Carved Blue Jar, 2007. Black stoneware, 14 x 13 x 13 inches; 35.6 x 33 x 33 cm. Courtesy of the artist and albertz benda, NY | LA. Photo: Jamie Young.

"Uplifted Faces", 2022. Earthenware and mixed media. 21 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 14 inches, 55 x 32 x 35.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and albertz benda, NY | LA. Photo: Jamie Young.

10/12/2026

The Department of Art + Design at Austin Peay State University was pleased to welcome Tim Johnson, acclaimed animation director, producer, and filmmaker, for a Visiting Artist Lecture titled “Your Left Brain Is a Nag.”

The lecture brought together approximately 120 students and faculty members for an engaging opportunity to explore animation, creative thinking, and the professional world of animated filmmaking.

We are grateful to Tim Johnson for sharing his experience and insights with the APSU community, and to everyone who joined us for this well-attended event.

Thank you for contributing to the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series!

This event was made possible by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.

Images: Ryan Sharratt

10/06/2026

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: DANIELLE MYERS

Something is being built in The New Gallery, and you can be part of the process.

Nashville-based multidisciplinary artist, designer, writer, and maker Danielle Myers joins Austin Peay State University as the 2026–27 Artist-in-Residence, bringing her public-practice approach to campus through her exhibition "America, The Beautiful".

Selected through a public call open to artists within a 350-mile radius of Clarksville, Myers is spending her residency working alongside APSU students to develop an exhibition from the inside out. Her practice explores how art can move beyond traditional institutional spaces to create opportunities for reflection, participation, and community engagement.

Collaboration is at the heart of the residency. APSU students are working alongside Myers throughout the exhibition-making process—from layout and graphic design to fabrication, installation, publications, and programming.

Two projects take shape through this collaboration:
"Bound Together" — a large-scale screen installation constructed from paperclips.
"We Are Reflections (W.A.R.)" — a series of Mylar balloons created through a screen-printing workshop with APSU students.
This is not simply an exhibition to look at. It is an opportunity to experience how an exhibition is made. Through ideas, materials, collaboration, experimentation, and the people who bring it into being, everyone can contribute to the final installation in the gallery space.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

"Public Art for the Public Good "
Screen-printing Workshop
Noon–2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9
Printing Studio Room 104, Art + Design

"Bound Together"
Communal art-making workshop
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 10–11
Gallery Storage & The New Gallery Room 105 & 101,
Art + Design Building

"America, The Beautiful"
Installation
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Friday–Monday, Oct. 16–19 |
The New Gallery Room 101, Art + Design Building

Exhibition Opening Reception
12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
The New Gallery Room 101, Art + Design Building

"For the Public Eye"
Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Artist Lecture
6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Heydel Hall, Art + Design Room 120, Art + Design Building

Open Studio — First Thursday ArtWalk
7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 5
The New Gallery Room 101, Art + Design Building

All events are free and open to the public.
The New Gallery Artist-in-Residence Program is presented in collaboration with the Department of Art + Design and funded by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, with support from the College of Arts and Letters.

Please visit the New Gallery website for more information:
https://www.apsu.edu/thenewgallery/

Come see the work.
Come participate.
Come see how an exhibition comes together.

09/30/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY: TIM JOHNSON

What does it take to turn an idea into an animated feature?
Join us Wednesday, October 7, for a special Visiting Artist Lecture with Tim Johnson, an accomplished animator, producer, and director with a career spanning more than four decades in animation.

Johnson is best known for directing and co-directing DreamWorks Animation features including "Antz", "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas", "Over the Hedge", and "Home". He also served as an executive producer on "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Abominable". His career offers a fascinating perspective on the evolution of computer animation, from its early technological challenges to the collaborative, highly developed production environments of contemporary animated filmmaking.

"Your Left Brain Is a Nag"
Wednesday, October 7 | 4:00 p.m.
Heydel Hall, Art + Design Building, Room 120

Drawing on his 45-year career in animation, Johnson will share insights on developing a creative voice and moving beyond the internal critic that can interfere with creative thinking.

For students pursuing art, design, animation, film, or any creative discipline, this is an opportunity to hear directly from an artist who has spent his career translating ideas into stories, characters, images, and worlds.

Free and open to the public.

The Visiting Artist Lecture Series is generously underwritten by CECA and organized by the Department of Art + Design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIfG0LR0Sk8

09/16/2026

Join us tomorrow for the second installment of Gallery Talks, presented in conjunction with "Spark: Faculty Triennial."

We hope to see you at The New Gallery as Yun Shin, Amanda Morgado, Patrick Gosnell, Scott Raymond, Billy Renkl, and McLean Fahnestock share insights into their practices, ideas, and the work currently on view.

The New Gallery
15 Henry Street, Clarksville 37040
6 p.m.

Let’s make these next two Gallery Talks just as engaging, interesting, and informative as the first!

We look forward to seeing you at the gallery.

Images: Gallery Talks Series; September 10, 2026, The New Gallery, APSU Department of Art + Design
Tags: Jaroslava Prihodova, Dr. Tamara Smithers, Rachel Bush, Barry Jones, Patrick Vincent, and Luke Warren
Photos: Ryan Sharratt

09/11/2026

The third week of the fall semester is almost behind us, and what a start it has been!

We already have four successful events in the books, and we want to take a moment to thank everyone who has joined us so far.

A special THANK-YOU to everyone who came out for Cesar Rivera’s lecture on Wednesday evening, Thursday’s “Couching Sessions” with Cesar, and last night’s gallery talk. It has been wonderful to see our galleries filled with conversation, curiosity, and, most importantly, student engagement.

Seeing the enthusiasm and interest our students bring to the Art + Design Department’s programming is truly energizing. We are grateful to our students, faculty, guests, and community for making these events such a vibrant part of the semester.

And we are just getting started. More exhibitions, lectures, conversations, and opportunities to connect are ahead!

Thank you for being part of it.

Photos: Ryan Sharratt; J.Prihodova

09/04/2026

The Department of Art + Design at Austin Peay State University is pleased to welcome Cesar Rivera as the first guest of the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, generously underwritten by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA).

Rivera is an award-winning communication designer, educator, and U.S. Army veteran whose professional career spans design practice, higher education, entrepreneurship, and public service. He served as Chief Design Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he led the CDC Visual Design Branch in visual communication, data visualization, and campaign design. He also served on the National Board of Directors of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).

For his lecture, “ADD: AI’s Deficit Disorder: Emerging Technologies from Gutenberg to GenAI,” Rivera will examine disruptive technologies throughout design history, from the invention of the printing press to contemporary generative AI and large language models, and consider what current data may reveal about the future of design work and work environments. A Q&A will follow.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026�
6:00 PM
�Trahern 220�, Austin Peay State University

A workshop with Rivera will follow on Thursday, September 10.

We invite students, faculty, and members of the broader community to join us for the opening event of the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

More information: www.ecesarrivera.com

Images: Courtesy of the Artist

07/06/2026

Behind the scenes, important work is happening to preserve and celebrate the Austin Peay State University Permanent Collection.

The Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellowship recipient, Naomi Hundt, alongside the Gallery Director, Jaroslava Prihodova, continues to make significant progress in accessioning and documenting artwork in the APSU Permanent Collection. More than 400 additional works have been added to the digital archive, expanding access to the University's growing collection.

The work continues with image editing and a campus-wide inventory scheduled for the coming weeks, ensuring the collection remains well-documented and accessible to students, faculty, researchers, and the community.

Explore the APSU Permanent Collection here:
https://hub.catalogit.app/apsu-art-collection

07/01/2026

OPEN CALL: 2026 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Applications are now open for The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University's 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program.

Artists working across all visual art disciplines are encouraged to apply.
The selected resident will develop new work culminating in a public solo exhibition at The New Gallery during the Fall 2026 semester.

This residency offers an opportunity to engage with our creative community while presenting work in a professional university gallery setting.

Application Deadline
Friday, July 31, 2026

Visit our website for eligibility, residency details, and application requirements.
https://www.apsu.edu/thenewgallery/residency

Please apply today!

12/02/2025

Come join us tomorrow for the Art + Design Open House! In the Art + Design building from 6 pm - 8:30 pm, there will be fun events including the animation showcase and art history presentations.

Address

15 Henry Street
Clarksville, TN
37040

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+19312216519

Website

https://linktr.ee/TheNewGalleryAPSU

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