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Loren Schwerd is an associate professor of sculpture at Louisiana State University where she teaches three-dimensional design and all levels of sculpture. Schwerd’s work repurposes found materials and traditional craft techniques that reside between the pliant categories of sculpture and textiles. Her meticulous handwork obscures distinctions between organic and synthetic matter, communicating opposing suggestions of frailty and resilience and producing a contrast of sensibilities that reflect the discordant relationship between nature and culture.

Public Reception: January 20, 2022. 5:30 – 7:30 PM.

About the Exhibition and Collectors:
This exhibition is mainly comprised from the art collection of Cheryl and Will Sutton and features works of art by African American artists, focusing on notable artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition also features work borrowed from area African American artists. With this exhibition the Suttons express their passion and a purpose for art in our lives, their love for the people of Louisiana, as well as their family and each other. The Suttons have been active art collectors for 40 years.

Collector’s Statement: 
Art ignites our passion and fuels our purpose. It outlives all of us and is passed on from generation to generation. Every great civilization is known for its art. From the earliest sparks of creativity found in ancient cave paintings, to great masterpieces from Cleopatra’s tomb and pyramids to Ancient Greece, Rome, and China …to modern day masterpieces collected in museums around the world. Join us for some inspiring moments to reflect on art’s purpose and perhaps find a new passion for art, beauty, and culture and develop a new purpose in your life.

Joey Slaughter, an artist working out of Ruston, Louisiana, is an Associate Professor of Art at Louisiana Tech University. He creates abstractions from conversation, as if you could see sound waves from analogue and digital devices passing through and around people. Slaughter has exhibited widely throughout the US in both solo and group exhibitions.

* This exhibition is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. *