Mixed media by Betsy Stirrat courtesy of OCTC.
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Owensboro Community & Technical College’s Dayman Gallery’s first art exhibition of the 2021-22 season is Ebb and Flow, a two-person collaborative exhibition by painter/photographer Betsy Stirratt, and printmaker/photographer Tracy Templeton.
The artists have explored Southern Indiana for the last several years, searching for and documenting little-known places where water is central to the landscape and culture. The beauty and hidden history of these sites in culturally rich, rural areas is revealed in these artworks. Ebb and Flow captures some of the waterways and mineral springs in the region.
Some images address the history of these sites, with objects related to the late 19th/early 20th-century industry of the area mineral springs, while others look at the history of tourism in these locations. Stirratt and Templeton’s creative careers have often focused on historical elements – from archived materials to landscape. A first for the two artists working together, Ebb and Flow combines their interests and expertise to create a unique, collaborative vision of southern Indiana’s rich geography and culture.
Artwork by Tracy Templeton courtesy of OCTC.
Betsy Stirratt is the Founding Director of the Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University in Bloomington. She has exhibited with at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and White Columns and Art in General in New York among many others. She is the recipient of Visual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and awards from the Indiana Arts Commission and the American Craft Council.
Canadian-born Tracy Templeton is the coordinator of printmaking at Indiana University in Bloomington. Her work has been widely exhibited across the United States and Canada as well as around the world, including more than 150 exhibitions in countries such as Mexico, England, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. Her prints appear in nearly fifty different collections worldwide, and her work has been published in more than a hundred different books, magazines, catalogs, and journals.
The exhibit is free and open to the public, it will be on display from Aug. 23 – Oct. 3, 2021. The Dayman Gallery is located on the second floor of the Learning Resource Center on OCTC’s main campus. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.
For more information, contact David Wilson at 270 686-4626 or davidd.wilson@kctcs.edu.