News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Tracie Tate Date: 6/17/04   Click on image for publication quality photo SUMMER GALLERY EXHIBIT FEATURES CERAMIC SCULPTURES – Southeastern Louisiana University's Center for Contemporary Art director Dale Newkirk sets up sculptures by artist Jeremy Jernegan.  The exhibit opens on June 24. CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS JERNEGAN, STIRRATT EXHIBITS       HAMMOND – On June 24, Southeastern Louisiana University’s Center for Contemporary Art will continue its exhibits of the summer season with the ceramic sculptures of Jeremy Jernegan.        Jernegan’s sculptures include large scale standing forms, smaller macquettes and wall pieces.  His exhibit will continue to be shown until July 22. The Center for Contemporary Art is located in East Strawberry Stadium.       Jernegan earned master of fine arts degrees in 1986 and 1987 from San Jose State University. Since 1994, Jernegan has been the associate professor of art at Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Department.        Jernegan’s work has been shown at the Wheeler Art Community Studio Gallery, Still-Zinsel Gallery, Sandler/Hudson Gallery, Trout Art Gallery and the Carol Robinson Gallery, and has been featured in “Ceramics Monthly,” “Ceramics Technical,” “The Sentinel,” and the “Winston Salem Journal.”  .       He has served six consecutive years as the programs director and executive board member for the  National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. In 2003, he was invited to participate as a demonstrating artist in the International Ceramic Studio Workshop at the Second World Ceramic Biennale in Korea.        In addition to the Jernegan exhibit, the gallery will feature the paintings of Betsy Stirratt July 15-August 26.        In 1999 and 2001 Stirratt was a Indiana Arts Commission Masters Fellowship winner as well as a 1989 Arts Midwest/NEA fellow.  Her paintings have been exhibited at the Herron Gallery, Ruschman Gallery, Aron Packer Gallery, Harrison Fine Art, and the McMurtrey Gallery.        Stirratt is on the selection committee for the Efroymson Contemporary Art Fellowhip and she has produced a print for the Fine Print Program, Paris Review in New York, N.Y.  Her work has been featured and reviewed in “Paris Review,” “Mouth to Mouth,” “Indianapolis Star,” “Nuvo,” and “American Craft Museum.”        Summer hours for the gallery are 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., weekdays. For more information on the summer exhibits, contact the Visual Arts department and gallery director Dale Newkirk at 985-549-2193 or 985-549-5080.