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APSU offers Virtual Tour of ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ led by the artist, Peter Precourt

Austin Peay State University - APSUClarksville, TNThe Katrina Chronicles – “a densely narrative exhibition where artist/storyteller Peter Precourt presents a series of personal stories as a way of dealing with his experience of losing most of his possessions and artwork in the devastation that Hurricane Katrina” – is open at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) The New Gallery through February 12th, 2021.

Austin Peay State University to off virtual tour ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ through February 12th.
Austin Peay State University to off virtual tour ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ through February 12th.

But you also can see the exhibit from the safety of your home in a newly launched 360-degree virtual walk-through that is integrated with an “artist-led” gallery tour.

Click here to see the virtual walk-through.

The walk-through includes a transcript of Precourt’s audio and a downloadable and printable gallery guide with an exhibition essay by Veronica Kavass.

Precourt also will have an artist lecture via Zoom at 6:00pm on February 3rd. Register here for this free talk.

If you want to see the exhibit in person, The New Gallery is in the APSU Art + Design building on campus. Hours for The New Gallery are 10:00am-3:00pm, Tuesday-Thursday closed on weekends and holidays and follows the university’s academic calendar. To maintain social distance measures, a 15-person limit rule will be in effect.

For more information on this exhibition, which is free and open to the public, contact Dickins at dickinsm@apsu.edu.

The New Gallery offers free and public exhibits and artist talks with support from The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design. To see upcoming events, click here.

To read more about The Katrina Chronicles, click here.

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