Artist Talk with Lynda Frese
As a longtime photographer and painter, Frese wanted to revisit printmaking, which she studied in the 1970s as an undergraduate at the University of California, Davis. In the Wild Trees collection, the artist employs a printmaking process made possible by advances in digital technology, in which photographic images can be exposed and etched onto metal plates using non-toxic methods, then inked and printed onto cotton rag papers. This exhibition presents Frese’s contemporary collage imagery in a new medium.
The artist will present a talk about her work, free and open to the public, at the Teche Center for the Arts on Thursday, April 2, 6-7:30.
Lynda Frese is Professor Emerita at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, where she taught photography for 30 years. Since 2016, she has been a full-time studio artist working in Breaux Bridge and northern and central Italy. Her work has been shown across the US, South America, and Italy, and is found in both private and public collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The Hilliard University Museum in Lafayette mounted a 40-year retrospective of the artist’s work in 2018, entitled Holy Memories and Earthly Delights, accompanied by a monograph published by UL Press.
Teche Center for the Arts aims to serve as the principal cultural, arts, music, education, and historical center for residents and tourists of Saint Martin Parish and beyond. TCA presents music, art, theater, literary arts, and showcases the rich Cajun and Creole cultures of Acadiana that attracts visitors the world over. A focus at TCA is teaching children the arts and the French Cajun and Creole language of the region. TCA began to offer programs in 2014 in historic downtown Breaux Bridge’s 1940s-era movie theater variously known as the Dan and the Murphy “The Murph” Theater. It’s now home to stellar art exhibitions, concerts, an array of summer camps, including Robotics, Cajun and Creole cooking, French lessons using songs and games, and theatre arts, and Treble on the Teche music camp.
At techecenterforthearts.com you will find information about upcoming events, exhibits, classes, and projects, as well as ways to support Teche Center for the Arts.
For more information contact TCA at (337) 442-1915 or info@techecenterforthearts.com
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