2008 Woodie Awards
Mulcahy featured at Frist through Sept. 21
Sarah Sommer
Issue date: 8/25/08 Section: News
Professor of Art, Sue Mulcahy, is demonstrating her talent in an exhibit at the Frist Center of Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn.
Mulcahy has been teaching art for over 30 years and has dedicated 17 of those years to Volunteer State Community College.
However, she said she has been practicing art all her life.
"I don't remember ever not doing it. It's been pretty much all my life," she said.
Her talent has landed her a spot in the exhibit called Shades of Gray: Four Artists of the Southeast.
The show revolves around works that use blacks, whites and grays. This is used as a stark contrast to the exhibit, Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975, that uses mainly bright colors to bring together their pieces of artwork.
"The two exhibitions are connected by their emphasis on process, discovery and the willingness to allow the beauty and expressive power of the artist's raw material to speak for itself,"according to www.Fristcenter.org.
Mulcahy described her style as being very abstract and working mainly in blacks and whites on paper rather than painting on a canvas.
The Shades of Gray catalog describes Mulcahy's work surprising to the artist herself by how in the end she allows accidents and chance with her charcoal to create her works of art.
She explained that her inspiration comes from life in general.
"My drawing is a way of thinking about life without words. Whether it's books, television, or movies, it's not necessarily about them but more about how I think about them," she said.
The Frist website states, "This exhibition features drawings by four members of the Southeastern College Art Conference, an organization of art faculty that promotes the importance of art in higher education and in the broader community."
Mulcahy's exhibit will be at the Frist from June 20 - Sept. 21
Mulcahy has been teaching art for over 30 years and has dedicated 17 of those years to Volunteer State Community College.
However, she said she has been practicing art all her life.
"I don't remember ever not doing it. It's been pretty much all my life," she said.
Her talent has landed her a spot in the exhibit called Shades of Gray: Four Artists of the Southeast.
The show revolves around works that use blacks, whites and grays. This is used as a stark contrast to the exhibit, Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975, that uses mainly bright colors to bring together their pieces of artwork.
"The two exhibitions are connected by their emphasis on process, discovery and the willingness to allow the beauty and expressive power of the artist's raw material to speak for itself,"according to www.Fristcenter.org.
Mulcahy described her style as being very abstract and working mainly in blacks and whites on paper rather than painting on a canvas.
The Shades of Gray catalog describes Mulcahy's work surprising to the artist herself by how in the end she allows accidents and chance with her charcoal to create her works of art.
She explained that her inspiration comes from life in general.
"My drawing is a way of thinking about life without words. Whether it's books, television, or movies, it's not necessarily about them but more about how I think about them," she said.
The Frist website states, "This exhibition features drawings by four members of the Southeastern College Art Conference, an organization of art faculty that promotes the importance of art in higher education and in the broader community."
Mulcahy's exhibit will be at the Frist from June 20 - Sept. 21
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