San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

 

 

ASU Art Faculty and
Sedrick Huckaby: A Love Supreme

 

July 7, 2006
Opening Reception
5:30 - 8 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
Music by the very hot..."Cantina Band"
Exhibits continue through September 10th, 2006

ASU Art Faculty Exhibit
Once again the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts will host the faculty exhibit of the art department of Angelo State University. The exhibit will feature the work of faculty members Esteban Apodaca, Peggy Niño, Dr. Robert Prestiano, John Vinklarek, Ralph Randall Hall, Ben Sum, and Andrew Awalt. The museum sponsors this event every two years, and in 2006 the public will be able to see how the artists works have continued to evolve, as they view the claywork of Esteban Apodaca, the paintings of Peggy Nino, the photographs of Dr. Prestiano, and the sculptures and prints of John Vinklarek. The work of the newest members of the art department will include the two-dimensional work of Ralph Randall Hall and Ben Sum as well as the photographs of Andrew Awalt.

 

Sedrick Huckaby
A Love Supreme - The Work of Sedrick Huckaby
The San Angelo Art Museum is especially delighted to have on display the work of contemporary Texas artist Sedrick Huckaby. Born in Fort Worth in 1975, Huckaby has been creating some form of art since his childhood. In 1995 he began his formal art studies at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. After a brief stay he transferred to Boston University, where he received a bachelor of fine arts degree. He then earned a master of fine arts degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
For the past few years he has concentrated his efforts on a series of quilt paintings. One of the series he created is a tribute to both of his Grandmothers and a celebration of the African American quilting tradition. He used the actual quilts sewn by family members as models for his paintings. These quilts document significant events in his family history. According to Huckaby, the paintings represent an artistic family legacy. The colorful, rhythmic abstracted patterns come together like the musical notes in African American musician John Coltrane's famous jazz composition, A Love Supreme, from which the painting series acquired its name.