ASU Presents Contemporary Art Exhibit

Angelo State University will present an exhibit of contemporary paintings by Derrick White and ceramics by David Funk, said a press release Thursday. Both men are art professors at Tyler Junior College, and the exhibit will open Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building, 2602 Dena Drive.

The exhibit, titled “Communique,” will be housed in the EFA Building’s Gallery 193 and will be open for public viewing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Friday, Feb. 12. On, Feb. 11, the artists will make a presentation at 3:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the EFA Building. Both the exhibit and lecture are free and open to the public.

White, an art professor at Tyler Junior College since 2001, has displayed his contemporary paintings in solo exhibitions across Texas and in more than 40 group exhibitions. Among the honors his work has earned are Best in Show for the Pop Culture Exhibition by Gallery Main Street in Tyler, Best of Show at the Greater Denton Arts Council’s 28^th annual Juried Arts Exhibit, and the Grand Award at the 40^th annual Delta Exhibition in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a native of the Texas panhandle and grew up in the Dallas area. White holds a bachelor’s degree and Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in Denton. More information on White’s art and career is available at www.canvashead.net.

Funk, an art professor for Tyler Junior College since 2009, discovered his love of ceramics while enrolled in the studio art program at Southern Illinois University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He studied with ceramists John Neely in Utah and Ron Kovatch in Illinois before completing his Master of Fine Arts at Utah State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Tyler, Funk served as artist in residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, as an adjunct instructor at Houston Community College Central, and as an art instructor at Western Texas College in Snyder.

For more information, contact the ASU Department of Visual and Performing Arts at 325-942-2085.