Program Description
Event Details
Shelby Prindaville's worth will be on display at Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library through the end of the year.
Shelby Prindaville is the Art Program Director and Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, KS. Prior to her employment at USM, Shelby worked in various roles - including as an Instructor of Record and Gallery Special Projects Coordinator - at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, while completing her Master of Fine Arts from the LSU Painting and Drawing Program in May 2013. She received her Bachelor of Arts in fine arts with a concentration in sculpture from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, in 2008. Her studio practice combines her interests in the sciences and art. This interest extends to her collaboration with LSU Chemistry Professor John A. Pojman, which has led to the development of new polymer clays used in her relief paintings and sculptures.
Artist Statement:
I am interested in the human role in shaping an ecological balance and create images centered on the beautiful fragility and resilience of the natural world. I want viewers to interact and emotionally connect with my work and for that experience to demonstrate the joy of contemplative engagement with nature as well as provide a taste of the sorrow a disconnect with nature can bring.
The passion that I have in preserving our biosphere and its flora and fauna has motivated me to try to use a variety of mediums and approaches in connecting with the public. My subjects in both two- and three-dimensional media are typically removed from strictly representational habitats and isolated in a space that allows room for viewer narratives while referencing the discovery and artifactual documentation of taxonomic illustrations and specimens.