October 9, 2001

Artist Sarah Sears to present lecture
'How to live, survive as a printmaker in New York City'

Arkansas State University alumnae Sarah Sears will describe her experiences as an artist in a public lecture "How to live and survive as a printmaker in New York City," Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m., in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, located on Caraway Road.

The lecture is sponsored by the Visiting Artist Series in the Department of Art. In addition to the evening lecture, Sears will meet informally with art students to critique their works.  She will also discuss the recent tragedy at the World Trade Center. 

Sears earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in art and French at Harding University in 1976, then completed her Master of Arts degree in art with an emphasis in printmaking at Arkansas State University in 1982.

Sears was featured in a solo exhibition at The American Gallery in New York City last year. Other recent solo exhibitions of her work in New York City include the National Arts Club, Cartier Inc., and Associated American Artists.

An art critic in New York, Roberta Lehrman, wrote: "Sarah, a New York artist, has received increasing recognition for her dynamic and sometimes disturbing images of urban life. In her prints, the artist most often depicts the darker side of New York City.  The viewer is not merely presented with scenes of streets, people and buildings; rather, the work allows a haunting (and frequently haunted) glimpse at the isolation, despair and loneliness of life in this country's most populated city."

She has shown in group exhibitions in other New York galleries including The National Academy of Design, The Canal Zone, and Scarborough Gallery. In states other than New York, her works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, and Maine, and many cities in the Midwest. 

Sears is a regular exhibitor in The Printmakers Gallery at Arkansas State University. One of the earliest exhibitions in that gallery was her suite of large etchings depicting twelve dramatic incidents in the life of the Biblical figure, King Saul.


Caption:
This oil painting by Sears is entitled "Blood Orange Abstract."  It was one of the works included in the solo exhibition of works by Sears at The American Gallery in New York City last year.  

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