March 2019 College News

TEXAS STATE GALLERIES The Texas State Galleries are physically located within the School of Art & Design at Texas State Universit y BRYONY ROBERTS STRONG AS AN ACRE OF GARLIC MARCH 25 – APRIL 19 Strong as an acre of garlic is an immersive installation by artist-designer Bryony Roberts that refects on the lives of female ranchers in Texas. Operating in professions that foreground physical strength and endurance, women ranchers are creating complex articulations of femininity and transforming existing conventions related to riding, animal husbandry, and land management. Roberts has gathered extensive research on their practices through interviews, ranch visits, and historical research. Inspired by these observations, Roberts has designed a multifaceted landscape of textiles and wooden structures that reference ranch houses and other support structures. Within, the structures contain immersive information about the ranchers interviewed and their experiences. Tis exhibition is funded with support from the Common Experience and the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies at Texas State, and from private contributors. ONGOING EXHIBITION: SHALENA WHITE (Texas State Galleries Lobby) March 25 - July 5 To fnd out more, please visit: www.txstgalleries.org 4 | March | College News College of Fine Arts and Communication | 5