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Variety of art heads to downtown Post Office
TEMPE, Ariz. - Tempe's unique "Post Office Exhibition" will welcome a
variety of topics when the unique styles of local artists a.p.b., Charles
Harker, Karen Stucke and Lynn Cravath Avril are displayed starting Friday
through July 8 in the front windows of the United States Post Office at 5th
Street and Mill Avenue.
Everything from shoes to animals to green bananas will be featured in a
variety of forms and styles. To view some of the works, visit
http://www.tempe.gov/arts/Exhibitions/Holding/Post.htm.
About the artists
a.p.b. spent her youth studying drama and participating in many festivals
and competitions. Ann has spent 18 years in the corporate world and dabbled
in the arts, appearing in many plays, some commercials, video, television
shows and doing voiceovers. She creates abstractions based upon her deep
love and appreciation for all creatures. All of her pieces are monochromatic
works on paper with accents of gold or silver leaf.
Charles Harker is a painter. He has exhibited his paintings in California,
New York, Utah and Phoenix. His most recent exhibition was in a juried show
at the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art in Las Cruces, N.M. He lived for many
years in New York City and worked as a computer graphics specialist at
Fashion Institute of Technology.
Karen Stucke is a printmaker and mixed media artist residing in Tempe. She
earned an MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University and a BFA from
the University of South Dakota. She has shown in many local and national
galleries including the Scottsdale Center for the Arts; Branigan Cultural
Center, Las Cruces, N.M.; and Coconino Center for the Arts, in Flagstaff.
She has taught art and computer graphics courses at ASU and the Maricopa
Community Colleges. In between gardening, birdwatching and making art, she
earns a living as a graphic designer.
Lynne Avril Cravath is the illustrator of more than 50 children's books. She
is also a painter (with her work exhibited at the Paulina Miller Gallery in
Phoenix), and a musician, playing bass in local blues bands. Her books have
been published by Simon and Schuster, Random House, Putnam, Scholastic,
HarperCollins and many more. Recently, she appeared on ABC television's
Extreme Makeover Home Edition where she wrote and illustrated a children's
book about a child suffering from cancer. Included in this show are some of
the original pieces of artwork from several of her favorite books and also
the original artwork from 4 of the 5 posters that she created for the
Arizona Book Festival from 2000 to 2004.
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The "Post Office Exhibition" is an on-going exhibition of artwork by local
and regional artists. The birth of this project began with talks between the
city of Tempe Cultural Services Division and the Downtown Tempe Community,
Inc., (DTC). Starting in April 2002, the U.S. Postal Service has been the
site of more than 20 art exhibitions in downtown Tempe. This collaboration
has been very successful in the city of Tempe Cultural Services Division's
dedication to further developing public art programs for Tempe.
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TEMPE, Ariz. - Tempe's unique "Post Office Exhibition" will welcome a
variety of topics when the unique styles of local artists a.p.b., Charles
Harker, Karen Stucke and Lynn Cravath Avril are displayed starting Friday
through July 8 in the front windows of the United States Post Office at 5th
Street and Mill Avenue.
Everything from shoes to animals to green bananas will be featured in a
variety of forms and styles. To view some of the works, visit
http://www.tempe.gov/arts/Exhibitions/Holding/Post.htm.
About the artists
a.p.b. spent her youth studying drama and participating in many festivals
and competitions. Ann has spent 18 years in the corporate world and dabbled
in the arts, appearing in many plays, some commercials, video, television
shows and doing voiceovers. She creates abstractions based upon her deep
love and appreciation for all creatures. All of her pieces are monochromatic
works on paper with accents of gold or silver leaf.
Charles Harker is a painter. He has exhibited his paintings in California,
New York, Utah and Phoenix. His most recent exhibition was in a juried show
at the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art in Las Cruces, N.M. He lived for many
years in New York City and worked as a computer graphics specialist at
Fashion Institute of Technology.
Karen Stucke is a printmaker and mixed media artist residing in Tempe. She
earned an MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University and a BFA from
the University of South Dakota. She has shown in many local and national
galleries including the Scottsdale Center for the Arts; Branigan Cultural
Center, Las Cruces, N.M.; and Coconino Center for the Arts, in Flagstaff.
She has taught art and computer graphics courses at ASU and the Maricopa
Community Colleges. In between gardening, birdwatching and making art, she
earns a living as a graphic designer.
Lynne Avril Cravath is the illustrator of more than 50 children's books. She
is also a painter (with her work exhibited at the Paulina Miller Gallery in
Phoenix), and a musician, playing bass in local blues bands. Her books have
been published by Simon and Schuster, Random House, Putnam, Scholastic,
HarperCollins and many more. Recently, she appeared on ABC television's
Extreme Makeover Home Edition where she wrote and illustrated a children's
book about a child suffering from cancer. Included in this show are some of
the original pieces of artwork from several of her favorite books and also
the original artwork from 4 of the 5 posters that she created for the
Arizona Book Festival from 2000 to 2004.
---
The "Post Office Exhibition" is an on-going exhibition of artwork by local
and regional artists. The birth of this project began with talks between the
city of Tempe Cultural Services Division and the Downtown Tempe Community,
Inc., (DTC). Starting in April 2002, the U.S. Postal Service has been the
site of more than 20 art exhibitions in downtown Tempe. This collaboration
has been very successful in the city of Tempe Cultural Services Division's
dedication to further developing public art programs for Tempe.
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