Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting a new art exhibit, “Memories in the Shadows,” featuring the works of Haley Clancy Inyart. It is the first installation by OCTC’s new art instructor, Abbi Ruppert.
The exhibit will run through October 7, and there will be a reception on September 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Dayman Gallery. Inyart has been included in many group, juried, and invitational exhibitions across the United States.
Ruppert began her OCTC career on August 1. Her most recent experience was teaching 3D Foundations at West Virginia University. As an artist, Ruppert is a sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist. In 2022 she had a large-scale public work on the Evansdale Campus of WVU, a Rooms to Let installation in Cleveland, Ohio. Ruppert has earned a second-place award and the People’s Choice Award for her sculpture Revival at the Art in Public Places exhibition in Knoxville, Tennessee. She’s earned the 2020 Outstanding Student Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center.
The exhibition is located in the Dayman Art Gallery on the upper level of the Learning Resource Center, located on the Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road. Admission is free, and the gallery is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
OCTC offers an Associate in Fine Arts, Visual Arts degree. Those interested in coursework may contact [email protected].
