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New East to Host Dallas-Area
Painter/Sculptor for November Exhibit
Live From Austin's East End—the Soul in the Heart of the City
What: Music, Politics, Fun: Two and 3D Work by David L. Zvanut
Where: New East Arts, 1601 East
5th St. Suite 106, Austin, TX 78702
Where: Opening Reception 7:00 pm
to 10:00 pm, November 10, 2007
AUSTIN, Texas, November 3,
2007 /Diverse Arts/ -- New East Arts Gallery is delighted to
present Music, Politics, Fun, an engaging and
thought-provoking selection of art by returning artist David
Zvanut from Commerce, TX. His work includes elaborate
sculptures with colorful glasswork and paintings, many with a
political or social message attached. His sculptures are
particularly notable because they are built of found objects
and materials; glass from a scrap bucket at a local leaded
glass studio; a windshield from a dumpster; a timpani thrown
out by a university music department.
“I like to apply a high degree of finish to the materials
without hiding naturally occurring flaws,” says Zvanut. “My
hope is that viewers will reconsider their attitudes about
people, ideas, and items that tend to be discarded as
defective, useless, or less than pure.” In re-thinking other
people’s trash, he strikes gold, and the results promise to
enchant those who view them.
Zvanut studied under renowned artist and sculptor Karl Umlauf
for over eight years, and graduated from East Texas State
University in 1986 with a Masters in Fine Arts. He continues
to live and work in Commerce, TX. Zvanut’s art has been shown
at the Springfield Museum of Art (Springfield, MO), The Deland
Museum of Art (Deland, FL), and the Northeast Texas Children’s
Museum (Commerce, TX). He has also exhibited work at the
International Festival-Institute at Round Top (TX). Music,
Politics, Fun is Zvanut's second solo exhibit with DiverseArts,
following Imperfect Perfection in 1994.
Meet the artist and enjoy conversation, light refreshments,
and a lovely East End fall night at the opening reception on
November 10, from 7pm to 10pm.
For more information or to see examples of the work of David
Zvanut, please visit
www.diversearts.org and
www.zvanut.com.
about the artist......
David L. Zvanut
Curriculum Vitae
Master of Fine Arts from East Texas State University; lives
and works in Commerce, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Music, Politics, Fun,
New East Arts, Austin, TX
1998 Outback, Duncan Insurance Agency, Commerce, TX
1997 Mańana on Main, Nacogdoches, TX
1994 Imperfect Perfection, Diverse Arts Little Gallery at Café
Solaire, Austin, TX
1991 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, 817 Exposition, Dallas, TX
1988 Just Having Fun, Installation/Performance, Bath House
Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
1987 Just Having Fun, Installation/Performance, Travel Gallery
Theater, L’Assemblage, Dallas, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 New, Ghost Town Art
Collective, Denison, TX
2006 Altar/Alter, Grayson County Community College Gallery,
Denison, TX
Plano National, Plano Arts Center, Plano, Tx, First Place in
Sculpture
2004 Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, TX
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, TX, Santa Monica, CA
1994 daka/Zvanut, ,E. Litist,/B. Astard Gallery, Dallas, TX
Contemporary Art Month, Keene Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1992-3 On the Road, a series of guerilla show/performances
with the group “daka”, 5001 Columbia, Gray
Matters Gallery, D/Art, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX; The
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington,
TX; The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
1983 Southeastern Watercolorists: Talents, Techniques, and
Twists in the Art of Watercolors, Deland
Museum, Deland, FL
1981 Hamptons International Art Expo, Westhampton, Long
Island, NY
1980 Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Selected Commissions
2007 Event poster, 3rd Annual
Gospel Festival, Nacogdoches, TX
2002 Mural, North East Texas Children’s Museum
2000 Entry Portal, National Association of State and
Provincial Lotteries National Convention, Dallas, TX
1995 Event Poster, Clarksville/West End Jazz & Arts Festival,
Austin, TX
Teaching Experience
2004-5 Adjunct
Instructor, Sculpture, Texas A&M University-Commerce
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Austin's East End—the Soul in the heart of the City
DiverseArts' New East Arts Gallery is located at 1601 E. 5TH
STREET Suite 106 @ Saltillo Lofts
Hours are 12-6pm Tuesday - Friday, Monday and Saturday by
Appointment.
New East Arts also shows these fine artists on an ongoing
basis;
Lauren Bristol: Fiber art/coiled baskets
Erica Howard: Potter
Beth McElhaney: Jewelry
Nailah Sankofa: Jewelry and crochet
Ceclia Colome: Drawings, small paintings
Caminamos Juntos: Handwoven goods
Cassandra Weyandt: Photography
Charla Woods: Photography, prints
Gary Flemmons: Metal and stone sculpture
Gin Daniel: Bronze Sculpture
DiverseArts is dedicated to helping promote and expand
cultural awareness and appreciation of the arts here in
Austin, and has been doing exactly that since 1994. Support
cultural diversity, support the arts, DiverseArts!
DiverseArts is sponsored by Austin Radiological Association,
Shiflet Group Architects, Trudy's Restaurants, Capital Credit
Union, and Perry Lorenz Real Estate. DiverseArts is funded in
part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division
and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts,
volunteerism and private donations. Additional support comes
from the City of Austin Urban Renewal Agency, DiverseArts
Program Underwriters Circle, and our friends at ProArts, In
ProJex Gallery and Framing, In The Ra Studios, CreopMuse,
Sankofa Design Studio, and Victory Grill.
Media sponsor:
Austin Chronicle
Source: DiverseArts
Culture Works, 1601 East 5th, Suite 106, Austin, TX 78702,
Tel: 512-477-9438
E-mail:
info2@diversearts.org
CONTACT: DiverseArts Culture Works, 1601 East 5th, Suite
106, Austin, TX 78702, Tel: 512-477-9438-or-
New East Arts, 1601 East 5th, Suite 106, Austin, TX 78702,
Tel: 512-477-9438, Fax: 512-479-8035
Website:
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