SFCC Art Students Attend ‘Temporal Terrain’ Lecture

Lindsey Dunnagan gave a 36-minute artist’s lecture on Monday morning at the Stauffacher Theatre on the SFCC campus.

A few dozen SFCC art students quietly attended the lecture, in which Dunnagan showed numerous photos of her body of work, referred to as Temporal Terrain.

Daum Museum Director Garry Holstein introduced Dunnagan to the students.

A Q & A session followed the presentation.

Dunagan grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and much of her work is derived from her experience there as a young girl soaking up the natural beauty of the landscape there.

“Alaska just kind of takes your breath away,” she commented. “And as a child, I was constantly enamored by what I saw … I think that’s a huge reason why I became an artist.”

She moved away from Alaska when she was 10 when her parents got divorced. She then traveled with her mother to Texas.

Dunnagan’s work involves abstract, layered paintings.

Her series of watercolor and oil paintings were on display at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Her show ended March 1.

Dunnagan is an Associate Professor of Art and runs the painting department at Truman State University in Kirksville. She is a three-time Hunting Art Prize finalist, and has shown nationally in solo and juried exhibitions. Her work was published in the 120 West edition of New American paintings, according to the Daum.

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