OPENING RECEPTION - November 14th at 5 PM
Howard Gallery:
Professional Artist of Central Texas
PACT artists explore what it means to be ImPACTful. Each member embraces their own
interpretations with powerful artwork that impresses and is memorable.
January 16 – February 27 are the exhibit dates. Reception is January 16th @ 5 PM.
Saulsbury Gallery:
Kicheko Sykes
Expressions of Beauty
Oil on Canvas and Clay Sculptures from an Afrocentric interpretation.
Kicheko Sykes, a native of Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 18, moved to Santa Monica, California to attend the Gemological Institute of America, from which she graduated in 1981. She attended California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) where she received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Studio Arts. While at CSULA I began a body of work which reflected and celebrated her culture, her femininity, as well as her interpretation of beauty. In Sykes’ body of work which consists of clay figures and oil painting, she focuses on the beauty of the object and simplifies a complex form or shape while maintaining its basic form and exemplifying its quiet beauty.
She remained in Southern California until retiring from the Los Angeles County Probation Department in 2024. She relocated to Temple, Texas in February 2025. Sykes discovered the Cultural Activities Center in July 2025 and resumed my work in clay.
Carabasi Gallery:
Emmi Hasselbach
Off the Interstate
After moving into the family trailer, which has housed four generations, Hasselbach began to explore the connection between past & present. She uses halftone screen prints derived from manipulated family photos framed by windows & the original door to invite the views to reflect on their own past.
Emmi Hasselbach is an interdisciplinary artist and printmaker whose work explores themes of architecture, memory, and materiality through traditional and experimental printmaking techniques, often merging analog processes with sculptural forms. She earned her BFA in Studio Art from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and is currently working on her MFA in Printmaking at Stephen F. Austin State University. She draws from the multigenerational spaces she has lived in, using houses as symbols of belonging and shared history. Emmi’s goal is to celebrate the architecture of everyday life and the stories it holds.
Emmi Hasselbach will have a closing reception on February 27th at 5 PM.
