Work of Alumna Featured in Gallery
September 10, 2024
Work of Alumna Featured in Gallery Exhibit
The work of Walters State alumnus Celeste Rudd is featured in the college’s Catron
Art Gallery through Oct. 31. Rudd will give an artist talk in the gallery at 1 p.m.
on the last day of the exhibit. The gallery is located in the R. Jack Fishman Library
on the Morristown Campus and is open during regular library hours: Monday-Thursday,
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
The show is titled “Subject to Nature.”
Rudd earned an associate of arts in studio art and continued her education at the
Memphis College of Art, earning a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in printmaking and
graphic design.
Having grown up in Appalachia, Rudd is interested in many facets of the industrial
revolution, from coal mining to manufacturing. She was influenced by the region’s
rich history of blue-collar workers, craftsmen and artists. She has a wide array of
skills based largely in the ideas, processes and criticism, curriculum including human-centered
design, ideation, place-making, public art and printmaking.
Rudd serves as retail logistics manager at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. Throughout her career, she has worked as a freelance graphic artist and illustrator.