Artist Teresa CerdaASU Turchin Center through June 6 2009April 2009All photos & illustrations by Pat Johns
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Cerda is from Santiago Chile. Her late father was a well-respected Chilean essayist and Teresa returns often to visit with her family. In 1990 she moved to Madrid Spain where she earned a degree in Stage Design for Theater and Cinema from the Instituto Madrileño de Formación y Empleo (Madrid Institute of Training and Employment). From 1994 to 2000 she was the director of the Framing and Decorations Workshop at Fundacion de Artes y Autores Contemporaneos (Foundation for Arts and Contemporary Authors.) She then set up her own painting and framing studio in Madrid. 
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Cerda's images in her paintings and sculptures are abstract and intensely colorful but also soothing and immediately connected to her frequent themes of nature, cities such as Barcelona, Madrid and New York and, of course, her surroundings here in the Appalachians. She uses a variety of materials and many colors to achieve her layered and textured, almost three-dimensional painting effect. Her materials (media) can include rabbit-skin glue, calcium carbonate, beeswax, gold and silver leaf, eggs varnishes and acrylics. The results are bold, but not overwhelming.
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Cerda paints on wood and makes each frame particularly for each painting. The textures of the paints and the integration of the painting with the frame create an almost irresistible urge in the viewer to touch them ! The careful application of a variety of media in layers on the wood surface make these paintings seem somewhat simple at first but increasingly complex as you look closer. 
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Now through June 6, 2009 the Turchin Center For the Visual Arts, a department of ASU, in Boone is featuring an exhibit of Teresa Cerda's paintings and sculptures, titled "Horizons and Colors". Her work is also on display at The Greenhouse, downtown Boone's first green office building. The Greenhouse houses The Appalachian Institute for Sustainable Energy, a nonprofit organization designed to promote economically successful and environmentally healthy environments in the area. Teresa Cerda's paintings hang throughout this unique building. 
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The culture of the Boone area is a complex mixture of old, local crafts and themes, new technologies and influences from throughout the world. Artists like Teresa Cerda help make the Boone area a rich and ever-changing place to live and visit. ASU's Turchin Center is open during the following hours:
They are located at 423 West King St. Their phone number is . Admission to the gallery is free but donations are welcome. 
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