Gregg Schlanger

As an artist Gregg Schlanger has an extensive exhibition record, both nationally and internationally, and has received many awards and grants.

Gregg Schlanger is a professor of art at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He received his BFA from Boise State University in 1987 and his MFA from Northern Illinois University in 1989. Gregg’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. This includes a community public art commission for the City of Memphis, Tennessee, a community project for the City of Providence, Rhode Island and exhibits in Berlin, Erfurt, Potsdam and Jena, Germany. Gregg has also exhibited his work in Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, California, North Carolina, Arkansas, Idaho and Virginia. He has received many awards including Sponsorship by the New York Foundation for the Arts, Israel-Tennessee Visual Artist Exchange Project Fellowship, USIA Arts America Grant and New Forms Regional Initiative Grant from the NEA.

Gregg works primarily in installations and community public art. He is interested in exploring through his projects the potential of creating a better “sense of place” (leading to a respect for that place and the environment). Gregg believes this can happen through community involvement and the educational aspects that occur dealing with the various concepts of his work.[Category:Artists][Category:Visual_arts] [[1]][2][3][[4]]