THATCHER — A display of artwork by an Eastern Arizona College alum is taking place now in the Activities Center.
Portraits of Culture: Apache Dignity, Elegance and Beauty is the show by Terrill Goseyun.
“I work primarily in pencil,” Goseyun said. “I played around with sculpture in the past — stones and alabaster — but I always come back to pencil. Photo realism is my style.”
Goseyun will also host a special presentation Thursday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m., in the Lee Little Theater, where he will explain his process and highlight select works. The presentation is free to attend.
Goseyun’s work in pencil as won him top awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market in the past years, including the prestigious Fellowship Award sponsored by the Southwest Association of Indian Arts.
He has also won five Best of Shows from various native art shows throughout the Southwest; as well as Best of Division and Judges Choice Award at the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market; and Arizona Folk Arts Master Artists Apprenticeship Award, awarded by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.
He was also a member of the Western Artists of America, a selected group of professional western artists, and he currently conducts presentations to various groups on Apache history and culture through his art.
Goseyun’s large-scale originals are sought after by private, public and corporate collectors throughout the United States. He has originals at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Ga.; and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, N.M. His limited-edition prints have also found homes in various European countries.
