The February Artist of the Month is Bernice Appelin-Williams.
Appelin-Williams, a mixed-media artist, educator and urban planner, began her career in the 1980s by producing collages, installations and assemblages that often reflected political, spiritual and social issues. Always challenging or inquiring, she began to explore the formal possibilities inherent in her assemblages/ installations, first through floor-standing sculpture and multi-media constructions, then site installations, mixed media collages; always incorporating collage with both metaphysical and ethnic references.
Interest in assemblage and collage was inspired by Joseph Cornell, Louise Nevelson and Romare Bearden, and interest in cultural history was spawned by Dr. Earl Lewis, former Dean of Urban Studies at Trinity University. Following an exhibition she shared with the internationally recognized artist Betye Saar and her daughter Alison at Austin's Laguna Gloria Museum she began creating work that drew on mysticism, spirituality, the cultures and identities reflecting her 
mixed heritage and the ever present misconceptions and/or inaccurate history associated with African Americans.
Appelin-Williams received a Bachelor of Arts from Incarnate Word College, a Master of Arts from Trinity University and received her Non-profit Management Certification from UTSA. Her art has been nationally and internationally featured in over a dozen solo and over fifty group exhibitions. She is represented in many national private and public collections.
Art Exhibit Celebrating Black History Month: Bernice Appelin-Williams
Through February 25
St. Philip’s College
1801 Martin Luther King Dr.
Artists Looking at Art: Bernice Appelin-Williams
February 11, 6:30 pm, Patio Gallery
The McNay
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
Please join us for wine on the Blackburn Patio at 6:00 pm
Bernice Appelin-Williams creates collages, sculptures, and assemblages using materials that explore history, identity, politics, and myths, as well as the African American experience.