Emily Stergar draws attention to the transformation of landscape. Her work is an alteration of the land beyond its original, manipulated state. Thus creating a new man-made environment. There is an unknown need for an exploration of this space. A goal to find the possibilities of what can or should exist here. There is a desire to own the space. A want to use it. A need to manipulate it; to pull back the surface and connect to what lies beneath. Ultimately, to redefine what the land is.
Stergar lives and works in Yona, Guam.
Lahaye, Jordan, Curator’s Choice, Regional museum curators weigh in on up-and-coming Louisiana artists, Country Roads Magazine, 24 October 2019 https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/visual-performing-arts/curator-s-choice_1/
ArTech Fusion 2018, 3D Printing and Aluminum Casting, ULL College of the Arts, March 2018, https://youtu.be/tZKN1uJLepA
Flesh & Form Gallery Talk, UC Blue Ash, October 2017, https://uctvonline.viebit.com/player.php?hash=Hexp8ktFxCvC
Azule-A Place for the Arts & Community, artist in residence interview, June 2017, https://youtu.be/xhR9gn2tzRk
Hopkins, Michael, Spotlight Project: Featuring Emily Stergar, Neoteric Art, 1 August 2016 http://neotericart.com/2016/08/01/spotlight-project-featuring-emily-stergar/
Reconnecting Our Waterways, Pogue's Run Rest Stops http://reconnectingtoourwaterways.org/pogues-run-rest-stops/
Art Installations Paramount School of Excellence http://www.indianacharterschool.com/row.html
Grady, Danielle, New Public Art Installations Promote Indianapolis Waterways, Charter School, Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2016, http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/06/13/new-public-art-installations-promote-indianapolis-waterways-charter-school/85820018/
Samson, Shannon, Two Art Projects in the Works, Cottage Home Newsletter, Urban Times, Indianapolis, IN, 46 September 2015, http://cottagehome.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015.09.pdf
art-st-urban, artist in residence interview, 2013, https://youtu.be/jvP_Qev0cO4
Ogden, Whitney, Environmental Gallery Opens on Mill, State Press. Tempe, AZ, Jan 10, 2013, http://www.statepress.com/2013/01/10/environmental-gallery-opens-on-mill-avenue/
Bullock, Rob and McGann, Glennda, Alumna Stergar is International Sculpture Center Student Achievement Award Winner, Herronline Newsletter, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 2012, vol. 2 issue 6, http://www.herron.iupui.edu/blog/12112012/alumna-stergar-international-sculpture-center-student-achievement-award-winner
Lawton, Claire, 100 Phoenix Creatives, Phoenix New Times, Jackalope Ranch, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 12, 2012, http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/jackalope/2012/11/emily_stergar_creatives_2012_sculpture_phoenix.php
Aasp, John, Watered Down at K Space Contemporary, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art, Houston, TX, July 15, 2012, http://glasstire.com/2012/07/15/watered-down-at-k-space contemporary/
Richardson, Mary, Local Artists Respond to Water Issues in “Tributaries” at Shemer Art Center, New Times, Jackalope Ranch, Phoenix, AZ, June 26, 2012, http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/jackalope/2012/06/tributaries_overflows_with_ins.php
Power, Terry, Women and Water Rights: Concerning Water, Marquee, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, May/June 2012, pg 10-11.