On March 17th, Suzanne delivered the keynote address, “Taking the Pulse of Place: A Woman Artist Explores Appalachia,” for Women’s History Month at Emory & Henry University in Emory, Virginia.
Coming Up for Air: How a Turtle Helped Us Through Illness and Recovery is Suzanne’s current book project. For a description of the book and agent contact information, click here: suzannestryk.com/coming-up-for-air-how-a-turtle-helped-us-through-illness-and-recovery/#title-page

Suzanne’s series of paintings “Coming Up for Air” is on view at Slemp Gallery, Mountain Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, VA, from May 9th until July 31.
The Middle of Somewhere: An Artist Explores the Nature of Virginia is featured on the Nature Art Book Club. Check out this lively and insightful description of the book, written by the artist/writer Rosalie Haizlett, author of Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains: An Artist’s Journey. https://natureartbookclub.substack.com/p/may-book-review-the-middle-of-somewhere


