School of Art Galleries to Present Georgia State MFA Exchange Exhibition

Written by Kate Lepard

The Texas Tech University School of Art galleries will host an exhibit reception in conjunction with its Bring It: Georgia State MFA Exchange Exhibition.

The exhibit will be on display Jan. 12-Feb. 20, 2011, in the Studio Gallery at the School of Art (2802 18th St.), and the exhibit reception event will take place from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 4, 2011.

The exhibition is part of a student art swap between Texas Tech and Georgia State University. Twenty-five Texas Tech Master of Fine Arts candidates will have 35 pieces on display at GSU’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery in Atlanta.  

Landmark Arts, the galleries of the Texas Tech School of Art, also will showcase 36 works by 22 Georgia State MFA candidates. Work will include ceramics, drawing, mixed-media, multi-media, painting, photography and sculpture.

Georgia State Artists includeMaryam Alainati, Nimar Aleck, Paul Benjamin, Andrew Boatright, James Bentley, Calvin Burgamy, Jim Chapman, In Kyoung Chung, Karen Cleveland, Bethany Collins, Julia Gray-Hines, Sephanie Liles, Laura Martin, Randall Moody, Julian Jane Morrow, Kelly O’Brien, Jim O’Donnell, David Peterson, Myrna Pronchuk, James Vanderpool, Christopher Walter and Christina Washington.

Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. The galleries are closed on university holidays. Admission is free and open to the public.

Visitor parking is available Monday-Friday for $1.20 per hour in the small lot adjacent to the Art Building and on the fourth floor of the Flint Avenue Parking Facility. Parking is free on weekends.

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