Samek Art Gallery presents student show
Posted: April 05, 2006
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University will present the annual student show April 7 through May 2 in the Elaine Langone Center.
An opening reception will be held April 7 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery, located on the third floor of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell.
According to Dan Mills, director of the Samek Art Gallery, the Annual Student Show displays fine works of art by Bucknell students in all levels of Studio Art classes.
"Puja" by Hope Heffner '08
"The exhibition includes hundreds of works by many students from
various art disciplines including design, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, as well as media work, installation, and interdisciplinary projects," he said.
"The exhibited works show the talents of students in introductory and intermediate courses as well as the skills of seniors in the Capstone course including Carli Cataldo, Kristin Graney, Kristin Hughes, Nick Mauritz, Christophe Richard and Rebecca Wadlinger.
"The exhibition also includes projects by studio art graduate students Ben Hatcher, sculpture, Clint Baclawski, photography, and John Adimando, printmaking.
"This is a `must see' exhibition, and is always one of the most exciting and well attended shows of the academic year," said Mills.
The exhibition and reception, which are open to the public without charge, are funded by the Bucknell Association for the Arts.
Gallery hours have been extended one evening a week and on weekends. School and community groups are invited to call and schedule a visit.
The Samek Art Gallery is open weekdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; weekends 1 to 5 p.m., and by appointment. The Gallery is accessible by elevator. For more information about the gallery, call 577-3792 or see http://www.bucknell.edu/SamekArtGallery/
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Story posted April 4, 2006
