One week left to attend art exhibitions at MSU Texas
Two new exhibitions are on display at the Ralph & Juanita Harvey School of Visual Arts and Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts at MSU Texas and they are open to the public until November 12.
A ceramics exhibit, in its 15th year, features both sculptures and wheeled pottery created by students in the MSU Texas Community Education Program.
From the Ceramics Studio XV is on display in the Pit Gallery of the Fain Fine Arts Building.
“We have a ceramic show every school year, from continuing education students and their instructors, and these are pieces of what has happened over the past 18 months. It’s a great show in the sense that it’s everything from the pots to the sculpture, there are even a few castings, ”said Steve Hilton, art professor and gallery director at MSU Texas.
The 2021 Alumni Exhibition will feature works by MSU Texas alumni from all disciplines taught at the School of Visual Arts: ceramics, drawing, graphics, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. This exhibition is presented both in the Foyer Gallery of the Fain Fine Arts Building and in a “pop-up” exhibition in the windows of the vacant stores of the Sikes Senter Mall.
“In the alumni exhibition, there are pieces represented from the alumni of the early 1980s to the very recent graduates of the spring semester 2021. There is everything from clay objects to the cyanotype which is a figurine life size, it is very pretty, ”added Hilton.
A third exhibition, Two for the Show, features the work of artists Lynwood and Eleanor Kreneck and is located in the Main Gallery. It also runs until November 12.
“This is the kick off of the centennial celebration, MSU’s 100th anniversary is approaching and this is our way to start. Come and see great art, not just in the galleries, we have a lot of great art in our rooms. hallways and it’s always nice to have visitors come and see what we’re doing, ”said Hilton.
The opening hours of the gallery are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Contact Jessica Joplin at 940-397-4264 for more information.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Two new exhibitions at MSU Texas
