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Nov. 8, 2004 - Sylvia Bierschenk

SFA art exhibition features SFA and McMichael students’ work

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS – Stephen F. Austin State University art education majors and McMichael Middle School students are sharing gallery space during the “Plan III Show” which runs through Friday, Nov. 12, in the back gallery of the SFA Art Building.

The free exhibition is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the public is invited to the closing reception at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11.

The SFA students, all completing courses under the art department’s Plan III, have been working with the middle school students this fall, teaching lessons on drawing, digital art and printmaking.

The products of these lessons will be exhibited along with works created by the SFA students in various studio classes.

The exhibition gives the public a chance to see the works by the two groups and also provides practical experience for the SFA students, said Anita Powell, SFA assistant professor of art.

“The art education majors learn to properly install an art show, host a reception, advertise the exhibit with handmade posters, use the artworks in the exhibition for a practice critique session and evaluate their teaching using self-reflection sheets that were filled out by the kids at the end of each section,” Powell explained.

For more information, please call Powell at (936) 468-4248.