FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 8, 2004

Live auction will close SFA art exhibition

A reception and live auction Saturday, Sept. 11, will close the week-long exhibition of works by Stephen F. Austin State University faculty, alumni and graduate students at The Art Center, 329 E. Main Street. The evening will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. sponsored by Nacogdoches Junior Forum. Admission is free.

"The show, 'Art Center Select,' got off to a great start last Saturday," said Shannon Bailey, SFA gallery director. "The closing should be a lot of fun, and we encourage everyone to join us as we raise money for the SFA Art Scholarship Fund.”

Most of the pieces included in the exhibition have been available for silent auction bidding throughout the week.

"We have had great response to the bidding so far and are expecting even more bids before the silent auction closes at 8:30 p.m. Saturday," said Bailey. "After those winners are announced, we will begin the live auction around 9 p.m."

Included in the live auction are works by SFA faculty Piero Fenci, Charlie Jones, Robert Kinsell and Jennifer Sholtis and SFA alumni Holly Anderson, Renzo Barchi, Mark Greenwalt, Corinne Jones and Mihailo Vukelic.

The exhibition and sale is a joint presentation of the SFA College of Fine Arts and the Department of Art. It is sponsored in part by Nacogdoches Junior Forum, SFA Friends of the Arts and SFA’s Student Government Association.

For more information, please call (936) 468-1131.