272 BIANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBIT 12” x 12” ON DISPLAY THROUGH FEB. 22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 8, 2008
CONTACT: Lon Nuell, 615-898-2505 or lrnuell@mstu.edu

BIANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBIT 12” x 12” ON DISPLAY THROUGH FEB. 22
Acclaimed Art Critic Dave Hickey Juror of Free & Open Show at MTSU Gallery

(MURFREESBORO)—12” x 12”, a national juried exhibition sponsored by the Department of Art at MTSU, is on display now through Friday, Feb. 22, in the campus-based Todd Gallery.
Dave Hickey, nationally acclaimed culture and art critic, served as the juror for the biannual exhibition, which is free and open to the public.
More than 200 artists from across the United States submitted 600-plus pieces of work for inclusion consideration in the 12” x 12” show, reported Lon Nuell, gallery curator and MTSU art professor.
“There were no media restrictions, and all works were to measure no more than 12 inches in any direction and 3-D pieces were not to exceed 12 inches in any direction including the base,” he noted.
Among those represented in the show are Tennessee artists Rocky Horton, Nashville; Arlyn Ende, Sewanee; Dwayne Butcher and Trevor Nichols, Memphis; Melissa Krosnick, Cowan; and Sarah Shebaro of Knoxville.
“Hickey’s selections are representative of a wide range of styles and media,” Nuell added. “The works (that will be) shown include prints, paintings, photography, three-dimensional constructions, works in fine metals, mixed and unique/experimental media.”
Characterized as one of the best-known American art and cultural critics currently practicing, exhibit juror Hickey visited the MTSU campus for the first time in November to deliver a public lecture on “Artfair Culture.”
Cindy Rehm, assistant professor of art, has said, “Hickey is one of the most preeminent critics of our time … (and) his insightful and accessible writings and spirited lectures offer fresh perspectives on art and culture.”
Currently a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Hickey has served as owner-director of A Clean Well-Lighted Place, a short-lived but influential Austin, Texas, art gallery that he opened in 1967, and as director of the Reese Palley Gallery in New York City.
• GALLERY HOURS: Located on the first floor of MTSU’s Todd Building, the Todd Gallery is open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. Admission is always free and exhibits are open to the public.
For more information regarding the current exhibit, please contact Nuell at 615-898-2505 or via e-mail at lrnuell@mstu.edu.

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• ATTENTION, MEDIA: To obtain jpeg images of some of the artwork now on display at the Todd Gallery for editorial use, or to request an interview with any of the exhibit’s participating artists, please contact Lisa L. Rollins via e-mail at lrollins@mtsu.edu