Monday, January 26, 2009

[270] MTSU SPONSORS FEB. 7 LECTURE BY DESIGNER SHIRLEY HOROWITZ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 23, 2009 EDITORIAL CONTACT: Lisa L. Rollins, 615-898-2919, or lrollins@mtsu.edu
MTSU SPONSORS FEB. 7 LECTURE BY DESIGNER SHIRLEY HOROWITZ
Annual Interior Design Showcase Open to Community; Tickets on Sale Now
(MURFREESBORO)—Shirley Horowitz, interior designer and owner of Davishire Interiors, will visit MTSU on Saturday, Feb. 7, to serve as the keynote speaker for the 4th Annual Interior Design Showcase.
Members of the MTSU student chapter of ASID/IIDA will serve as hosts for the Nashville-based designer’s upcoming talk, “An Interior Design Journey: The Interior Renovation of Far Hills, Tennessee Governor’s Residence,” which will be presented in the Tennessee Room of the university’s James Union Building.
In addition to the public lecture, “Students in the MTSU interior design program will present vignettes of drawings, models and project boards that include residential, contract, commercial and lighting design,” said Deborah Belcher, registered interior designer and faculty adviser for the
Regarding the Feb. 7 lecture, Belcher, an associate professor on MTSU’s interior design faculty, said Horowitz “will share her experiences as an interior designer, and show some of her design portfolio and work found on the Davishire Interiors Web site.”
To learn more about Davishire Interiors, which was founded in 1985, please access its online site at http://www.davishire.com/index.htm.
• TICKETS: Tickets to the showcase event, $25 each, must be purchased by
Feb. 2 and include a 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner and 7:30 p.m. lecture. Tickets are available through members of the MTSU student chapter of ASID/IIDA.
For more information, please e-mail Belcher at dbelcher@mtsu.edu or call 615-898-5604.

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