[391] ‘CAUTION: WET FLOOR’ ART GALLERY AT TODD HALL SET FOR APRIL 13-17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2009
CONTACT: Lisa L. Rollins, (615) 494-8857, or lrollins@mtsu.edu

‘CAUTION: WET FLOOR’ ART GALLERY AT TODD HALL SET FOR APRIL 13-17
Public Urged to Attend Free Artists’ Reception, View Graduating Students’ Exhibit

(MURFREESBORO)—The Department of Art at MTSU will serve as host for “Caution: Wet Floor,” the second of three spring 2009 art exhibits by seniors who are candidates for the department’s Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
The student show, which will be on display in the Art Gallery at Todd Hall from April 13 to April 17, also will include an open and free artists’ reception at 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 13.
“Caution: Wet Floor” will include works by participating artists Natalie Harrison, Emily May-Ragland, Erin Piper, Randy Purcell and Jonathan Wallraven. Referring to the featured artists, Eric Snyder, gallery curator, said Harrison’s works “create images of abstracted streets that capture specific moments in time” and May-Ragland’s “use warm, saturated colors to evoke sensuality in her images of mating couples.”
The pieces by Piper “explore intimate relationships and nostalgia through the use of her body” and Purcell “uses painting and sculpture to explore memories of real-life experiences, mixed with irrational visions of his thinking,” he continued, while Wallravern’s works “challenge traditional interactions between artist, art and community.”
The show and reception are free and open to the public.
•GALLERY HOURS: The Art Gallery at Todd Hall is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, closing only on university-recognized state holidays.
For more information or directions, contact Snyder at 615-898-5653.


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•ATTENTION, MEDIA—To secure jpegs of some of the artworks that will be on display, please e-mail your request to Lisa L. Rollins at lrollins@mtsu.edu.