MURFREESBORO — Young Murfreesboro and
Rutherford County artists’ interpretations of America’s diversified unity are
the focus of a special invitational exhibit at MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery
beginning Thursday, May 14.
The city
and county schools students created works of art with a theme of “E Pluribus
Unum: From Many, One,” showing how many people, races, cultures and religions
come together to create the United States.
The
exhibit will be on display at the Todd Gallery through May 29. Award winners
will be announced at a special May 21 reception hosted by Dr. Mark Byrnes, dean
of the MTSU College of Liberal Arts.
The Todd
Gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed
on weekends and state and university holidays. The awards reception is planned
May 22 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Student
artists in both Murfreesboro City Schools and Rutherford County Schools systems
compete annually for awards sponsored by the Murfreesboro City Hall Art
Committee and displayed in the rotunda at Murfreesboro’s City Hall.
MTSU’s
Department of Art is continuing the community art support by displaying the
winning works from the school competitions in the Todd Gallery as the “Winners’
Circle” exhibit. Winners’ Circle art jurors evaluate the winning pieces and
name an “MTSU Arts Best of Show Award” as well as a “Circle Best Artwork” for
both the city and county schools.
The
student Winners’ Circle pieces that best represent criteria such as “most
original” or “best interpretive” also are eligible for the “True Blue Award” and
first, second, third and honorable mention awards in four age groups.
Like all
Todd Art Gallery events, the exhibit and reception are free and open to the
public.
For more
information about MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery, including parking and directions,
contact gallery director Eric Snyder at 615-898-5532 or eric.snyder@mtsu.edu or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/art.
You also can find a campus parking map at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParking14-15.
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