[278] MTSU Art Department Issues National Call For Artists

FOR RELEASE: Jan. 25, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Sisavanh Houghton, Houghton@mtsu.edu

MTSU ART DEPARTMENT ISSUES NATIONAL CALL FOR ARTISTS
8-by-10 Works to be Included in New Benefit Exhibition, Sale

(MURFREESBORO)—The Department of Art at MTSU has issued a national call for artists to submit 8-by-10-inch works on paper by Friday, March 11, for inclusion in “80 Square,” a new scholarship-benefit exhibition and sale.
Drawings, paintings, photographs, prints and mixed media will be accepted. All work submitted will be included in the “80 Square” exhibit and sale on Saturday, March 19, and proceeds from all sales will benefit the MTSU Department of Art Scholarship program.
Tinney Contemporary will host the one-night exhibition on March 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at its gallery at 237 Fifth Ave. N. in Nashville. An artist preview is planned from 5 to 6 p.m. at the gallery.
Artists can download full submission details at www.mtsu.edu/~art or contact Sisavanh Houghton at Houghton@mtsu.edu for more information. Remember, all entries must be received by March 11 to be included in the event.

Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. MTSU recently unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.

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IN BRIEF: The Department of Art at MTSU has issued a national call for artists to submit 8-by-10-inch works on paper by Friday, March 11, for inclusion in “80 Square,” a new scholarship-benefit exhibition and sale. Drawings, paintings, photographs, prints and mixed media will be accepted. All work submitted will be included in the “80 Square” exhibit and sale on Saturday, March 19, and proceeds from all sales will benefit the MTSU Department of Art Scholarship program. Artists can download full submission details at www.mtsu.edu/~art or contact Sisavanh Houghton at Houghton@mtsu.edu for more information.


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