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Texan Glenn Downing to be Featured at UT Tyler Meadows Gallery

August 6, 2012

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
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August 6, 2012

The University of Texas at Tyler Meadows Gallery will feature an exhibition by Glenn Downing beginning Monday, Aug. 20, Ray Sikes, gallery coordinator, announced.

An opening reception and gallery talk will be 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at the gallery. The exhibition will close on Friday, Oct. 5.

A Texas native, Downing is a noted sculpture and drawing artist. He holds a bachelor of fine arts from UT Austin and a master of fine arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.

His work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions not only in Texas but also nationwide.

The Meadows Gallery is located in the UT Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by special appointment.

For more information, contact Sikes, 903.566.7237 or rsikes@uttyler.edu.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 7,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.