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UT Tyler Meadows Gallery to Feature ‘Dovetails’ Art Exhibition

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March 9, 2015

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
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The University of Texas at Tyler
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March 9, 2015

The next exhibition at The University of Texas at Tyler Meadows Gallery is ‘dovetails,’ beginning on Monday, March 16, Ray Sikes, gallery coordinator announced.

The public exhibition features UT Tyler professor of art James R. Pace and UT Tyler alumna Philana Oliphant. A reception and gallery talk will be 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at the gallery.

The exhibition continues Friday, April 17.

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.

Oliphant has exhibited work nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. She currently teaches drawing, three-dimensional design and art appreciation courses at Tyler Junior College. Her work has been included in several museum collections, and she has received special recognition in numerous juried competitions. Oliphant holds a bachelor’s degree in printmaking, sculpture and drawing from UT Austin and a bachelor of fine arts from UT Tyler.

Pace has exhibited his work nationally and internationally since 1976, and he has received numerous awards for his painting, drawings, prints and mixed media work. He continues to serve as juror, lecturer and visiting artist throughout the U.S. and several foreign countries. He holds a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and a master of fine arts from Arizona State University.

Both maintain active studio practices in Tyler.

For more information, contact Sikes, 903.566.7237 or rsikes@uttyler.edu or call the UT Tyler Department of Art and Art History, 903.566.7250.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.

Dovetails: Philana Oliphant's "1970" (pictured on top) and Jame Pace's "paradigmexamination" (above) are two of several art pieces displayed in the joint 'Dovetails' exhibition, which begins Monday, March 16 and continues through Friday, April 17 at the UT Tyler Meadows Gallery.