Graduate Student Art Exhibit

November 24, 2015

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UT Tyler Meadows Gallery Presents Fall 2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition

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November 24, 2015

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November 24, 2015

The University of Texas at Tyler Meadows Gallery will feature the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Fall 2015 Exhibition beginning Monday, Nov. 30, Ray Sikes, gallery coordinator, announced.

“The Last Moments of Face and Flipper” features the work of UT Tyler MFA degree candidate Samuel Brown of Austin. A public reception and gallery talk will be 6 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 at the gallery. The exhibition will conclude Friday, Dec. 11.

“This exhibition aims to examine and re-evaluate the conventional formatting, or structure, of contemporary audio, video and visual narrative events,” said Brown, who works in mixed media. “Each type of work in the exhibition uniquely addresses and challenges these organizational conventions. Gritty, rough and intentionally unworked surfaces are a repeated visual theme in all of the works included in the exhibition.”

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

The UT Tyler master of fine arts degree program provides the means for graduate students to develop as contemporary artists in all aspects of the discipline.

Through directed studies of an individualized nature, students discover their own historical context, master technical skills required, mature aesthetic interests, and develop professional practices and the capacity to create sophisticated visual and conceptual statements.

Courses of study include extensive critical analysis, research into contemporary art theory, innovative problem solving, aesthetics, and an exploration of the artist’s role and interface with contemporary society.

For additional information about the program, call 903.566.7250 or visit uttyler.edu/art/.

One of the 14 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 8,500 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.