Faculty Art on Exhibit
November 4, 2014
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Four UT Tyler Art Faculty Featured in Local Exhibition
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November 4, 2014
UT Tyler art and art history faculty are among the dozen artists featured in a local exhibition currently showing at the Tyler Museum of Art, Merrie Wright, UT Tyler art and art history department chair, announced.
UT Tyler faculty and their spouses featured in the exhibition include Dewane and Alexis Serio Hughes, Gary Hatcher and wife Daphne Hatcher and James R. Pace and wife Philana Oliphant Pace.
The public exhibition “Flow into the Mystic: Marriage and the Contemporary Artist,” which showcases 25 works including paintings, sculpture and installations, continues through Friday, Feb. 1, 2015.
“Flow into the Mystic” casts an exclusive spotlight on six married couples – 12 artists in all – who live and work in North and East Texas and whose accomplishments both individually and collectively have made a significant impact on the contemporary art world, according to exhibition organizer Derek Frazier.
The Tyler Museum of Art is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave. on the Tyler Junior College main campus. Regular hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, call 903.595.1001 or visit the museum’s website.
The UT Tyler Department of Art and Art History offers programs of study to prepare students for success as a professional artist, art educator or professional in the field of art.
The department’s curriculum and mode of operation resemble a professional art school, with a broad-based liberal arts education. Students may select an emphasis in studio art, art education or art history. UT Tyler also offers an art minor to complement other areas of study with expanded knowledge and ability in visual art.
For additional information, call 903.566.7250 or email art@uttyler.edu.
Into the Mystic: Above, Alexis Serio's "Interlacing the Hours" and at left, James Pace's "ICARUS in the Thistles" are among work displayed at the Tyler Museum of Art's current exhibition that continues through Friday, Feb. 1, 2015.