UNIVERSITY NEWS - FEBRUARY 2004

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristine M. McGrath
561-297-1168, kmcgrath@fau.edu

International Theme Of Coexistence Frames Annual FAU Student Exhibition

BOCA RATON, FL (February 19, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University's Ritter Art Gallery will present Coexistence, The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition on Wednesday, March 3, 2004, with a public reception and awards presentation from 7 to 9 p.m. The opening reception and other events presented in association with the exhibition are free and open to the public. The exhibition will remain open through April 10.

The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition is open to FAU students who may submit up to three works. The exhibition will be juried by internationally recognized New York painter David Row. Monetary awards will be split among three students and several honorable mentions will be awarded. In addition, the FAU Potters Guild will present awards for ceramic works in the exhibition.

This year's Juried Student Art Exhibition employs a theme, Coexistence, to tie the FAU exhibition to an international billboard exhibition of the same name that will be presented in Boca Raton's Sanborn Square from Wednesday, March 10 through Saturday, March 27. The traveling billboard exhibition is organized by Museum on the Seam, Israel and is circulated in Florida by the Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg. For information about these events and the opening event on Wednesday, March 10, visit www.leahforkids.org or www.coexistence.art.museum.

In association with the student exhibition and the Coexistence billboard exhibition, a lecture, Cross-Cultural Sensitivity in the Age of Globalization, will be presented by Dr. Irina Sheina from the Ryazan State Pedagogical University in Russia. The lecture will be presented on Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m. in the Ritter Art Gallery by the FAU College of Education's Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education.

Coexistence, The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition is a collaborative project of FAU's School of the Arts and the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education. The exhibition is made possible in part by FAU Student Government, through student activity fees; Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; Palm Beach County Cultural Council and contributions from Friends of the University Galleries.
The University Galleries are open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 1 - 4 p.m. and Saturday from 1 - 5 p.m. The Galleries are closed Sundays and Mondays. Classes and group tours are encouraged and can be arranged at alternative times by appointment by calling 561-297-2966.
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