Renaissance Center students to exhibit works March 12-April 19
Release Date: 2/20/2008. Expired: 3/18/2008
Selected students in The Renaissance Center’s visual arts classes will display their works March 12-April 19 in the North Wing Gallery and North Wing Display Cases.
An opening reception will be 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14.
“Each year students come through the doors of The Renaissance Center and into the classrooms of the Visual Arts Department. They work with materials set in the roots of art-making such as clay, charcoal, oil paint and graphite,” said Armon Means, curator and instructor at The Renaissance Center. “Children create masterpieces of crayon and glue – adults make multi-colored stained glass windows with painstaking precision. No matter the age group or medium used, these students all share a common passion and commitment to the visual arts.”
Annually, this commitment is given the opportunity to manifest itself in an exhibition on the walls of the center. While most artists create in order to make a living, the students create out of pure enjoyment.
“An exhibition of this sort is a refreshing change from the norm while at the same time a chance for students to see their work in a new light,” said Means.
Students will be able to submit pieces created under the guidance of their instructors and each class will be represented. In some cases the art faculty at The Renaissance Center will be selecting at least one piece from each of their classes to include in the exhibit.
Drawings, paintings, photography, stained glass and pottery are just a few of the mediums that both children and adults in this year’s art classes will have on display in the exhibit. Clay and 3-D pieces will fill the display cases while flat work adorns the walls – the full gamut of The Renaissance Center’s student work will be showcased for the viewing public.
For more information on The Renaissance Center’s Student Art Exhibit, contact Means at (615) 740-5545 or armon.means@rcenter.org, or visit www.rcenter.org. The galleries of The Renaissance Center are open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and admission is always free.
The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.
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