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i have seven drawings/paintings/mixed media pieces on display at john f. kennedy library until the end of august. three of them are from my senior thesis exhibition back in december and four of them are from the artist within show last april. i worked at kennedy library for five years so it's really cool to have my work on display in the recently renovated space. the natural light shining in through the front windows really brightens the art room, and the two watercolor paintings that are on the recessed walls look like they were made for the space. as always, if you are in or around muncie, feel free to stop by the library some time. on d

anyone and everyone might be interested in knowing that the work completed during and in response to the month i spent in italy with fourteen other art students and three professors will be on display this month in the atrium gallery at ball state. the show opened on the 8th and will be up until the 26th, i think. at that time it will be taken down so that a show exhibited the work of watercolor/watermedia/encaustics professor marilynn derwenskus can go up. i'm excited about that show, too, as she's retiring in may. gallery hours: tuesday–friday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. saturday: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.

so once again i'm behind on the times... my senior thesis exhibition is on display this week at the atrium gallery in the art & journalism building at ball state university. i'm just now getting around to uploading digitals of five of the six drawings that i've completed for this show. the pieces are huge compared to most everything i've ever done, the smallest being 47" x 40" and the largest being 53 1/2" x 48". i'm excited about having it finished. the show has been a year in the making and my advisor was kind enough to give me an extension to complete the pieces the way i wanted them to be. if you're in or around muncie, come see the sh