Davis Gallery to showcase annual Idaho State University Undergraduate Art Exhibit and Scholarship Competition April 11-May 6

The 2011 Annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition and Scholarship Competition will be on display from April 12 to May 6 at the John B. Davis Gallery in the Idaho State University Fine Arts Building.

This year's juror for the competition will be Benjamin Gardner, an assistant professor of drawing at Drake University.  Gardner's work has been presented in many exhibitions and has also been published in the national publication, New American Paintings.

Gardner will also give a presentation titled "Said Three Times (Before Summer)" on April 8 in Room 401 of the ISU Fine Arts Building at 2 p.m.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

The opening exhibition reception will be held on April 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. with the scholarship and award winners being announced at 7 p.m.

The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.  For more information visit www.isu.edu/art/galleries.shtml or contact Amy Jo Popa at 282-3341.

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