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Local students recognized at art show
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The Ninth Annual University of Rio Grande Student and Teacher Art Exhibition took place in the Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery from Feb. 4-25. Pictured: Chandler Carter, of Valley High School, won Best of Show.
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NEW BOSTON Three area schools participated in the Ninth Annual University of Rio Grande Student and Teacher Art Exhibition, in the Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery from Feb. 4-25.
“The Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery is one of the few venues in our area that offers a very fine venue for professional artists and students, alike,” said art instructor and museum director Joseph Hamilton. “The preparations for this annual show start months in advance. We do this in an effort to encourage the arts in young people, and also to bring attention to the beautiful, friendly, and family-like atmosphere of The University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College campus in hopes to attract fu
Professor Rebecca Fortnum has been appointed to Glasgow School of Art s School of Fine Art The artist, curator and academic Rebecca Fortnum has said she is thrilled to have been appointed to head up Glasgow School of Art s prestigious School of Fine Art. Ms Fortnum is currently Professor of Fine Art and Research Lead in the School of Arts & Humanities at the Royal College of Art (RCA). She said that as an artist she had long been aware that GSA had nurtured generations of talent of international renown. The school has produced 15 Turner Prize nominees of which 6 were winners including Douglas Gordon and Charlotte Podger as well as other internationally renowned names including photographer Harry Benson and painter Jenny Savill. Ms Fortnum will take up the post on June 1, 2021