January 25, 2005

Visual and performing arts announces February exhibits

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Art by students, former faculty members and a furniture company will be on exhibit in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries at Purdue University.

The galleries, located in the Yue-Kong Pao Hall for Visual and Performing Arts, 552 W. Wood St., are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Exhibits are free and open to the public.

The Knoll exhibit, set for Feb. 21-25, will feature classic pieces from the company's modern furniture collection in the West and East galleries. Knoll Inc. is based in Indianapolis.

West Gallery exhibits include:

• Through Feb. 4 – "A Friend of the Galleries: Selections from the McGill Collection." Former professor of art history William A. McGill made regular donations of historical etchings, lithographs and woodblock prints from his private collection to the Purdue University Galleries permanent collection.

• Feb. 7-11 – "Inside Out." This annual exhibition features recent artwork by members of the Purdue student organization Delta Phi Delta.

• Feb. 14-18 – "VCD 234." Exhibition features the design work of visual communication design students from the Division of Art & Design.

East Gallery exhibits include:

• Through Feb. 4 ‚ "Photography & Related Media." Undergraduate and graduate students from the Division of Art & Design are currently exhibiting their artwork from photography and related media courses.

• Feb. 7-18 – "Umbria: Fields and Flowers." Recent paintings and drawings by Al Pounders, professor emeritus in the Division of Art & Design.

• Feb. 28 to March 4 – Recent artwork by fine arts graduate student Lindsay Jones.

Source: Mary Beth Scheurich, gallery coordinator for the Rueff Galleries, (765) 494-9121, maryb@sla.purdue.edu

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