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SFA PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS RECAPTURING HISTORIC VIEWS OF NACOGDOCHES
The city of Nacogdoches, Texas, dates all the way back to the 1700s and is, in fact, known as the "oldest town in Texas." Intrigued by the town's past, a group of art students at SFA set out to recapture historic locations throughout the town. Using a group of old photos found at the East Texas Research Center in the Ralph W. Steen Library on the SFA campus as a guide, they attempted to pinpoint the exact positions where the pictures were originally taken and re-photographed the area to show the development of the town over the past 100 years.

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RUSSIAN ICONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY MOODY NORTHEN
November 16 - February 10, Griffith Gallery.
Feast your eyes on lavish displays of splendor and spirituality at the exhibition Russian Icons from the Collection of Mary Moody Northen. On loan from The Moody Mansion Museum in Galveston, this presentation of sacred Russian images from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries is guaranteed to kindle the holiday spirit.

JOHN DANIEL: SCULPTURES & DRAWINGS 1964-2007
November 30 - March 7, The Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
This exhibition celebrates 43 years of art-making by John Daniel, SFA professor emeritus of art. During his tenure at SFA, Daniel developed the sculpture and expressive drawing areas, both of which remain important to the mission of the School of Art. Daniel is best known for his work as a sculptor and as a draftsman, and his work is noted for its sensitivity to materials and its comment on the human condition.
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REFINED: ABUNDANCE
January 25 - March 7, The Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
REFINED is a biannual juried exhibition sponsored by the SFA School of Art. This year's theme, "Abundance," seeks to demonstrate the wide breadth of originality in the jewelry discipline throughout the world. Juror is Charon Kransen, an art dealer specializing in contemporary jewelry and owner of Charon Kransen Arts (CKA) in New York City.
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SFA GRADUATE STUDENT SHOW
March 1 - April 13, Griffith Gallery.
(Closed during Spring Break, March 8-16)
The School of Art will celebrate the accomplishments of the current MFA and MA candidates in this exciting exhibition. Recent graduate student work will be presented in a variety of media, including painting, ceramics, photography, prints, metals, sculpture and collage.

ROGER SHIMOMURA: AN AMERICAN FOREIGNER
April 5 - May 18, The Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
Roger Shimomura's work is an aesthetic and political comparison between contemporary America and traditional Japan. Using images from both cultures, Shimomura creates a complicated layering of pictorial information and social observation. As his paintings and prints are interpreted and decoded by the viewers, Shimomura's tangled intentions are revealed in a subtly political way.

TEXAS NATIONAL 2008
April 5 - May 18, The Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
This annual juried competition and exhibition annually attracts entrants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It provides emerging artists an opportunity to have work juried by internationally acclaimed artists and presents new and innovative art to regional audiences.


 

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SFASU Films Available for Purchase On-line!
The films WITHIN US (2007) and SKIPPING TOMORROW (2008) are now available on DVD at the price of $10 each. Please visit the School of Art Store for more information and to purchase the DVDs on-line using a credit card.

Sara Kreuter, Brian Kempf and Debra Szczepanski, three Advanced Metal/Jewelry students from Fall 2007, have been juried into "Cresting," the Student Digital Slide Show taking place this March during the annual Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference. Additionally, Sara Kreuter was also juried into "Surge," the Student Exhibition taking place during the conference. Both exhibitions will showcase works from University Metal/Jewelry programs across North America.
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John Holbrook, SFA graduate (1989), has been selected to photograph the Texas Death Row inmates. The "Death Row" exhibition is made possible by Amnesty International and Galleri Loyd of Norway. The purpose of the event is to bring global attention to the injustice of capital punishment. The "Death Row" world tour will be showing in galleries in Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, and Oslo. More galleries across the world are continuing to book the exhibit.

Emily McLoughlin's (2007 BFA) earrings have been selected for the publication 500 Earrings by Lark Books. Emily's ring titled "Sleeping Beauty" was accepted into Texas National, Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas.
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New works by Russ Havard, SFA MA alumnus, are currently on display at the George Billis Gallery in New York.

Julie King, SFA MFA alumnus, will be represented in the forthcoming Assistance League of Houston's Celebration Art 2007 at Williams Tower in the Houston Galleria in January.

Jan Anderson-Paxson, SFA MFA alumnus, has also been accepted in the upcoming Assistance League of Houston's Celebration Art 2007 at Williams Tower in the Houston Galleria in January. In addition, she will be represented in The Center for Fine Art Photography's exhibit "Fantasy and Fantasies," opening January 12 and running through February 17 in The Center's gallery in Fort Collins, CO. Anderson-Paxson's works will also be included in The 22nd Members' Only Show of the Texas Photographic Society to be held in San Antonio January 25 - February 23, 2007, at the University of the Incarnate Word's Semmes Art Gallery.

A work by Assistant Professor of Art Maki Hajikano has been selected for the international exhibition Contained Art at sei-un-do gallery in Zürich, Switzerland.