Statewide High School Invitational Reception is March 9

calendar icon06 Mar 2018    

Lincoln, Neb.--The "Statewide High School Invitational" exhibition reception will be held on Friday, March 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.  

The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts' Nebraska Young Artist Awards' visual arts component and is sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs through March 13.  Schools were invited to nominate up to three students to participate in the juried exhibition.

The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize Nebraska high school juniors who are talented in art, music, dance, theatre or film and new media. This is the 21st year for the awards.  Winners of the visual arts component of the Nebraska Young Artist Awards will be announced at the reception on March 9 at 7 p.m.  Those works will then be re-installed in the MEDICI Gallery, also in Richards Hall, and will be on view there until April 7.

All winners of the Nebraska Young Artist Awards will be announced on March 12.

Gallery hours for the exhibition are Monday-Friday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public. Richards Hall is located at Stadium Drive and T streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus.

For more information, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522.