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Fine Arts Festival Weekend

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  • Oct 9, 2010 at 6:00 to Oct 10, 2010 at 13:00
  • Location: Florida Atlantic University's University Galleries
  • Latest Activity: Sep 23, 2020
The visual arts and art history department and the University Galleries at Florida Atlantic University are hosting the first FAU Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The festival will be in the Performing Arts and Visual Art Center on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The art and design work of FAU students as well as some of South Florida’s finest professional artists will be on exhibit and for sale, with prices ranging from $10 to $10,000. Admission to the festival is free. Art on display will include a wide selection of art media, including works in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and more. There will also be free 10 minute artist talks throughout both days and tours of the visual arts center studios and galleries, along with other entertainment. Food and beverages, including beer and wine, will be available. “We are excited to have Claire Dorst, Stanford Slutsky and John McCoy joining our group of professional artists,” said Linda Johnson, organizer of the Fine Arts Festival. “Claire Dorst, painter and FAU professor emeritus, joined FAU in 1964 as the founding member and first chairperson for the art department. John McCoy, an accomplished ceramist whose soup tureens are a must buy, brings clay to life with his focus on functional pottery. Stan Slutsky will be adding a splash of vibrant color with his pure geometric and chromatic abstraction paintings.” The Fine Arts Festival is the main fundraising event of the year for the visual arts and art history department. All the proceeds from the sale of student artwork will directly benefit the mission of educating artists and providing them with scholarship opportunities, access to state-of-the-art traditional and digital arts facilities, and enrichment through visiting artist lecture series. For more information about the festival, call 561-297-2971, email art@fau.edu or visit www.fau.edu/vaah.
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