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Faculty Art on Display Beginning Jan. 16

Simcoe

'Floating' by Barbara Simcoe (Oil paint on panel)

OMAHA - Nineteen visual artists from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) faculty will open 2015 with a showcase of their work at the UNO Art Gallery beginning Friday, Jan. 16.

Works on display from Studio Art faculty in UNO’s Department of Art and Art History will include painting, book art, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, digital images, installation, and printmaking.

The public is invited to an opening reception of the exhibit from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 16. The exhibition will run through Thursday, Feb. 19.

Faculty artists showcasing their work include: Byron Anway, Jody Boyer, Larry Bradshaw, Matt Bross, Laura Capp, Gary Day, Amy Haney, David Helm, Victoria Hoyt, Avery Mazor, Ashley McFeely, Russ Nordman, Bonnie O’Connell, Joe Pankowski, Matt D. Peterson, Luke Severson, Barbara Simcoe, Colin Smith and Bart Vargas.

The UNO Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the Weber Fine Arts Building on the west side of UNO's Dodge Street Campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Appointments at other times are encouraged. Call the gallery at 402.554.2796 during regular hours for more information or to schedule an appointment.

The Gallery will be closed on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 19.

All events are free and open to the public and the galleries are accessible to people with disabilities.

If there are any media requests, please contact Charley Reed, UNO media relations coordinator, at 402.554.2129 or unonews@unomaha.edu.

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