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Juried alumni art exhibit will be featured

The Linder Gallery at Keystone College will present its first juried alumni art exhibition from Friday, Oct. 16, through Nov. 24 on the Keystone campus in La Plume.

The exhibit will feature artwork in all media by 34 selected alumni from the 1960s through 2008.

A variety of activities will accompany the exhibit during Homecoming Weekend at the college, beginning with a reception for the artists on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gallery. Light fare and refreshments will be served.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, the college will present the Alumni Showcase, an open forum for former students to speak about their artwork. The showcase will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. in the President’s Dining Room in the Hibbard Campus Center.

The event concludes on Saturday with an awards ceremony Prizes will be given to selected pieces in various categories, including $1,000 for Best of Show. The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. in Hibbard Campus Center and will feature a buffet and live music from the Marko Marcinko Jazz Trio. Tickets are $25. For reservations, call 945-8161.

All art exhibit events are open to the public.

The juror for this exhibition is New York artist Jeff Russell.

Russell’s paintings, prints, and photographs have been shown in exhibitions worldwide and are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga.