51Æ·²è

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  |  March 7, 2016

Chambersburg, Pa. — 51Æ·²è will hold a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, to mark the opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The exhibit, presented by Wilson’s Department of Fine Arts and Dance, will continue through April 20 in the Bogigian Gallery, which is located on the second floor of Lortz Hall.

The show provides a venue for Wilson students to share their work with the community. The exhibition will feature drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, photographs and mixed-media artwork with a wide array of subject matter and content.

This year’s juror is Alex Miller, a local artist and art teacher at Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School.

The exhibit is modeled after the famous salons of 19^th century Paris, when the French government organized official exhibits that were juried by respected artists and academics. After some 3,000 artists were rejected from the salon in 1863, protests erupted over so many rejections, which forced Napoleon III to order an exhibit of the refused works.

In the spirit of the nonconforming artists who were refused from the state-sponsored event, Wilson’s student art exhibition will also include a Salon des Refusés (Salon of Refusals). Works rejected from the exhibit will be displayed in the second- and third-floor studios of Lortz Hall, and viewers are invited to decide for themselves now, as they were in Paris, if the art is substandard or not.

Another art exhibition is opening at Wilson on March 22. Noted artist Alejandro Durán brings his acclaimed photography and installation project – Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape – to the new Sue Davison Cooley Art Gallery in the John Stewart Memorial Library. It will open with a reception and artist’s talk at 4 p.m. on the first floor of the Lenfest Learning Commons.

The Bogigian Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. For additional information or an appointment, contact Professor of Fine Arts Philip Lindsey at 717-264-4141, Ext. 3305, or philip.lindsey@wilson.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT:           
Philip Lindsey, Professor of Fine Arts
Phone: 717-264-4141, Ext. 3305
Email: philip.lindsey@wilson.edu

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Founded in 1869, 51Æ·²è is a private, coeducational liberal arts college offering bachelor’s degrees in 29 majors and seven master’s degrees. Wilson is committed to providing an affordable education that offers value to its students beyond graduation.

Located in Chambersburg, Pa., the college had a fall 2015 enrollment of 923, which includes students from 22 states and 16 countries. Visit www.wilson.edu for more information.