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Students from Art Institute of Chicago 
exhibit at Melvin Gallery

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2004) - Florida Southern's Melvin Art Gallery presents "Chicago Eleven - Art Institute of Chicago - Group Show" beginning Jan. 16 and running through Feb. 2. The group of eleven graduate students from one of the world's top art schools will show their work from their final year. 

Works by three of the artists, including FSC graduate Terence Hannum, appear in the publication New American Painting. Hannum and gallery director Dr. James Rogers will discuss the exhibition during the opening reception taking place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Also attending the opening, says Rogers, is artist Kim Metseff, "who works in food - edible art - and we will be able to eat her work at the opening."

The Melvin Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and during intermissions of most FSC Festival of Fine Arts performances. Admission is free. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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