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Senior studio art exhibition
on display at Melvin Art Gallery

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 6, 2004) - Florida Southern College's Department of Art and Art History presents its Senior Studio Art Show in the Melvin Art Gallery beginning April 16 and running through April 26. An opening night reception begins at 7 p.m. 

William Meek, an FSC alumnus and owner of the Harmon-Meek Gallery of Naples, Fla., will jury this show on opening night. Department chair William Otremsky will give a brief talk and present the recipients of the John R. Reuter Art Awards. John Reuter, a former English professor at the college, has provided for $1,000 in annual awards for graduating studio art students. The awards will be announced at 8 p.m. 

The Melvin Art Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and during intermissions of most performances of the FSC Fine Arts Series. 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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