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SUNY Potsdam's Gibson Gallery Hosts Regional Art Exhibition
07.01.10
The 2010 North Country Regional Art Exhibition will be hosted at the Gibson Gallery at SUNY Potsdam from Friday, July 9 to Friday, Aug. 6. The exhibition will feature the work of 15 area artists. The North Country Regional Art Exhibition is a long-standing annual tradition in Northern New York that draws upon the talented artists living within the region. The Gibson Gallery hires a prominent juror every two years to select the art and award recipients. Andrew Schuster, a professor of art at Onondaga Community College, helped to curate the exhibition. Schuster selected the art from a pool of 105 works by 24 artists, all within a 200-mile radius of the Gibson Gallery. Schuster also designated which artists will receive awards for their work. The Gibson Gallery serves as the center for visual arts at SUNY Potsdam through the collection, exhibition, and interpretation of quality works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries. The gallery hosts eight to 10 exhibitions per year. The schedule includes works by professional artists from across the globe, as well as SUNY Potsdam students. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 9. For more information, contact the Gibson Gallery at (315) 267-3290 or visit www.potsdam.edu/gibson. Founded in 1816, SUNY Potsdam is a four-year liberal arts college nestled on the outskirts of the Adirondack Park. Among the 64 units of The State University of New York system, SUNY Potsdam has the longest history and currently enrolls approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students. It is well known for its academically challenging liberal arts and sciences and teacher education programs, as well as its world-renowned Crane School of Music.