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Inauguration Day reception to be held on
campus
Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., in the Student Union Auditorium,
ASU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will hold a presidential
inauguration reception in honor of President-elect Barak Obama’s
historic ascension to the presidency of the United States of America.
ASU's student body, faculty, and staff are invited. Light refreshments will be
served in the Heritage lounge after the inauguration ceremony. Also,
tomorrow night at 7 p.m., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity presents an art
exhibition, “A Night with Martin and Friends,” in Centennial Hall.
This event will showcase several pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as
special art pieces from the community. For details, see the
NewsPage release.
2009 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition at Bradbury
The 2009 Delta National
Small Prints Exhibition (DNSPE) will open to the public at 5 p.m. on
Thursday, Jan. 22, at ASU's
 Bradbury
Gallery, in Fowler Center. This
beautiful, well-rounded show includes a variety of prints from
traditional to experimental, minimal to intricate, and realistic to
abstract. Each year
artists from across the nation submit original prints for possible
inclusion in this exhibition, which is chosen by a nationally known
expert in the field of printmaking.
The 2009 DNSPE was selected by Siri Engberg, who is a specialist in
contemporary prints and a curator at the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis, Minn. Engberg painstakingly reviewed each print and
selected an exhibition that spans the range of print types and
styles. She also
determined which
works would receive awards, including purchase prizes.
Two ASU faculty
members, Shelley Gipson and John Salvest, both of Art, and one recent
Art graduate, Andrea Mary, are included in the
exhibition. A full-color catalog of the entire exhibition will be available at the
opening reception. The exhibition runs through Sunday, Feb. 22. Bradbury Gallery
hours are 12 noon-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2-5pm on Sunday.
The exhibition, the catalog, and the reception are free, and the public
is welcome. For details, contact
Les Christensen, director,
the Bradbury Gallery, at ext. 2567, or see the
NewsPage release.
KASU's Bluegrass
Monday to feature Monroe Crossing
Radio station KASU 91.9 FM presents Bluegrass Monday, featuring
Monroe Crossing, on Monday, Jan. 26, 7-9 p.m., at Atkins Celebration
Hall, 101 S. Pruett, Paragould. Admission is free, but KASU
literally passes the hat to pay the musicians. (Suggested donation
is $5 per person.) Named
in honor of the creator of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, the band
Monroe Crossing plays traditional bluegrass, gospel songs,
original melodies, and covers given "the bluegrass treatment." The
band performs more than 125
concerts each year and has recorded nine CDs. Based in
Minnesota, Monroe Crossing has also been inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of
Fame and has received numerous awards from the Minnesota Bluegrass
and Old-Time Music Association. In 2007, the band appeared at the
prestigious showcase concert at the
International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual convention.
Bluegrass Monday concerts are typically held on the fourth Monday of
the month. For details, contact
Marty Scarbrough, KASU
program director, ext. 2367.
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