Senior Exhibition UT Tyler

December 2, 2014

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UT Tyler Fine Arts Complex Gallery Features Senior Exhibition Dec. 2 – 12

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December 2, 2014

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
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The University of Texas at Tyler
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December 2, 2014

The University of Texas at Tyler Fine Arts Complex Gallery currently features the senior exhibition, “Nothing and Everything at the Same Time,” Ray Sikes, gallery coordinator, announced.

The featured student is Tonya Shanholtz of Tyler, a mixed media artist who integrates refuse with ceramic, metal and/or plastic.

A public reception and gallery talk will be 6 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at the gallery.

“This work is a direct and unconventional response to environmental and personal encounters with objects that society thoughtlessly discards everyday. My work is nothing and everything at the same time. The refuse is used as a socio-economic entry point for the viewer,” Shanholtz said.

The exhibition, which is executed in partial fulfillment of UT Tyler’s bachelor of fine arts degree, concludes Friday, Dec. 12.

Gallery hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by special appointment.

Shanholtz’s work was recently chosen for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts National Student Juried Exhibition in Providence, R.I. Out of 568 pieces from graduate, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students, only 40 pieces were selected.

Her works have also shown at the 2014 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Annual Conference in Milwaukee;Green Task Force; the Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization Emerging Artists Exhibition at the Dishman Art Museum in Beaumont; and “The Little SCULPTURE Show” during the International Sculpture Conference in New Orleans.

For additional information, contact Sikes, 903.566.7237 or rsikes@uttyler.edu.

Housed within the College of Arts and Sciences, the UT Tyler bachelor of fine arts degree program offers students an opportunity to concentrate in two-dimensional studio art, three-dimensional studio art, multi-media art, art history or general studio art. UT Tyler students may also seek an all-level teaching certification with the degree.

For more information, call 903.566.7250 or visit www.uttyler.edu/art/.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.