"Amongst Gentlemen" by Andrew Kosten

Drug-a-Diddle Cirrhosis by Charles Clary

Through Friday, Oct. 12, the artwork of eight faculty and staff members of the Department of Art at MTSU is on display in Murfreesboro’s City Hall. Participating are Charles Clary, Andrew Kosten, Melissa Newman, Kathleen O’Connell, Meghan O’Connor, Eric Snyder, Thomas Sturgill and Patricia Tenpenny.

“The exhibit was organized to showcase the wide array of fine art talent found on the campus of MTSU through the Department of Art,” stated Eric Snyder. While also participating, Snyder who currently serves as director of MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery, as well as chair of the City Hall Art Committee identified the city’s intent for the committee to elevate community awareness for art and local artists.

“Because the City Hall Art Committee is responsible for advancing the awareness and support of Murfreesboro’s visual arts resources, involving MTSU seemed natural,” said Patricia Tenpenny, art committee member and exhibit participant.

Further, Snyder stated that, “the artists included represent the art department’s focus on training students through the development of a strong foundation for art through the study of its many disciplines including book arts and printmaking represented respectively by new faculty members Kathleen O’Connell and Andrew Kosten.”

You can meet the artist’s at a closing reception in the Rotunda from 4:30–6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

City Hall is located at 111 W. Vine St. For more information or directions, call (615) 893-5210.