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Graduation is fast approaching, but before University of Houston School of Art students bid farewell to their classmates and professors, they’ll greet local art aficionados with an exhibition of their works. The 2006 School of Art Masters Thesis Exhibition will feature graduate art students’ sculptures, paintings, photography, digital media and graphic communication pieces. It is open to the public April 14 – 29 in Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. A free public reception will celebrate the exhibition’s opening at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14. This event will be held in conjunction with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at UH’s presentation of the Neo-Futurists’ play, “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind,” which begins at 9 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall. Participating student artists are completing their Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in art at UH, which is the only university in the region to offer this program. UH is also one of the few institutions where art students’ works are shown in a professional gallery, an opportunity that provides valuable experience and exposure. “This exhibition allows students’ art to be seen by the community, as well as critics and arts administrators,” said Cathy Hunt, graduate adviser for UH’s School of Art. “It also provides them with an understanding of the many processes involved with an exhibition.”
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