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SFA offering Art Educators' Retreat in June

March 1, 2013
The SFA School of Art will host an Art Educators' Retreat June 16 through 20 on the SFA campus. Deadline for registration is May 24.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS-Registrations are still being accepted for the Art Educators' Retreat, a four-day workshop for art educators offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.

Open to community college, elementary, middle and high school art teachers, the retreat will be held on the SFA campus Sunday, June 16, through Thursday, June 20.

The retreat offers art educators a chance to renew their creative selves and to attend workshops, explained Marsha Blount, SFA assistant professor of art education and director of the retreat.

This year's guest artist will be Leslie Neumann, a painter from Florida.

SFA faculty members Peter Andrew, Runsie Tatnol, Les Butler and Aloma Marquis will teach studio art workshops.

The retreat concludes with a final exhibition of participants' artwork and a hands-on gala.

All meals, art supplies and on-campus lodging are included in the $400 registration fee.

Registration for the retreat is limited, and the registration deadline is Friday, May 24. Applications and instructions for registering are available at www.art.sfasu.edu/retreat.

For more information, e-mail Blount at blountmarsh@sfasu.edu. Inquiries should include the educator's school name, teaching level, school telephone number and educator's e-mail address.



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