Stephen F. Austin State University

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Artwork in a variety of media will be displayed in
the "SFA Faculty Show" which the Stephen F. Austin State University
College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov.
3, in Griffith Gallery.

One-, two- and three-dimensional pieces art by 20 members of the SFA
art faculty will be exhibited in the gallery which is located in the
Griffith Fine Arts Building Room 208. The show runs through Sunday,
Dec. 10.

"This annual exhibition enables the public to see first-hand the
breadth of talent possessed by our studio art faculty," said Shannon
Bailey, SFA gallery director. "It is always a popular show."

Included in the show are paintings and drawings by Professors Peter
Andrew, Piero Fenci and Robert Kinsell; Visiting Assistant Professor
David Ngirailemesang; Instructor Gary Parker; Post-graduate Fellow
Aloma Marquis; and adjunct faculty members Les Butler and Scott Runnels.

Photographs by Assistant Professors Amy Holmes George and Christopher
Talbot, and ceramics by Professor Piero Fenci and Assistant Professor
Anita Powell are also included. Regents Professor Charles D. Jones
will display a letter press book and woodcut print.

Professor Gary Q. Frields, Assistant Professor Maki Hajikano and
Adjunct Faculty Chet Geiselman will display sculptures, and Assistant
Professor Natalya Pinchuk will exhibit pieces of jewelry. Dana Sperry,
adjunct faculty, will display a video.

A sculpture by John Daniel, retired professor, and a collage by Mary
McCleary, retired regents professor, will also be included in the
exhibition.

"The exhibition also serves to introduce East Texans to Chad
Erpelding, newly appointed assistant professor," Bailey said. "Chad's
work investigates the physical and mental spread of culture on a global
scale through references to maps and charts."

"I hope that my work challenges viewers to consider the relationships
among various environments while questioning their understanding of
place in a global community," Erpelding said.

Erpelding received his Master of Fine Arts in 2-D Studio Art from
Southern Illinois University Carbondale and his Bachelor of Arts from
Central University of Iowa. He also participated in a study abroad
program at Trinity University in Carmarthan, Wales.

His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Illinois,
Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts and Oregon,

The exhibition is sponsored in part by Texas Commission on the Arts,
Nacogdoches Junior Forum and SFA Friends of the Visual Arts.

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 4, regular gallery hours for the exhibition
will be 12:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, except for Nov. 22
through Nov. 26, when the gallery will be closed for the Thanksgiving
break. Admission is free.

For more information, please call (936) 468-1131.