NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Three art shows are currently on view at Stephen F. Austin State University's The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House located at 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches.

The "2011 Nacogdoches Art League Annual Juried Exhibition" is displayed in the upstairs Hallway Gallery. Juried by SFA Professor of Art Peter Andrew, the show will run through Saturday, July 2.

Also upstairs, in the Reavley Gallery, viewers can see "Nac Collects," an eclectic exhibition of artworks from Nacogdoches collectors Laura McKinney, Linda McKinney and Terry Steed.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas-The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Social Work and the University of Texas Medical Branch East Texas Geriatric Education Consortium will host Susan Chandler as she presents "Exercising Your Brain: An Informative Session and Brain Work-Out for Healthy Aging" on Wednesday, June 22.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now on sale for the popular children's musical and the classic ghost story that comprise the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre's summer season, "Thrills! Chills! Exclamations!"

The season will open at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, with "Schoolhouse Rock Live!," a family-friendly musical based on the short educational cartoons that ran on Saturday morning television in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Dr. Oklahoma State University horticulturist and author Steve Dobbs will present "Architectural Plants: Space-Saving Plants in Urban Landscapes for Texture and Diversity."

Campers at SFA Pineywoods Camp enjoy learning about white-tailed deer from Andy McCarty, an alumnus from the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Pineywoods Camp program celebrates its 10th year of summer camp programs for youth during the month of June.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Private music lessons, adult dance and piano classes, Kindermusik camps for newborns through 7-year-olds, a musical theater camp for second through fifth graders and "Glee Camp" for sixth through 12th graders are all part of the summer program offered by the Music Preparatory Division at Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University's The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, located at 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches, is currently closed through Thursday, June 2, while new exhibitions are being installed.

The center will reopen on Friday, June 3, for the 5:30 p.m. opening reception for the "2011 Nacogdoches Art League Annual Exhibition," which will run through Saturday, July 2, in the second floor Hallway Gallery. Peter Andrew, SFA professor of art, serves as the exhibition's juror.

An SFA Art Academy participant pauses to admire the mask she created during the two-week camp for area kindergartners through sixth graders. This summer's academy will meet in the SFA Art Building from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, June 13 through 24.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Registrations are still being accepted for the Summer Art Academy offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Campus Recreation Department will host weeklong "Little Jack Camp" sessions throughout June and July for children ages 5-12.

Little Jack Camp will offer a variety of activities including swimming, rock climbing, basketball, tennis, nature activities, visual arts, racquet sports, soccer, scavenger hunts, team games, water safety and movies.

Interior Design students (Left to Right): Kali Benbrooks, Angela Lovelace, Katye Adams, Loren Brown and Khrystina Soriano pictured with Dr. Darla O'Dwyer.

Interior design students from Stephen F. Austin State University recently had the opportunity to put their design skills to the test during the second annual Jack Design Challenge, a four-week interior makeover for an SFA faculty or staff member.