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Contact:
Guy Sims, assistant director, Student Activities, (319) 273-2683
Gwenne Culpepper, Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa will host a visit by Maya Angelou, Monday, September 11, 7:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
A best-selling author for the past three decades, Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. Among her myriad publications is the critically acclaimed novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; and the 1978 poem, And Still I Rise. In 1993, Angelou became only the second poet in U.S history to write and recite original work at a presidential inauguration.
Her presentation at UNI is free and open to the public.
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Contact: Rachel L. Flint, acting director, UNI Gallery of Art (319) 273-3095
James O'Connor, Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-6170
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Gallery of Art will present “Damp Edge,” a collaboration of prints by artists Pam Longobardi and Craig Dongoski Aug. 21 to Sept. 14. These works are the result of a dual artist residency fellowship at the Franz Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium.
Two photographic images were juxtaposed, scanned, and with no further computer manipulation, printed out as large-scale (36-inch by 47inch) Iris prints. These were the raw starting points for the hand-manipulation that was done in the two-and-a-half week residency in Belgium. Most of the treatment was done with water-based screen inks, raw pigment and hand painting.
According to Rachel Flint, acting director of the UNI Gallery of Art, what seemed to emerge in this phase, was a union of the visual dualities represented in the images, and thus, presented itself as the classic moral dilemma of vice/virtue, as depicted in the series “Seven Cardinal Virtues/Seven Deadly Sins.”
Special events scheduled for the exhibit include a lecture by both artists at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27 in the Art Auditorium of UNI's Kamerick Art Building, with a reception to immediately follow. The artists will be visiting UNI art classes August 28 and 29 to conduct workshops and further discuss their work.
Both the exhibition and lecture at the UNI Gallery of Art are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. The Gallery is located at the corner of Hudson Road and West 27th street in Cedar Falls on the main floor of the Kamerick Art Building. For more information, call (319) 273-3095 or visit .
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