The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will feature a series of works by children's author Amy Holkesvik and an exhibit of fabric art by Becky Grass. A First Friday opening reception will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Holkesvik, of Fort Worth, Texas, paints using media from watercolor to pastels to printmaking. Grass, a Southeast Missouri State University alumna, uses cloth to express spiritual emotions in her work. For more information, call 334-9233.
The Riverview Room will be the site of Dr. Zenon Duda's sculpture installation "Requiem for the Pawns of War." Duda will be filming the night to produce a video for Artists for Human Rights. The public is encouraged to attend a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 334-4677.
The Edward Bernard Gallery will showcase glass art by Mark Hines Designs of Prescott, Ariz. Hines makes large and small slumped glass vases using sand molds. A First Friday opening reception will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Jack Smoot and David Giles will provide music from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 332-7733.
The Fountain Street Gallery will feature the work of gallery members Sarah Riley, Utahna Hancock, James Thurman, Norma Fisk, Jake Wells, Rochelle Steffen, Lynn Robey and Ashley Sites. The gallery will also feature ceramics be Wyoming-based artist Amy Kephart-Koffman. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information, call (573) 275-3194.
Gallery 1.2.5 will hold a First Friday reception featuring its collection of original oil paintings from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 335-2699.
The Garden Gallery will feature a small exhibit of paintings in a variety of media by local artist Robert Grable. A First Friday reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 332-7123.
The Southeast Missouri Regional Museum on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University will host an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. for its featured exhibit, "Shared Passion: The Richard and Dorothy Nelson Collection of American Indian Art." Richard Nelson will present a lecture following the reception at 6:30 p.m. in 122 Memorial Hall. The Nelsons collect Native American art from contemporary artists. "Shared Passion" is currently on an 18-month tour of the United States. For more information, call 651-2301.
The Artist Studio will feature watercolors created by Nona Nan Chapman and Marilyn Zeller, and will take sign-ups for an acrylics class beginning Oct. 10. An opening reception will be held today from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 651-4464 or 334-8779.
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