3 AREA ARTISTS' WORKS IN EXHIBIT

Three area artists have had their work selected for a nine-state competitive art exhibition. Forty pieces were chosen from 197 works submitted by 97 artists for the "Paducah `91" exhibit.

Included in the exhibit is a small iron sculpture, "Armageddon," and a charcoal-thread drawing, "Tether to Tassel Image," by Scott Monteith of Jackson. Monteith is an art student at Southeast Missouri State University.

Also included in "Paducah `91" is a graphite over charcoal drawing by Ron Clayton of Cape Girardeau, titled "Sumac." Clayton is an assistant professor of art at the university.

Two photographs, "Carscape #5" and "Environmental Car," by Jan Chamberlain of Cape Girardeau were also chosen.

The juror of the show, Michael Watts, is director of the Tarble Art Center at Eastern Illinois University at Charleston. He has served as panelist, commentator, juror and writer on the visual arts.

The exhibit opened Oct. 27 at the Yeiser Art Center Inc., 200 Broadway, Paducah, Ky. It will be displayed through Dec. 8.