Artwork for sale in the 60th Anniversary Exhibition will include Colorado Falls (at left), a watercolor by Rena Brouwer, and Ministry of a Boozehound, blown glass series by David Schnuckle.

The IU Kokomo Art Gallery will start its 10th year of operation with a bow to the campus' 60 years. Running Aug. 26-Sept. 20, the IU Kokomo 60th Anniversary Exhibition is planned as a display of 60 original works donated by regional professional artists. The works will be sold for $100 each; proceeds will benefit the gallery.

Works for sale will include paintings, drawings, handmade papers, prints, ceramics and sculptures. Participating artists have had works displayed at IU Kokomo previously in solo or group shows, "Spotlight Window" displays or in the biennial Regional Exhibition. Most live within a 70-mile radius of Kokomo, said Minda Douglas, former gallery director. "They are artists who have gained something from the IU Kokomo Gallery being here. Their works would normally sell for much more than $100."

Several Kokomo artists are represented in the exhibition, including Glenna Pleasant, who paints in watercolors; David Schnuckle, blown glass; Jerry Costello, acrylics and digital prints; and Richard Weber, ceramics.

Sales will begin Aug. 26. An invitation-only preview party will be followed by a public reception from 5:30-7 p.m. All works will remain on display through Sept. 20.

Steel

Editor's note: Gregory Steel has succeeded Douglas as director of the IU Kokomo Art Gallery. After four years of guiding gallery operations, Douglas will be teaching full time as a lecturer in fine arts. Steel previously directed the Work Exhibition Space for the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He will also lecture in fine arts at IU Kokomo. Admission to all IU Kokomo Art Gallery exhibitions and events is free. Located across from the IU Kokomo Library, the gallery is open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesdays, until 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, noon-4 p.m. (The gallery will be closed Sunday and Monday, Sept. 4-5, for the campus' Labor Day holiday.) For more information, telephone 765-455-9523.

Read more about Gregory Steel, the new director of the IU Kokomo Art Gallery, at this Web site:
http://www.iuk.edu/~koocm/aug05/20050818004.shtml

http://www.iuk.edu/artgallery