News Release

February 26, 2007



Visual Arts Center at Boise State University Features Two New Exhibitions Opening March 9, Free Lecture

The Visual Arts Center at Boise State University will present an exhibition of works by Yukiya Takakita in Gallery One in the Liberal Arts Building and the MFA Thesis Exhibition in Gallery Two in the Hemingway Center from March 9-24. Opening receptions for both exhibitions are from 6-8 p.m. March 9. In addition, Takakita will present a free lecture at 6 p.m. March 8 in Room 106 of the Liberal Arts Building.

Takakita, president of Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design in Japan, will talk about the Japanese design spirit. Takakita’s lecture is part of the Visiting Artist and Scholar Program and is sponsored in part by the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The MFA Thesis Exhibition features Angela Katona-Batchelor’s “The Body Paradox,” Marlow Hoffman’s “If I Could Just …,” and Ralph Polasky’s “A Dystopian Dialogue with the Happy Hardcore Misfit Toys.”

Free parking for both the lecture and the reception will be located in the lot between the Liberal Arts Building and the Special Events Center. For more information, call Kirsten Furlong at (208) 426-3994.

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Contact: Kirsten Furlong, Department of Art, (208) 426-3994, kfurlong@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, Communications and Marketing, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Tuesday, February 27, 2007