Opening reception scheduled for Rowe exhibits

Rowe Galleries will host an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 17, for three coinciding exhibitions.

“Drawing into Space,” will feature works by Hollis Hammonds, a visiting artist at the McColl Center, and students from the Department of Art + Art History. Their efforts explore drawing and its relationship to three-dimensional space. Hammonds and student will speak about the work in a panel discussion at 4 p.m., March 17, in Rowe Arts Building, Room 130.

“Southern Exposure: Academic Book Arts in the New Millennium” is a contemporary survey of juried works that demonstrate the breadth and depth of book arts being produced in programs across the South. Artist’s book works submitted to this exhibition were created by faculty, staff, and students of academic institutions in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia/ The College Book Art Association is cosponsoring this display.

“Posters Without Borders” is an international invitational poster exhibition organized by Erin Wright, professor of art at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; Antonio Castro, associate professor of art at the University of Texas at El Paso; and Eric Boelts of Brain Bolts Design in Boulder, Colo.

The exhibits will be displayed through Wednesday, March 30.