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In an expansion of their Faculty Art Biennial, the Appalachian State University Art Department will reach beyond Boone with a satellite exhibition in the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center�s Lucas Mansion Gallery. A collaboration between the Smith Gallery and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, the Appalachian State University Faculty Biennial offers the public a comprehensive glimpse into the multidisciplinary studios of Appalachian State University�s Art Department.

The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center is pleased to provide a new venue for the Appalachian State University Faculty Biennial, offering the region an expanded opportunity to view this innovative body of work.

The Faculty Biennial satellite exhibition at the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will be open to the public during the month of February 2016. The public is invited attend an opening reception in honor of exhibiting artists on Tuesday, February 9th from 5:30pm � 6:30pm in the Lucas Mansion Gallery. The reception is free to attend; light refreshments will be served and artists will be available to discuss their exhibited works.

Featured artists for the exhibit in the Lucas Mansion Gallery are:

Catherine Altice,
Brian Bookwalter,
Martin Church,
Travis Donovan,
Lynn Duryea,
April Flanders,
Mike Grady,
Brooke Hofsses,
Jeana Eve Klein,
Taek Lee,
Clifton Meador,
Edison Midgett,
Gary Nemcosky,
Mark Nystrom,
Jessica Christine Owen,
Marissa Saneholtz,
Jody Servon,
Lisa Stinson,
Dacia Tretheway,
Joshua White

The Center�s partnership with Appalachian State University is made possible through the Sharpe Chair for Fine and Applied Arts, which was endowed by Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center founder, the late Eileen Lackey Sharpe. Jody Servon, an artist who specializes in socially engaged projects, was recently appointed to the Sharpe Chair and is working closely with Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center�s staff and Board of Directors to provide diverse arts programming for Alexander County and the region.