WSU Tri-Cities exhibit to showcase faculty and staff artwork. Reception planned

An exhibition at Washington State University Tri-Cities will showcase art professionally created by WSU faculty and staff from across the state now through Feb. 28 at the WSU Tri-Cities Art Center.

The exhibit’s grand opening is 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 31 in the WSU Tri-Cities Art Center. The event is free and open to the public.

The exhibit features a range of styles of art, including interactive and electronic sculptures, ceramics, photography, painting, and drawing. It will specifically feature works from 16 WSU faculty and staff from the Tri-Cities, Vancouver and Pullman campuses.

Many of the featured artists will be on-hand at the grand opening. Wine and light refreshments will be served.

Remarks begin at 5:30 p.m. and will feature:

• Sena Clara Creston, WSU Tri-Cities clinical assistant professor of fine arts and digital technology and culture
• Squeak Meisel, WSU chair and associate professor and sculpture coordinator of fine arts
• Kathleen McAteer, WSU Tri-Cities vice chancellor for academic affairs and clinical associate professor of biology
• Matthew Jockers, dean of the WSU College of Arts and Sciences
• Reza Safavi, WSU associate professor, graduate coordinator and digital media coordinator of fine arts

“We have a variety of highly-skilled and wildly talented faculty and staff members whose work will be featured and prominently displayed for this WSU exhibition,” Creston said in a news release. “We invite our community members to come out and witness the excellent artwork of our accomplished faculty and staff.”

The WSU Tri-Cities Art Center is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information about the exhibition, visit tricities.wsu.edu/art-center/.

This story was originally published January 23, 2020 at 6:33 PM.