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Art Students Share Iceland Experiences in the Rauschenberg Gallery, 2014 Juried Student Art Show on Exhibit in Rush Gallery

Apr 8, 2014

April 8, 2014 – FORT MYERS, FLA– The School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Edison State College will host a pair of student art shows at the Lee Campus, 8099 College Parkway, in Fort Myers beginning April 10. The exhibitions will be held at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery and the Richard H. Rush Library. The exhibitions will feature various artistic works created by Edison State College art students, including three who recently traveled to Iceland for a four-day intensive field experience in landscape painting and drawing.

In Icelandic, the word ferðalag means a voyage or journey. In the exhibition, Ferðalag: Josué Charles, Christopher Lacoste and Leila Mesdaghi, three Edison State College art students tell their individual and personal stories of their journeys during their trip to Iceland through art.

The exhibition will be on display in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, April 10-24. An opening reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery.

The gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

The 2014 Juried Student Art Show will feature various artworks by Edison State College art students. The work will be on exhibit April 10 through May 9 in the Richard H. Rush Library Ground Floor Lobby. The Rush Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more information about either exhibition, call the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at (239) 489-9313 or visit http://www.rauschenberggallery.com/. For more information about the Rush H. Rush Library Gallery, visit http://www.edison.edu/cultural/rushlibrary/index.

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Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, Edison State College is Southwest Florida’s largest, most accessible and ranked nationally as one of the most affordable institutions of higher education. Serving more than 22,000 students per year regionally, nationally, and internationally, students are also active in a wide variety of clubs and programs that cater to their interests. Nationally, Edison State is ranked 45th among associate degree producers and 26th for its prestigious associate producing Nursing program.

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