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HERRON OPEN HOUSE OFFERS TASTE OF COLLEGE LIFE

INDIANAPOLIS - Learn what life is like at Indiana's only professional art school during Herron School of Art's annual Open House on November 15 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

High school students are invited to explore the IUPUI school by visiting studios, viewing student artwork, and talking with professors and students about college life. Both the school's historic main campus at 16th and Pennsylvania streets and the new Sculpture and Ceramics Facility at 1350 North Stadium Drive will be open for tours.

At the main campus, attendees may walk through the IRIS Centre for the Digital Arts, a research studio where students and faculty produce design and artworks for community clients. They can view "Student Exhibition 2001" at the Herron Gallery, home to at least seven exhibits each academic year featuring well-known artists. They may also see furniture design students in action, observe painting and drawing classes, try lithography and etching techniques in the printmaking studio, and learn about opportunities to study overseas through the largest travel abroad program at IUPUI.

At the Sculpture and Ceramics Facility, visitors may watch students at work in the sculpture shop, foundry, outdoor courtyards, ceramic studios and more.

During the Open House, students are also invited to bring their portfolios to share with Herron professors for feedback.

Herron School of Art, IUPUI, located at 1701 N. Pennsylvania St., is one of the country's oldest and most distinguished professional art schools. The school boasts such alumni as Norman Bridwell, the creator of Clifford, The Big Red Dog®; architect Michael Graves; Disney animator Bill Peet; and Dan Edwards, sculptor of "Landmark for Peace," dedicated by President Clinton in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Herron offers programs in general fine arts, painting, printmaking, furniture design, visual communication, sculpture, ceramics, photography art education, and art history.

For more information about the Open House, please call (317) 920-2416.

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