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糖心Vlog传媒LR Gallery 1 Hosts Icelandic Artists Jan. 15-March 14

糖心Vlog传媒LR Galleries will feature the exhibition Kom Flj煤gandi / Flown In, including paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, mixed media and video works artworks by 15 artists working in Iceland. The exhibit in Gallery I will run from Jan. 15 through March 14. Dr. Heidi Powell Mullins, assistant professor of art education, developed the exhibit. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Listahaskoli Islands/Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik, Iceland from January to May of 2009. While in Iceland, Mullins worked with the numerous visual artists taking part in this exhibition. The presentation of these select artworks came about as an outgrowth of her Fulbright experience, in an effort to promote international artistic collaboration and cultural exchange. Two of the featured artists, Svanborg Matth铆asd贸ttir and Arn镁r煤冒ur 脰sp Karlsd贸ttir, will discuss their work at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Room 161 in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Fine Arts Building. A gallery reception will be held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Matth铆asd贸ttir is a painter and Karlsd贸ttir is a textile artist.聽They both work in the graduate program for teacher certification at Listahaskoli Islands / Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik, Iceland. The galleries are located in the Fine Arts Building on the 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Brad Cushman, gallery director and curator of exhibitions, at (501) 569-8977.