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Exhibit of artists from United States,
England and Ireland on display at Melvin Gallery

LAKELAND, Fla. (Dec. 3, 2002) - Florida Southern College's Melvin Art Gallery hosts "Space-Time," a group exhibition of eight artists from the United States, England and Ireland beginning Dec. 6 and running through Jan. 7. An opening reception takes place Dec. 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

This exhibition brings together a varied collection of works on paper in various media by a group of eight women artists. Most of the artists are painters who also use drawing, printmaking or painting on paper as an immediately accessible means to explore an idea or theme in their work: 

About the Artists 
Candy Buckler, a painter who lives and works in London, creates collages and paintings on paper using patterns and repeated images. Kate Davis, who shows her work in Philadelphia, creates colorful drawings and paintings on paper. Edori Fertig, a native of New York who lives in London, makes provocative prints using several techniques including collograph, photo etching, photo lithograph and blind embossing. Lucy Hill, a painter who lives and works in Ireland, creates poetic and dynamic abstract paintings on paper. Sarah Milligan, who lives and works in London, has created a series of brightly colored, fluid and energetic acrylic paintings on paper. Rebecca Rutstein, a Philadelphia native, creates multi-layered and colorful collages on paper. Alexis Serio, a Florida Southern art professor, has created a series of drawings using charcoal, pastel and oil pastel, which draw from the landscape. Melanie Taylor, a native of London now living in Lakeland, has created a series of abstract acrylic on paper paintings which allude to landscape images and invented spaces. 

The Melvin Gallery is open weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and before and during intermissions of most FSC Festival of Fine Arts performances. Admission is free. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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