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Florida Southern College presents
two-person show in Melvin Gallery

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2003) - Florida Southern College will present Lucas Michael and James Yamada in a two-person exhibit in the Melvin Art Gallery beginning Feb. 6 and running through Feb. 28. The artists will attend the opening reception Feb. 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

Michael and Yamada, videographers and photographers, will exhibit experimental works in new media. Michael, based in Los Angeles, is trained as a photographer. He has recently included video in his creative process, and will be showing four short films at the gallery. In his video work, Michael takes a familiar scenario or song, for example, and exposes the viewer's preconceived ideas of the image. Yamada, a New York artist, creates sculptures, installations, painting, photography and video. His videos often depict a single action which has many repercussions and relate to the single image in still photography. Similarly, Yamada creates photographs from video stills, which allude to pieces of a narrative. 

The Melvin Art Gallery is open weekdays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and before and during intermissions of most performances of the FSC Fine Arts Series. 

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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