4-County Student Art Show, Campus Visit Day Nov. 2-3 at LLCC Western Region Education Center 1,000 artworks expected to be on display JACKSONVILLE – The public is invited to view some 1,000 artworks by students in grades kindergarten through three and 10 through 12 from Morgan, Cass, Scott and Brown Counties at a Student Art Show Friday evening, Nov. 2 at Lincoln Land Community College’s Western Region Education Center in downtown Jacksonville. The Center will be the site of a Campus Visit Day event the following afternoon. The Friday evening Student Art Show, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., is part of the Downtown Gallery Hop sponsored by the Imagine Foundation. Student artwork will also be displayed at Jacksonville Art Glass downtown. “Students from every public and private school in the four counties were invited to participate in the show,” said Jan Terry, executive director of LLCC’s Western Region Education Center. “We believe the arts are a vital part of becoming a well-rounded person. We’re thrilled to provide a venue for these budding artists to display their masterpieces.” Students in grades four through nine will be invited to participate in a spring art show at the Center. The following day, Saturday, Nov. 3, LLCC’s Western Region Education Center in Jacksonville and Beardstown will be open from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. for a Campus Visit Day event. High school students, parents and adult learners are invited to learn more about starting or re-starting their college careers at Lincoln Land. Presentations, mini-classes and prizes will be featured. Registrations are requested by calling 243.6699 in Jacksonville or 323.4103 in Beardstown. The Jacksonville center is located at 32 North Central Park Plaza and the Beardstown center is at 109 White Pine Lane. The event is an extension of Campus Visit Day being held on the LLCC Springfield campus from 8:30 to noon that morning. Registration for that event is available at www.llcc.edu or by calling 217.786.2577.
Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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