SFA Art Faculty Exhibition and reception

Stephen F. Austin State University’s annual School of Art Faculty Exhibition will show Aug. 20 through Oct. 18 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. An opening reception is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. Each year, the faculty exhibition features a wide variety of artworks in ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting, prints, metals and mixed media, according to Christopher Talbot, director of SFA’s School of Art. This year, the School of Art is featuring a new body of work created by Lindsey Creel Cherry, assistant professor of art. Her exhibition “Sometimes the Bear Eats You” features mixed media. Admission to the exhibition and reception, which is sponsored in part by retired art Professor William Arscott and Friends of the Visual Arts, is free. For more information, call (936) 468-5500. Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St.