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Paintings by Schuster on display

Paintings by Sarah Schuster will be on display Oct. 9 through Nov. 1 at Thompson Gallery in the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday...

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‘Creating a Digital Museum’

The work of Peter Wexler, renowned New York theatre designer, producer, painter, sculptor and photographer, is on display now through Oct. 5 in the Thompson Gallery of Furman University’s Roe Art Building. The Thompson Gallery...

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The Paladin Rises

Georgia Tech has Buzz and Georgia has Uga. Images of Buzz, a cartoonish insect with a prominent stinger, and Uga, a grimacing bulldog with a spiked collar, are secondary symbols. They complement the schools’ long-held...

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A message in the art

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Paintings by Jensen on display

Paintings by Jeff Jensen will be on display Feb. 14 through March 15 at Thompson Gallery in the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday....

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Strings attached

In addition to being a master of ceramics, Furman art professor Bob Chance also makes music. The only sculptor in a six-piece "postmodern jug band"—the other five members are painters—Chance has built a few instruments...

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Goya exhibit on display through Dec. 21

by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer “Los Caprichos,” a series of etchings by renowned Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, will be on exhibit Nov. 1-Dec. 21 in the Thomas Roe Art Building at Furman University. The...

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$2 million for fine arts at Furman

The Duke Endowment has awarded Furman a $2 million grant that will help fund a new initiative to enhance and expand the university’s programs in music, art and theatre, including a collaborative partnership with the...

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New faculty positions in the arts

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Furman an $800,000 grant in support of the school’s new initiative to enrich its fine arts program.  According to John Beckford, the university's vice president for academic affairs...

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Seeing the beauty in urban scenes

A Daytona Beach, Fla., native who makes his home in New Smyrna Beach, Bryce Hammond is an artist who made his reputation painting urban scenes inspired by the graffiti and street art he practiced while...

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Furman alum paints urban scenes

A Daytona Beach, Fla., native who makes his home in New Smyrna Beach, Bryce Hammond is an artist who made his reputation painting urban scenes inspired by the graffiti and street art he practiced while...

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Brodeur’s work in “New American Paintings”

JUNE 29, 2012 by Tina T. Underwood, Contributing Writer Paintings by Furman University art professor Michael Brodeur have been selected for the centennial edition of “New American Paintings,” a peer-reviewed national publication. Three images were culled...

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