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SFA Professor of Ceramics Piero Fenci was recently named the 2012 Texas Master by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. He is pictured here working in his studio.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Piero Fenci, professor of ceramics at Stephen F. Austin State University, has been named the 2012 Texas Master by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, an honor bestowed upon only three other Texas artists.
Houston junior Amelia Fultz applies a coat of primer to the set being built for the SFA School of Theatre's upcoming production of Tim Kelly's "The Uninvited." The classic ghost story will open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, in W.M.NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University, an institution with a long history of educating teachers, is partnering with education service provider Academic Partnerships to help Head Start teachers across the nation meet a congressional mandate to earn bachelor's degrees by September 2013. The need is crucial - of the 213,000 people Head Start employs, only 30 percent have a bachelor's degree.
Cassandra Bennett of SFA's Stone Fort Museum holds cotton that is part of a new exhibit set to open later this month. The cotton is part of a collection of farming implements included in the exhibit called "Cornerstones of the Community: African American History in Eastern Texas." The public is invited to attend the opening of the exhibit at 4 p.m.
SFA Assistant Professor of Voice Bruce Fowler, who has a distinguished 20-year operatic career, will serve this summer on the faculty of the Austrian American Academy in Salzburg. Pictured above is Fowler in his role as Ramiro in the Minnesota Opera's production of Gioachino Rossini's "La cenerentola (Cinderella)."NACOGDCOHES, TEXAS - Bruce Fowler, assistant professor of voice at Stephen F.
League City senior Rebecca Mersinger works on a costume for the family-friendly children's musical, "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will open the show at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, as part of its summer theatre season, "Thrills, Chills!NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Three art shows are currently on view at Stephen F. Austin State University's The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House located at 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches.
The "2011 Nacogdoches Art League Annual Juried Exhibition" is displayed in the upstairs Hallway Gallery. Juried by SFA Professor of Art Peter Andrew, the show will run through Saturday, July 2.
Also upstairs, in the Reavley Gallery, viewers can see "Nac Collects," an eclectic exhibition of artworks from Nacogdoches collectors Laura McKinney, Linda McKinney and Terry Steed.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas-The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Social Work and the University of Texas Medical Branch East Texas Geriatric Education Consortium will host Susan Chandler as she presents "Exercising Your Brain: An Informative Session and Brain Work-Out for Healthy Aging" on Wednesday, June 22.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now on sale for the popular children's musical and the classic ghost story that comprise the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre's summer season, "Thrills! Chills! Exclamations!"
The season will open at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, with "Schoolhouse Rock Live!," a family-friendly musical based on the short educational cartoons that ran on Saturday morning television in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Dr. Oklahoma State University horticulturist and author Steve Dobbs will present "Architectural Plants: Space-Saving Plants in Urban Landscapes for Texture and Diversity."