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   from the issue of May 5, 2005

     
 
Public Invited to Meet Artists, Purchase Work

The Great Plains Art Museum at UNL will host the Great Plains Invitational Arts Show and Sale May 6 through 15 at the museum, 1155 Q St.

The public is invited to a free, opening reception, 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 6 at the museum. Artists represented in the show - including Michael Albrechtsen, Steve Elliot, Dan Garrett, Ted Long, George Lundeen, Andy Peters, Del Pettigrew, Martha Pettigrew, Gail Sundell and Vince Valdez - are scheduled to attend.

Sculpture and paintings will be sold, with commissions going toward purchase of additional pieces for the museum's permanent collection of Western art. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Items for sale may be viewed during regular museum hours. The gallery is free and open to the public, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays. For more information call (402) 472-6220 or go online www.unl.edu/plains.



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