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Lyndon State College
1001 College Rd.
Lyndonville Vt. 05851
802-626-6459

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 11, 2010

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barclay Tucker
Chairman of the Visual Arts Department
Barclay.Tucker@lsc.vsc.edu

Senior Visual Art Show in the Quimby Gallery

There is a Senior Visual Arts Show happening in the Quimby Arts Gallery. The show began on May 11th and will continue on until May 17th.
Only seniors were allowed to enter the contest, but anyone wants to go to the gallery and observe the art is allowed to. Any day from now until the May 17th, the art show will be open from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Anyone who wants to see the art show is welcome.
There will be many different types of art on display so that the Visual Art students can show what they have learned over their years at Lyndon State College. Among these different types will be animation, illustration, photography, drawings and many more types as well.
The art show will be ending on the first day of summer break to give everyone a chance to attend it.

Lyndon State College
1001 College Rd.,
Lyndonville, Vt. 05851

FACT SHEET

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday May 10, 2010

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barclay Tucker
Chairman of Visual Arts Department
Barclay.Tucker@lsc.vsc.edu



The 2010 Senior Visual Arts show is happening

What: There is an Open Art show happening on campus that only senior Visual Arts students may enter.
Who: Barclay Tucker is the Chairman of Visual Arts.
Where: Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. The art itself will be is the Quimby gallery.
When: The art show is going on from May, 11 to May, 17 and will be open from 12:00-2:00 every day.
Why: The art show is being put on so that Senior visual art majors can show what they have learned during their years here.

Background on Barclay Tucker:
Before he began teaching at Lyndon State College, Barclay Tucker received his Masters of Arts in illustration from Syracuse University. After that he completed his MFA in illustration at the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School. Professor Tucker now teaches a wide range of classes in the visual arts department like art history, drawing, illustration or some advanced designing courses.
Tucker also maintains a freelance illustration and designing business. He used to work full-time as an in house designer and a design firm. For illustration, Tucker has worked on educational children’s books for Good Sound Publishing and HEC publishing, and has illustrated for several manuals.
Tucker is currently working on publishing a series of books that he has both written and illustrated. Examples of the work he has done can be found on his website www.barclay-studio.com

Photo Opportunity:
Since the show started only today I do not have a photo yet but a good picture would be to have the seniors who entered the competition stand next to their art pieces.