FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2002
FOR MORE INFORMATION: please call (512) 322-2099
Cynthia Camlin, Director, Creative Research Laboratory
EXHIBITION DATES: October 3 – 31, 2002
RECEPTION: Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tues.- Sat., 12 - 5 p.m.

8 Faculty Artists

October 3 - 31, 2002 at Creative Research Laboratory

September 25, 2002, Austin, TX: Creative Research Laboratory announces the opening of "8 Faculty Artists," an exhibition showcasing new work by eight Studio and Design faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. The exhibition will take place October 3 through 31 at Creative Research Laboratory. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 3, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

A Gallery Talk with three of the artists featured in the exhibition, Ken Hale, Bogdan Perzynski, and Margo Sawyer, will take place at Creative Research Laboratory on Tuesday, October 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

" 8 Faculty Artists" features work by Sarah Canright, Tom Druecker, Mark Goodman, Ken Hale, Michael Mogavero, Bogdan Perzynski, Tuan Phan, and Margo Sawyer.

The exhibition includes a new wall installation by Margo Sawyer, photographs by Mark Goodman, recent paintings by Sarah Canright and Michael Mogavero, and lithographs by Tom Druecker and Ken Hale. A 2002 projected video piece by Bogdan Perzynski, “Not Good For Business,” uses sound, TV clips and subtitled dialog for a reflection on the relationship between form and message. A wall installation by Tuan Phan consists of posters that viewers are invited to carry away with them.

Creative Research Laboratory was established in November 2001 by the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin as a site dedicated to research and production in contemporary art and design. Creative Research Laboratory presents a year-round schedule of exhibitions of work by students and faculty, and also facilitates workshops, performances, demonstrations, seminars and collaborations.

Creative Research Laboratory is located at 2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Flatbed World Headquarters, one mile east of I-35, in Austin, Texas. There is ample free parking and bus service available on Capitol Metro's route 18. The activities of the Department of Art and Art History and Creative Research Laboratory are free and open to the public.

The Department of Art and Art History is one of the largest and most diverse art departments in the country; it currently boasts 71 faculty members, 743 undergraduates and 147 graduate students. U.S. News and World Report ranked the graduate art program among the top ten in the United States.

For further information about Creative Research Laboratory, contact Cynthia Camlin, Director, Creative Research Laboratory, crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu, or 512.322.2099. For information about the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, contact Carolyn Porter, carolynp@mail.utexas.edu, 512.471.3379.
Creative Research Laboratory
2832 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78705
phone: (512) 322-2099
email: crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu