WKCTC's Paducah School of Art and Design Opens The Wastelanders Summer Exhibition

Free Opening Reception, June 21

Paducah, KY (06/04/2018) — On June 21, West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) opens The Wastelanders Summer Exhibition, a group exhibition featuring works in a variety of media by members of the Paducah-based artists collective The Wastelanders.

The Wastelanders will open with a free reception from 5 - 7 p.m. in the Bill Ford Gallery, located within PSAD's 2D and Graphic Design Building at 905 Harrison Street in Paducah's Lower Town. The exhibition will be on display through August 6. Bill Ford Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Exhibiting artists are E.J. Abell , Paula Danby, Mark Donham, Nancy Flowers, Juanita Neal Gilliam, Jason Hargrove, LaNelle Mason, Sandra Pfiefer, Jane Viterisi, and Ben Walker.

"PSAD is pleased to once again host the Summer 2018 exhibition of works by members of The Wastelanders" said PSAD director Paul Aho. "This group of native talent continues to represent a creative community that existed before Paducah's Artists Relocation Program and that champions the region's strength of place alongside the success of Lower Town as an arts district. Last Summer's exhibition was a big success and we look forward to another strong showing by this diverse and talented group of artists," added Aho.

WKCTC's Paducah School of Art and Design offers an Associate in Fine Arts degree in Visual Art and an Associate in Applied Science degree and certificate programs in Visual Communication: Multimedia, as well as studio art classes for students of all levels and disciplines. Classes are offered on WKCTC's campus; at 905 Harrison Street and 919 Madison Street.

For more information, call (270) 534.3901.

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West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) has been recognized four-consecutive times by The Aspen Institute as one of the top 10 community colleges in the nation for providing students with strong job training and continuing higher education opportunity, for achieving high completion and transfer rates, and for providing strong employment results for its graduates.

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