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GRANTHAM, Pa. (March 26, 2007) — Eight senior art majors will present displays of their work in Messiah College’s Aughinbaugh Art Gallery from April 13-19. The exhibit will contain the works of Elizabeth Ball, from Wenham, Mass.; Nathaniel Bridi, from Annville, Pa.; Sarah Maddox, from Haddon Heights, N.J.; Christine Minnich, from Bainbridge, Pa.; Diane Pierce, from Grand Island, N.Y.; Elizabeth Shellenberger, from Carlisle, Pa.; Gregory Snader, from Fredericksburg, Pa.; and Sydney Zemke, from Londonderry, N.H. Pieces will cover a wide range of genres and styles, from work with graphics and technology to mixed media to two-dimensional and photographic pieces.

The gallery will host a reception in honor of the artists on April 14 from 7-9 p.m.  No tickets are required, and the reception, which will be held in the Aughinbaugh Art Gallery in Climenhaga Fine Arts Center on the college’s Grantham campus, is free and open to the public.

Located on the lower level of the Climenhaga Fine Arts Center on Messiah College’s Grantham campus, the M. Louise Aughinbaugh Art Gallery exhibits the work of internationally recognized artists from around the world, as well as faculty and students. Gallery programming supplements campus classroom instruction by bringing practicing artists to campus to demonstrate techniques in classes and by organizing special evening lectures and afternoon gallery talks. The gallery also functions as a hands-on teaching laboratory for students in the college’s course on museum studies. Aughinbaugh Art Gallery is open Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls more than 2,800 undergraduate students in 60 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.