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Showing some of the artwork which will be
available for purchase at the event are, kneeling
left to right: Alyssa Santiago, Britney Zindars, Jamie Oaks, Megan Schnorr, Melissa
Schnook. Row 2: Amanda Bates, Stephanie
Anderson, Courtney Grace Mook, Samantha Michels,
Kyle Diener, Renee Schumacher, Brandon Scott
Nacke, Danielle Shaw. Row 3: Jenna VanOrnum,
Christopher Bruden Jr, Top row: Troy Bargenquast,
Andrew Johnson, Todd Schabel, Brett Stageman.
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unique celebration of the arts, will be held at
the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, 5-9
p.m. on May 9 in the University Center Commons,
400 University Drive.
Sponsored by the Art Students League, Art
Momentum will combine art, music and education.
The exhibition is a student run, student juried
sale to raise funds for the UW-Fond du Lac Art
Scholarship Fund through the
UW-Fond du
Lac Foundation.
Judging the student works and awarding prizes
to outstanding exhibitors will be Annemarie
Sawkins, associate curator of the
Haggerty Museum at Marquette University in
Milwaukee and Graeme Reid, assistant director of
the
Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend.
Admission is free. Over 100 student art
pieces will be for sale during the evening.
Attendees can bid on silent auction items
donated by local and nationally acclaimed
artists in the Oberreich Gallery located
adjacent to the University Commons. Additional
information is available by contacting the
UW-Fond du Lac
Art
Department at (920) 929-3642.
Also on Friday evening, the Sixth
District Congressional Art Competition for
high school students hosted by Congressman
Petri will be held in the balcony area of
the Student Commons. A reception and awards
ceremony for participating high school
students will take place from 6:30-7:30
p.m., and student artwork will be on display
throughout the evening.
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