Student art show runs through May 12

The UW–Madison Student Art Show opens today, April 12, in the Wisconsin Union Art galleries.

A public reception is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. outside the Porter Butts Gallery, second floor, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

Sixty-five pieces from 30 undergraduates artists and 21 graduate artists were selected to exhibit in the show. More than $4,500 will be awarded in cash and purchase awards to art-show winners announced at 8 tonight. Jurors this year are Sara Krajewski, Madison Art Center curator, and Tom McInville, local photographer, educator and artist.

Works will be displayed through May 12 in the Porter Butts, Class of 1925 and Theater galleries in Memorial Union.

This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee, whose members select jurors and design and install the exhibit. For information contact Lori Lukowski, 262-7592, lalukowski@students.wisc.edu.