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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2008

UF Professor Emerita and Featured Artist to Present Gallery Talk at the Harn

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Professor Emerita and featured artist Evon Streetman will present a gallery talk in the exhibition Highlights from the Photography Collection: University of Florida’s Photographic Legacy on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m.

Streetman, who taught at UF from 1977 to 1999, will discuss her multi-media works displayed in the permanent collection exhibition and discuss how she seamlessly merges painting and drawing into photographic illusions.

The University of Florida has been an important academic center for creative photography since the 1960s, especially noted for the experimental and innovative work of its faculty and students. This exhibition of approximately 40 works features the collection’s strong holding of some key internationally acclaimed artists, including former UF faculty Ken Kerslake, Jerry Uelsmann, Todd Walker and Evon Streetman, as well as current faculty Sergio Vega, Barbara Jo Revelle, Andrea Robbins and Max Becher and UF graduates Robert Fichter and Maggie Taylor, among others.

Highlights from the Photography Collection is made possible by J. Dustin Curbow and Paul D. Zirakian of Citigroup SmithBarney.

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
The Harn Museum of Art at SW 34th St. and Hull Rd. is one of the largest university art museums in the country with nearly 7,000 works in its collection focusing on African, Asian, modern and contemporary art and photography. The museum enhances the activities of the University of Florida and serves a culturally diverse audience through educational programming. Admission is free. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Parking is free on weekends. The Camellia Court Café is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum and café are open until 9 p.m. Thursdays for Museum Nights during the UF Academic calendar due to the generous support of UF Student Government. For more information call 352-392-9826 or visit www.harn.ufl.edu

Media contact:
Tami Wroath, Interim Director of Marketing and Public Relations
352.392.9826 x116
twroath@harn.ufl.edu