Area colleges art exhibition at Cornell

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will host works by student artists from neighboring Linn County colleges Feb. 26 through March 26 at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery in McWethy Hall.

The Cedar Rapids Area Colleges Student Art Exhibition 2006 features artists from Coe College, Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy College. A reception is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26.

Coe students will show ceramics, sculpture, collage, prints, paintings, photographs, drawings, film and animation. Works by Kirkwood art students include wood-fire ceramics, photography, relief prints and digital media. Mount Mercy students will show work in painting, printmaking and sculpture as well as video, installation and fiber arts. Cornell art students helped install the work.

The area show was once a longstanding tradition among Linn County colleges. Cornell’s Art Interest Group, a student organization, proposed reviving the event to gain a better understanding of the organization and planning required for a gallery installation.

Luce Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.