Show to honor professor’s legacy

Doug Hanson Legacy, a show which features works by 25 Cornell alumni who studied with art professor Doug Hanson during his 40 years of teaching ceramics, sculpture and drawing at Cornell College, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Sunday Sept. 18 through Oct. 23, 2011.

An opening reception will be held Sunday, Sept. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m in McWethy Hall. In addition, a homecoming reception will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, from 3 to 5 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 2 to 4 p.m.

Hanson will retire in May 2012 after 41 years of teaching.

In conjunction with the legacy show, Hanson will have a small exhibition of platters and vases for wall or table at the Lincoln Café in Mount Vernon. (Sept. 11 through Oct. 23.) 

The Peter Paul Luce Gallery exhibition is funded through the generosity of the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information contact Sue Coleman or call 319-895-4491.