Faculty members have the opportunity to showcase their skills and their latest art work in the 2011 Art Faculty Exhibition.

The Tarble Arts Center will feature the 2011 Art Faculty Exhibition starting Aug. 26 that includes art displays from multiple Eastern art faculty members.

The exhibit showcases the artwork of many current, retired and deceased art faculty members.

“I think the faculty exhibit is a good way to showcase a great variety of art that the faculty can do and show what they are working on,” said Michael Watts, director of the Tarble Arts Center.

Students can come see the skill of the art faculty and see how they contribute to the art society, Watts said.

The faculty artwork is featured in a range of ways from paintings, photographs and collages, to sculptures and graphic design.

The exhibit will feature artwork from Dorothy Bennett, an instructor in the art department, Jeff Boshart, an art professor, and Ann Coddington Rast, an associate professor in art, among others.

The exhibit will also display some digital photos taken by Bill Hubschmitt, an art professor who died on June 29.

“There is no one thing that students can come away with,” Watts said. “Each faculty member has their own unique approach and materials in their art work. People will come away with what the faculty like to do.”

This exhibit has taken place almost every year at the Tarble Arts Center since it opened in 1982, Watts said.

Before Tarble was built the exhibit was shown in different places on campus including Old Main and the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union since about 1950, Watts said.

There will also be a gallery talk on Sept.14 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The exhibit will be opened with a reception at Tarble Art Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, and everyone is invited, Watts said.

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2818 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.