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Art Exhibition Features 'Quest for Black Citizenship'

This is the first art exhibition in the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Bowie State University and it's open to the public through March 16.

A new exhibition featuring the works of 20 artists opened recently in the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Bowie State University (BSU). It is open to the public through March 16.

"The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas" is presented by the National Alliance of Artists from historically black colleges and universities.

The theme of the exhibition examines the events and retells the story of the struggle for civil rights and issues facing African-Americans from the '50s through the '70s, as well as contemporary references, according to a release from BSU. Media represented includes painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, textiles and digital arts.

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The gallery, located in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the BSU campus at 14000 Jericho Park Rd., is open to the public and open weekdays:

Monday, 10-11:50 a.m. and 2-7 p.m.
Tuesday, noon-7 p.m.
Wednesday, 10-11:50 a.m. and 2-5 p.m.
Thursday, noon-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4:30 p.m.

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