Art Reception for Stacy Slaten, Nov. 29

Come see Alexandria Studio Art Faculty Stacy Slaten and her artwork at the Manassas Campus Colgan Hall Gallery. There will be an artist reception of her exhibition “For the Bird(s)” on Wednesday, November 29, at 1:30 p.m.

Slaten is an artist and associate professor of drawing and painting at NOVA’s Alexandria Campus. Her drawings are exhibited across the country in galleries and museums, including Five Points Gallery in Torrington, Conn.; Impasto Art Gallery in Longmont, Col.; Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, Cal.; and Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa, Tx. Slaten’s work is also featured locally by the Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria and the Vienna Arts Society.

Slaten earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting, another in jewelry design and metalsmithing, and one in human sciences from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where she’s from. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Stacy has taught in Ohio, Texas and, now, Virginia. Currently, she lives in Alexandria with her parrot and continues to investigate drawing as a primary expression.