Theater groups set productions

 

Two community theaters in East Texas have productions set for this weekend.

Theater Longview will present “The Importance of Being Earnest” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at Grace Crossing United Methodist Church, 1001 W. Hawkins Parkway, Longview. For tickets go to the website theatrelongview.com or call 903-431-0224.

Edom Civic Theatre is staging the comedy “Sanders Family Christmas” in performances set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Edom Community Center, 150 Van Zandt County Road 4800. For tickets, call 903-352-3158 or contact Lee Shults at leeshults@aol.com.

-Danny Mogle

 

UT Tyler student art show begins Nov. 9

 

The University of Texas at Tyler Fine Arts Complex Gallery will present the student art exhibition “Push & Pull” from Monday through Nov. 20, Ray Sikes, gallery coordinator, said.

The exhibition highlights the work of Natavia Gamble, of Athens, Elizabeth Groth, of Tyler, and Wesley Stolusky, of Kaufman.

A reception with gallery talks is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the gallery.

“Gamble works in wooden sculpture. She creates work focuses on the ideal form. Her abstract forms contain social subject matter,” Sikes said. “Groth constructs installation work that juxtaposes organic and geometric forms. Her work focuses on the physical interaction between the work and viewer. Stolusky creates large-scale metal sculptures. His work discusses the impossibility of capturing perfect order. All the student artists’ works have been nationally exhibited.”

The gallery is housed in the Fine Arts Complex on the main campus. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

 

-UT Tyler Communications