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February 3, 2009

鈥淎rt: 21鈥� PBS documentary screenings/discussions on tap at 网曝门

A Monroe art museum and international art fraternity will serve as co-hosts for screenings of Public Broadcasting Service art-themed documentaries, starting in February.

The screenings are free, open to the public and followed by discussion. The first screening will begin at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 6, in Room 100 of Stubbs Hall on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus.

The Kappa Pi Delta Alpha International Honorary Art Fraternity and the Masur Museum of Art are co-hosts of the event.

The PBS documentary series, Art: 21, centers on contemporary artists who demonstrate the breadth of artistic practice in the United States. Each one-hour program is loosely organized around a theme, which helps audiences analyze, compare and juxtapose the artists鈥� profiles.

The documentary series begins with the airing of "Romance", which explores the role of intuition, fantasy and escapism in contemporary art.

The event is produced in collaboration with Art21 Inc., a non-profit contemporary art organization serving artists, students, teachers and the general public worldwide.

The rest of the public screenings, which all begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 100 of Stubbs Hall, are as follows:

鈥� Friday, March 6, "Protest", explores how contemporary artists engage politics, inequality and the many conflicts that besiege the world today.

鈥� Friday, March 27, "Ecology", explores how a person鈥檚 understanding of the natural world is deeply imbedded within a cultural context.

鈥� Friday, April 24, "Paradox", explores how contemporary artists address contradiction, ambiguity and truth.

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