OCTC's AFA Degree Candidate Art Exhibit
Angel Higdon
Owensboro, KY (04/02/2019) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Angel Higdon has an exhibition of artworks on display in the Dayman Gallery as part of her course study as a May candidate for an Associate in Fine Arts - Visual Art degree. The exhibition opened on April 1 and runs through April 26, 2019. The exhibit includes works completed during her time at OCTC.
Higdon has exhibited her work in the OCTC student art shows and her work has been published in the Skylark Magazine. Higdon has received awards for her artwork in the student exhibitions and her work is included in the college's permanent art collection. In discussing her art Higdon stated, "I am not your typical college student, at 45 I decided it was time to go back to college and pursue my associate in arts degree. I have always been a creative person working in medias ranging from paint to yarn. My sister once said "You can make beautiful things out of bits of nothing." This statement pretty much sums up the way I work and my work itself. I find peace in the process and taking the bits that by themselves most people consider nothing and turning them into art that makes people smile, wonder how I did it or even just think. That is all I want from my work. My favorite medias I have worked with during my time at OCTC have been clay and oil paint."
The Dayman Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Learning Resource Center on OCTC's main campus at 4800 New Hartford Road, Owensboro. Dayman Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information contact Monty Helm at 270-686-4626, or monty.helm@kctcs.edu.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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