Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A diverse collection of artwork and photography featured in the 2009 edition of The Briar Cliff Review, Briar Cliff University’s award-winning literary magazine, will be on exhibit at the Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska Street, beginning Saturday, March 7 through Sunday, April 19, 2009.

On Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m., there will be a reading of selected works from this year’s edition with a reception at 8 p.m. The art exhibit will be open for viewing prior to the reading and during regular hours at the Sioux City Art Center.

“The Art Center has had a long-time connection with The Briar Cliff Review,” said Al Harris-Fernandez, director of the Sioux City Art Center. “Over the years, we have hosted a number of exhibitions and readings for The Review. We are very pleased to take that collaboration to a new level by featuring an exhibition of the artwork in one of our third-floor galleries.”

Among the wide variety of artwork on exhibit will be the 2009 issue cover art “Icon (Constantinople)” by Steve Joy, whose artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Spain, France, Switzerland, Norway and New York City. Also on display will be Dan Howard’s “Out of the World: VIII (Jupiter’s Moon IO)” and “Out of the World: IX (Planet Mars)”; Larry Root’s “Rapture” and “Sumi Sunrise”; Diane Lounsberry-Williams’ “LeStanza Dipinti”; and Terri Parish McGaffin’s “South Main”; and Shannon Sargent’s “Right and Wrong.”

“An enormous amount of credit to this fine exhibit goes to our art editors for The Review Jeff Baldus and Karen Chesterman,” said Tricia Currans-Sheehan, editor of The Briar Cliff Review. “Jeff and Karen travel to art shows and galleries throughout the Midwest in search of art for the magazine.”

Among the many photographs in the exhibit will be “Holland Harbor Lighthouse” by Michael Crowley; “Crown Fountain” by Marena Fritzler; “Red Covered Bridges” by Betsy Van’t Hul; “A Blizzard of Snows” by Randall D. Williams; “Left Unmade” by Alan Parker Scheffer; and “Dutchmen’s Britches” by Robert E. Gillespie.

Currently a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), The Briar Cliff Review began more than 21 years ago on the Briar Cliff campus but is now a worldwide literary publication. Since its inception, the literary magazine has published the works of 1,100 writers/artists from 45 states in the U.S. and the countries of Croatia, Madagascar, Vietnam, Japan, Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Philippines and Taiwan. Among The Briar Cliff Review’s many awards are five Gold Crowns, two Silver Crowns by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and two National Pacemaker awards by Associated Collegiate Press. Last fall, the Briar Cliff Review received 2,250 submissions from professional writers all over the world.

Artists, photographers and writers are encouraged to submit their work to the The Briar Cliff Review, 2010 edition. Siouxland writers and photographers also are encouraged to submit their work to be considered for publication in the “Siouxland” section of the magazine. Siouxland submissions would be historical and/or contemporary articles or photo-essays concerning the culture or environment of Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota and Northeast Nebraska. The Briar Cliff Review sponsors a contest for poetry, fiction and non-fiction each fall. Submission deadline is Nov. 1, 2009. Entries will be judged by the editors of The Briar Cliff Review. For contest guidelines, please visit www.briarcliff.edu/bcreview.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 24 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.