April 20, 2010

BCU Honors Program Hosts Art Auction and Reception

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Honors Program will host an art auction and reception, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 29, in the Gantz Room of the Stark Student Center on campus.  The event will feature “Gentle Francis, Patron, Protector,” a commissioned painting by Mary Ann Lonergan, Briar Cliff assistant professor emerita of art.

Open for online bidding at www.briarcliff.edu now through April 29 are the original painting, framed and unframed art prints signed by the artist and note cards. Online bidding will be available at the reception, which will conclude at 5:45 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Honors Program at BCU. This free event is open to the public.

“We are excited to commission this beautiful work of art highlighting life at Briar Cliff and our Franciscan heritage for our first annual art auction,” said Paul Olson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and director of BCU’s Honors Program.

Enrollment at Briar Cliff University is over 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and openness to all. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.

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