January 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sumner Academy Student Artwork Included in Exhibit at KU Medical Center

The artwork of 15 students from Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, Kansas City, Kansas, will be featured in an exhibit opening later this month at the Center for Advanced Heart Care at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The exhibit, which was arranged by Paul Dorrell, owner of the Leopold Gallery, will feature a variety of student artwork including paintings, sculptures and drawings. The centerpiece will be the Sprint Center's glass art sculpture, "Enliven." Sumner students recently visited the studio where the sculpture was created and learned about glass blowing and other forms of art involving glass.

A special reception and celebration will open the exhibit from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 24. The exhibit will be open to the public for two weeks beginning January 25.

The student artists are: seniors Phillip DeCoster, Kevin Freeman, Andrew Grube, Christine Hill, Meagan Patrzykont, Racheal Roberts, Jessica VanDyke, Kayla Zang, Sarah Ottens, Antonia Becerra and Kayla Bishop; and juniors Kyle Freeman, Andrew Reyes-Burkholder, Chey-Ann Sutton and Tiffany Johnson.