Alabama State University issued the following announcement on Nov. 6.
An assistant professor of Visual Art at Alabama State University, who earlier this year made national news for designing a Presidential coin of George H.W. Bush for the U.S. Mint, has an exhibit of her art at a prestigious local gallery this weekend. Her paintings of Alabama birds will also be presented as awards for local businesses involved in supporting the arts.
ASU professor Elana Hagler will have two public presentations of her creative talent on display this weekend, including four pastels of birds native to Alabama, that will be given as prizes on Friday (Nov. 6), at the Montgomery Area Business Committee for the Arts (MABCA) 34th Annual Business in the Arts Awards, and on Sunday (Nov. 8), at a special exhibition of her art at the Stonehenge Gallery in Montgomery's Old Cloverdale historic section.
"As an artist and art educator, I must say that I am so overjoyed to have my paintings used as awards for the support of the arts here in Montgomery," Hagler said.
She said the native birds depicted in her paintings include the Blue Jay, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird and the Blue Jay.
Hagler said despite the coronavirus pandemic and its self-imposed isolation, she has had a most creative and productive several months with her artistic imagery of birds, the creation of landscapes and a special charcoal drawing of her daughter.
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