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[The following information is taken from the Ashby-Hodge website(link above)]


Columbia painter Stephen Rust was the featured artist at an exhibition at The Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art on the campus
of Central Methodist University in Fayette.
The show, titled "The Scenic Moods of Stephen Rust," opened March 23
and ran
through May 13. In addition to the Rust exhibition, the gallery is featuring
photographs from its permanent collection.

Columbia native and painter Byron Smith was the
featured artist at The Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art on the campus of
Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. The show, titled "Missouri Scenes
of Byron Smith," opened Jan. 19 and ran through March 4.


Paintings by Byron Smith
In addition to the Smith exhibition, the gallery is featuring from its permanent collection "Images in Honor of Black History Month," 25 pieces of artworks by African-Americans or depicting Black American subject matter. This part of the exhibition includes two paintings by renowned Black folk artist Clementine Hunter, pieces by Romare Bearden and Venetta Whitaker, and works by CMU alumnus Charles Broadus.