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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
MU TO DISPLAY 47 SELECTED PIECES OF ART FROM
THE FAYETTEVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Forty-seven selected pieces of art from the permanent collection of
the Fayetteville Museum of Art have been put on display in the David McCune International Art
Gallery at the William F. Bethune Center for Visual Arts. The exhibit is free and open to the public
Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. until March 4, 2011.
Silvana Foti, chair of the Art Department at Methodist University, Sandra McFarlane, owner
of Old Town Gallery, and John “Mac” Healy, president of Healy Wholesale Company, Inc., moved
selected pieces from the Fayetteville Museum of Art to the William F. Bethune Center Jan. 31, 2011.
The art was put on display in William F. Bethune Center Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.
“It is a pleasurable opportunity to be able to select a body of work from the Fayetteville
Museum of Art’s permanent collection,” said Foti.
In May of 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Fayetteville Museum of Art voted to close its
doors and retain its name with the intention of reopening the museum at a future date.
“Although saddened by the museum’s closing, Methodist University’s Art Department can
now display works by local, national, and international artists,” said Foti. “Methodist University is
fortunate to be in a position to help the Fayetteville Museum of Art in a way that will also benefit
those persons at Methodist University and within the community.”
According to Healy, over 700 pieces of the remaining art will be housed in storage at the
Fayetteville Museum of Art until further notice.
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