News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 10/10/03   SLU HOMECOMING EXHIBIT SHOWCASES ALUMNI ARTISTS       HAMMOND -- The works of selection of Southeastern Louisiana University alumni artists will be on display Oct. 16-31 at Sims Memorial Library.       Roy Blackwood, coordinator of Southeastern Education Initiatives at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum and former head of the Visual Arts Department, said the Homecoming Alumni Art Exhibit will open with a reception from 5-7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 16.       “We plan this to be an annual event during Homecoming,” Blackwood said. “Each year, the exhibit will feature a different group of our talented alumni artists.” He said the current show features more than two dozen works by the 16 artists. Southeastern is celebrating Homecoming October 13-18.        Artists selected for the first exhibit are Carl J. Accardo, Terry Bahm, Lola Jeanette Gregory, Michael A. Gureasko, Suzette M. Lipford, Rebecca A. Lorio, Luz Maria Lopez, Susan Patenotte, Ann M. Stohl, Kim Howes Zabbia, Linda Vise, Patti Pitzer, Dennis Ruiz, Lisa Green, Martin Needum and Toni Tausin.       Blackwood said Lopez’s works, a suite of paintings of Mesoamerican culture illustrating various Mayan, Aztec, Incan and native American myths and stories, will be on display in the lobby of D Vickers Hall. The paintings were commissioned by the university through a Division of the Arts grant and will be permanently exhibited in the recently renovated lobby of the classroom building, which is located across from Sims library.       For additional information about the Homecoming Alumni Art Exhibit and other Homecoming 2003 events, contact the Alumni Association, 985-549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM. A complete Homecoming schedule is available online at www.selu.edu/alumni. Return to News Releases