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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Lindsay
December 10, 2002	(202) 994-1423 mlindsay@gwu.edu

GW's DIMOCK GALLERY PRESENTS INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENTS
GRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS
DECEMBER 11-20

Projects Include Designs for Carribean Luxury Suites, Historic Inn and
Museum Cafeteria

EVENT:
Master of Fine Arts Interior Design students graduate thesis projects are on display at The George Washington University’s Dimock Gallery, presented by the Department of Fine Arts and Art History and the Dimock Gallery. This exhibition concludes the Fall series of student exhibitions in the Dimock Gallery.

WHEN:
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 10, 2002: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 – Friday, December 20, 2002
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.

WHERE:
The George Washington University

Dimock Gallery, Lower Level Lisner Auditorium

730 21^st Street, NW

Washington, D.C. (Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro, Blue and Orange lines)
Telephone: 202-994-1525

COST: Free and open to the public.

Background:

In the first-ever exhibition of its kind, the Interior Design program, located on GW’s Mount Vernon Campus, presents graduate projects from FA 292, the culminating studio class where the students synthesize their education pursuing a thesis project of interest to them. Each student is teamed with and mentored by a professional interior designer throughout the project, providing students with professional feedback on their work. A public presentation of the graduate thesis projects took place on Monday, December 9, 2002, in the Eckles Library Auditorium.

The students in the exhibition are Eduardo Cabrer, Nan Knisley, Angeles Mendoza, Rachel Strutt and Tere Tomlinson. The projects ranged from interior designs for breezy Caribbean luxury suites in Puerto Rico and an adaptive re-use project in an old mill dating to the 19^th century outside of Baltimore (envisioned as an historic inn and wine bar) to a new look for the staff cafeteria at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., with a color scheme inspired by pictures from space of a nebula.

For further information, please contact Erin Speck, assistant professor of
interior design at (202) 242-6705.
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