DATE:    5/5/03 
WRITER:  Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741; spalmer@clemson.edu

News Briefs from Clemson University's Public Service & Agriculture
Media Relations.

     1. Geology Museum to celebrate International Museum Day.
     2. Botanical Garden Visitor Center welcomes featured artists for
        May and June.

1. Geology Museum to celebrate International Museum Day

     CLEMSON -- Come celebrate International Museum Day at the Campbell
Geology Museum located in South Carolina Botanical Garden.
     The open house is free and will be held on May 15 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. The theme for 2004 is "Museums and Intangible Heritage".
     Participants may learn about nature on the 11 a.m. discovery walk,
or have a favorite rock, mineral or fossil identified between 2 and 4
p.m.
     Demonstrations of fossil preparation and lapidary arts will be
held throughout the day. Lapidary art is simply gem and mineral
polishing.
     Children will get a chance to sieve for minerals, create their own
impression fossils, or make a shark-tooth necklace.
     Call (864) 656-4600 or go to http://www.clemson.edu/geomuseum for
more information.
     For further information about the theme or the activities planned
for International Museum Day: http://icom.museum/imd.html.
     Contact: Christian Cicimurri, (864) 656-4602; cmcici@clemson.edu.


2.  Botanical Garden Visitor Center welcomes featured artists for May
    and June.

     CLEMSON -- The Fran Hanson Discovery Center at the S.C. Botanical
Garden features a rotating art exhibit by artists from Anderson, Oconee
and Pickens counties every two months.
     The featured artists for May and June are Patricia Sink of Salem
and Bobby Gosnell of Seneca.
     Patricia Sink of Salem is a pastel portrait artist who has won
several "Best in Show" awards with the Blue Ridge Arts Council.
     Bobby Gosnell of Seneca is a photographer who photographs colorful
landscapes, waterfalls and nature along the Blue Ridge Mountains and
the Upstate of South Carolina.
     Their artwork will be on display May to June. The artists will
demonstrate their work and talk with visitors from noon to 2 p.m. on
May 15 and again on June 19.
     Prints, notecards and original artwork are available for sale at
the Garden Gift Shop in the Discovery Center.
     For a complete listing of featured artists, go to:
www.clemson.edu/scbg then click on calendar of events. For more
information on the exhibit or to become one of the featured artists,
call (864) 656-3405 or e-mail scbg@clemson.edu.
     The garden is on the Clemson University campus at the intersection
of highway 76 and Silas Pearman Blvd. It encompasses 295 acres of
gardens, streams and woodlands, and is open year-round from sunrise to
sunset, free of charge.
     Contact: Christine Drais, (864) 656-6205, cdrais@clemson.edu.
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