Recent works of Lone Star College-North Harris artist in residence, Jeff Forster, are currently on display in an academic year-end exhibition in the college’s Fine Arts Gallery. The show runs through the end of July.

Jeff Forster received his BA in Art Education at St. John’s University, and his MFA in Ceramics at Southern Illinois University. He is on the National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts and a member of the Clay Houston Organization. He has shown across the nation, including at The Art Studio Inc, Beaumont, TX, the Gallery at the Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix, AR, 18 Hands Gallery in Houston, TX, and Colaciello Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL. Forster is a recent Texas transplant. As part of his artist-in-residence position, he has been teaching ceramics at LSC-North Harris for the past year and will continue teaching for the fall 2009 semester.  

For exhibition hours, call Gary Conners, LSC-North Harris gallery director at 281.618.5617.

Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 E, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information about the college, call 281.618.5400 or visit: NorthHarris.LoneStar.edu.

Lone Star College System consists of five colleges, including CyFair, Kingwood, Montgomery, North Harris, and Tomball, six centers and Lone Star College-University Center. It is the largest college system in the Houston area, and third largest community college district in Texas. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu.

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June 18, 2009

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