What: Shirley Tucker: Through Their Eyes
Where: Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, 160 Creative Arts Center, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn, OH 45324
When: Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 5pm to 8pm
Cost: Free
About: Join us in attending the opening reception of Shirley Tucker: Through Their Eyes !
Shirley Tucker is a Dayton-based artist who specializes in graphic design, acrylic oil painting and murals. She has an Associate of Arts degree from Rio Grande College, studied graphic design at Bowling Green State University, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wright State University in 1989.
As an artist and longtime (now retired) officer of the Montgomery County Juvenile Court Probation Services, Tucker continues to create artwork alongside young people enmeshed in the system.
She was honored for her work with an Ohio Senate Citation from Sen. Stephen A. Huffman on behalf of the Ohio State Senate, and special recognition on her work being shown at the Ohio Diaspora: Artwork from the Collection of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center and Ohio Artists, sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council. Tucker was also featured in both Dayton Weekly and the Dayton Daily News. Tucker received a proclamation from the Miami Township Board of Trustees for the Canvas Mural Project at the Dayton Mall, and was appointed to the Ohio Arts Council's (OAC) Teach Arts Ohio Residencies for PK-12 students in Ohio Schools, serving two terms, 2022–2023 & 2023–2024.
Details: DSA will not be providing any transportation, however, feel free to carpool with a fellow artist to see the exhibition! We will be meeting in the lobby.
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