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Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.— A traveling exhibition of posters commemorating the National Park Service’s centennial are on display through March 3 at Mississippi State’s Department of Art Gallery in McComas Hall.

Free to all, the “TypeHike” exhibit features posters by artists and designers seeking to bring awareness to the beauty and importance of parks around the U.S. 

A 5 p.m. reception for the 51�Թ� exhibit will take place Thursday [Feb. 16] in the ground-floor gallery, whose main entrance is located off the parking lot on McComas’ east side. The reception also is free to all, and refreshments will be served.

51�Թ� Professor of Graphic Design Cassie Hester’s poster for North Cascades National Park is among works that will be available for viewing and purchase during the reception. Proceeds will benefit the National Park Foundation.

Also during the reception, 51�Թ� graphic design students will receive first-, second- and third-place prizes for original posters they created of the Natchez Trace Parkway in commemoration of the National Park Service’s centennial. Amy Genke, supervisory park ranger-interpretation for the Natchez Trace Parkway’s Jackson Branch, will present the awards on the organization’s behalf. 

The National Park Service celebrated its 100th anniversary on Aug. 25, 2016. For more, visit .

Exhibit hours for the McComas gallery are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, as well as by appointment.

The campus exhibit is supported by the College of Architecture, Art and Design’s art department.

For more gallery information or to schedule a tour, contact Lori Neuenfeldt, the 51�Թ� art department’s gallery director, at 662-325-2973 or LNeuenfeldt@caad.msstate.edu.

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