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Immediate: January 10, 2014 Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634E-mail: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

The Nassau Community College Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery

Presents the Open Competition Speak Memory

January 21 – March 13 

Garden City, NY –

Who: The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery at Nassau Community College

What: The open competition Speak Memory(Download hi res image)

When: January 21 through March 13. Call 516.572.0619 for gallery hours.

Where: The gallery is located Room 140 of the plaza level in the College Center Building.

Why: Speak Memory explores the concept of memory. Memories can tie us to a time or a place, identify us with a culture, or define us as part of a community.The juror for Speak Memory will be Lester Burg, who serves as the Senior Manager for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit and Urban Design program. This program commissions permanent art projects for New York Subway and commuter railway stations.All Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public. For further information about Speak Memory, please call 516.572.0619.

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where over 23,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional studies students start and continue their successful journey through higher education.  More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island.  As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.

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