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April 20, 2007
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Art professor wins Best of Show

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Shawn Dickey, Mississippi University for Women assistant professor of art, won Best of Show for his dimensional screenprint “Perils: The Glass Alibi” at the Meridian Museum of Art’s 34tth annual Bi-State Art Competition.

This is the second time that Dickey has been chosen as Best of Show. He also won in 2002. Dickey’s work will be added to the Meridian Museum of Art’s permanent collection, and it will be featured in an exhibition at the museum next year.
   
Dickey joins Mississippi artist Ke Francis as the only artists in the 34-year history of the competition to have received the award twice.
   
The competition featured 62 works form Mississippi and Alabama artists.