Alumna Trustee Audrey Flack (A'51) honored at Rutgers University

POSTED ON: March 6, 2012

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Audrey Flack (A'51), "Chanel" (detail), 1974

Audrey Flack (A'51), "Chanel" (detail), 1974

Congratulations to Cooper alumna and trustee Audrey Flack (A'51) who has been honored with two exhibitions at Rutgers University. Her paintings will be displayed at the Mason Gross Museum Galleries and her prints and works on paper will be on view at the Douglas Library through June, 2012. Mrs. Flack has also been awarded a visiting professorship and and will be delivering a public lecture on April 3, 2012, sponsored by the Institute for Women in Art at Rutgers.

Mrs Flack will also be honored by the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, which will present her an honorary doctorate this year. They have asked her to deliver the commencement address at their annual commencement ceremony on May 11, 2012.

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