Carbajal, along with social work graduate students, partnered with C&R Kuttbottle, a nonprofit organization, to seek and acquire funding as part of a grant proposal assignment.

The mission of C&R Kuttbottle is to promote environmental sustainability awareness and to encourage community involvement in recycling. The organization recycles glass in Nacogdoches.

As a result of the project, one grant application from the WalMart Foundation for $5000 is pending approval, and a GoFundMe account was created for C&R Kuttbottle.

The estate of the late Nancy Delaney will fund two endowed scholarships for deserving students within SFA’s School of Art and College of Fine Arts.

The scholarships will be funded in part through proceeds from a jewelry sale planned for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

SFA secondary education students and staff members in the Center for Regional Heritage Research and Steen Library are using 3D printing to help bring history to life.

The students, along with Dr. Amber Wagnon, assistant professor of secondary education and educational leadership, collaborated with staff members from the CRHR and Steen Library to print 3D bowls from the Caddo Native American tribe and handles from a cannon recovered from wreckage of the La Belle ship of French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, the Sieur de La Salle.

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SFA's School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the documentary “Chicken People” at 7 p.m. tonight in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

“Chicken People” is a funny and uplifting look at the world of show chickens and the people who love them. Starting at the largest national poultry competition, likened to the Westminster Dog Show for chickens, “Chicken People” follows three top competitors over the course of a year as they deal with life's challenges while vying to win the top title. Both humorous and heartfelt, “Chicken People” is an unforgettable celebration of the human spirit.

For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

SFA’s Rockin’ Axes will present a concert of rock subgenres ranging from classic rock to metal when the student ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Cole Concert Hall.

An ensemble within the Sound Recording Technology program in the SFA School of Music, the Rockin’ Axes will perform works by The Strokes, White Stripes, Fit for a King, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and a protest song by Rage Against the Machine, which contains some explicit lyrics.

The concert is a joint presentation of the College of Fine Arts and School of Music. Admission is free. For more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407, or visit finearts.sfasu.edu.

SFA’s School of Music will present a faculty saxophone and piano recital at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Cole Concert Hall.

Nicholas Bissen, adjunct professor of saxophone, and Hyun Ji Oh, collaborative pianist, will present the program “La Vie Antérieure,” which also is the title of a work in the program and translates to “The Former Life.” The program oscillates between moments of reckless indulgence and nostalgic reference, but never with regret, according to Bissen.

The concert is a joint presentation of the College of Fine Arts and School of Music. Admission is free. For more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407, or visit finearts.sfasu.edu.

The award-winning multi-Grammy nominated duo Dailey and Vincent will ring in the holiday season with “A Springer Mountain Farms Christmas” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in Turner Auditorium.

Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent take their music, a mix of bluegrass with traditional country and gospel, to iconic venues such as The Ryman Auditorium and Carnegie Hall. They are Grand Ole Opry members, five-time Grammy award winners individually, and three-time Grammy award nominees collectively.

Prior to the performance, local bluegrass fan Scott Waller will present an informative talk at 7 p.m. in Griffith Gallery.

Single event ticket prices for the University Series are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $10 for non-SFA students and youth. Tickets for SFA students are $3. For more information or to purchase tickets, stop by the Fine Arts Box Office in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, Room 211, call (936) 468-6407, or visit finearts.sfasu.edu

Students in SFA's School of Art will host an open-studios event and ceramics sale from 4 to 8 p.m. for the local community on Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the art buildings located on Wilson Drive.

The ceramics sale will include both graduate and undergraduate work.

“This opportunity to acquire beautiful, handmade pottery comes just in time for the holidays,” said Amanda Breitbach, assistant professor of art at SFA.

For more information, contact the SFA School of Art at (936) 468-4804.

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