Weather Inhospitable, but Crowd Receptive for Gallery Opening
Friday, July 10, 2015
![Thetford engages gallery visitors, offering insights into his creative process.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2015/07/6004288-150x150.jpg)
![The Tennessee artist celebrates not only an exhibit opening, but his birthday, on July 9.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2015/07/6004322-150x150.jpg)
![A summer crowd launches the new season in The Gallery at Penn College.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2015/07/6004352-150x150.jpg)
![Layers of meaning can be found in the art of a former mental health counselor. Thetford’s piece, “Ignoring the Door,” comments on the entrapment that can follow man’s refusal to fully explore his surroundings.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2015/07/6004362-150x150.jpg)
![Young and old alike say “Yes!” to colorful contemporary collages informed by the richness of the human psyche.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2015/07/6004378-150x150.jpg)
Despite torrential rains and a tornado watch, the show – namely the initial show in The Gallery at Penn College's new season – must go on. "The Struggle to Evolve Before the End of Time,” a display of contemporary digital compositions by Daryl Thetford, opened with a public reception Thursday on the third floor of Madigan Library, continuing through Aug. 9. Summer hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday (closed Saturday and Monday). Regular hours resume Aug. 18.