The McNeese Department of Visual Arts will present a solo art exhibition of Graphite Drawings by Cynthia Baskin from May 26 through July 1 in the Abercrombie Gallery of the Shearman Fine Arts Center at McNeese State University.

The exhibition features a thematic series of narrative artworks produced during a 14-week cycle. Narrative art depicts an event or "story" through the use of a visual vocabulary. The words of this visual vocabulary become the poetic language that metaphorically speak of social, interpersonal, and familial issues.

A visiting lecturer at McNeese, Baskin received her Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Northwest Missouri State University and her master's degree from the University of South Carolina.

Baskin's works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Her pieces are part of private art collections in New York City, Washington, D.C., California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Newfoundland and Alberta, Canada.

The public is invited to attend a reception for the exhibition which will be held on June 24 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the gallery. The Abercrombie Gallery, located in Room 125 of the Shearman Fine Arts Center, is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information about the exhibit, call the McNeese Visual Arts Department at (337) 475-5060 or Cynthia Baskin at (337) 475-5053.