Current on-campus exhibits are free and open to the public

Through Aug. 7 Thomas Cooper Library: “The End of World War II: A Commemorative Exhibit,” Main Floor Lobby. Aug. 8–Sept. 30 Thomas Cooper Library: “Investigating the Curious Incident in Thomas Cooper Library: An Exhibition for the First-Year Reading Experience, 2005,” Main Floor Lobby. Through Aug. 15 Thomas Cooper Library: “Tennis: An Exhibition from the William D. Haggard III Tennis Collection,” Mezzanine Exhibit Gallery. Through Aug. 20 South Caroliniana Library: Exhibit featuring materials from the South Carolina Political Collections (formerly Modern Political Collections) about General William C. Westmoreland, who commanded the U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964–1968 and who died at his home in Charleston, S.C., July 18. Aug. 25–Sept. 30 McMaster Gallery: “impressions: an invitation exhibition of prints,” work by numerous artists, including Kabuya Bowens from Florida, Barbara Duvall from South Carolina, Melissa Gill from Washington, Beth Grabowski from North Carolina, Dellas Henke and Bill Hosterman from Michigan, Karen Kunc from Nebraska, Rudy Pozzatti and Kathryn Reeves from Indiana, Ruth Welsberg from California, Art Werger from Georgia, and Jennifer Yorke from Alabama. Opening reception is 5–7 p.m. Aug. 25, free and open to the public. McMaster Gallery is located in the USC Department of Art at 1615 Senate St. Hours are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday, 1–4 p.m. Sunday, closed Saturday and University holidays. For more information, contact Mana Hewitt, gallery director, by phone at 7-7480 or e-mail at mana@sc.edu. Aug. 30–Oct. 15 Thomas Cooper Library: “Leaves of Grass at 150: an Exhibition from the Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Literature,” Mezzanine Exhibit Gallery. Through Sept. 3 McKissick Museum: “Reviving Nature: Healing in the Lowcountry,” features the many cultures that practice healing with traditional herbal remedies, including remedies found within the South Carolina Lowcountry, such as Native Americans and the Gullah. Exhibit is curated by three graduate students receiving their certificate degrees in museum studies. The museum, which is free and open to the public, is open 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday and 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is closed Sunday and all holidays. For more information, call 7-7251 or go to the museum’s Web site at www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/index.html. Through Sept. 17 McKissick Museum: “An Intimate Look: Works by Sigmund Abeles,” prints, drawings, and paintings by Abeles, a USC graduate. Through Sept. 30 Thomas Cooper Library: “Fine Bindings: Selected Examples of the Binder’s Art from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day,” Graniteville Room. Through Oct. 15 McKissick Museum: “Mimicry and Magic: The Metaphors of David Voros,” autobiographical artwork by Voros, faculty member in the USC art department. 8/05