Hazelwood Central teacher featured in gallery show

The work of local artist and teacher Michelle Sindha Thomas will be displayed at Flo Valley's Gallery Admin through February. Photo: Nez Savala, Haz.SD

Michelle Sindha Thomas is a writer, artist and world traveler who was born in Kottayam, India. But today, she’s an art teacher at Hazelwood Central High School whose vibrant mixed media works are being featured in a solo show at St. Louis Community College’s Gallery Admin.

Thomas uses various mediums (acrylic, pencil, watercolor) to celebrate her multi-cultural upbringing and to explore themes of personal identity and memory. She says that her latest exhibit is about “expressing the experience of being a minority in the United States and making an invisible experience visible.”

A teacher of sculpture, computer graphics and drawing, Thomas has worked at Hazelwood Central for the past three years. Her exhibit will run through February 27, 2010, and she also has a larger portfolio on her website.

Gallery Admin is a cozy exhibit space located on the second floor of the Administration building at Flo Valley. Admission is free. Monday-Thursday 9am-6pm and Friday 9am-4pm. (314) 513-4861.

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