The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present a multimedia exhibition titled "New Polyphonies: Contemporary Art from Portugal" from Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Thursday, Mar. 6.

Several events will be presented in association with the exhibition. The day before the opening, on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., artist Nuno Pedrosa will present a lecture in KAB 111. On Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., artist Marta de Menezes, along with her husband Dr. Luis Graça, will present a lecture in KAB 111. An opening reception will follow the lecture.  Finally, on Thursday, Feb.14 at 7 p.m., New Prairie Camerata will present a concert of chamber music in the Gallery proper titled "Espírito Português."

This exhibition represents a major collaboration between the UNI Gallery of Art, Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, and Janalyn Hanson White Gallery at Mt. Mercy College. All three institutions will present exhibitions drawn from 21 different artists originally chosen by curator Lesley Wright, director of Faulconer Gallery, and professor Jane Gilmor of Mt. Mercy College after an excursion to Portugal in 2006 and 2007.

According to Gallery director Darrell Taylor, "the word polyphonies is a term in music where two or more independent melodies are played at once. The artists selected for this exhibition have created artworks that utilize a wide range of media and expressive subject matter presented in unison and in harmony." Six artists were selected by Taylor for inclusion at the UNI Gallery of Art: Pedro Valdez Cardoso, Marta de Menezes, Miguel Palma, Nuno Pedrosa, José Carlos Teixeira, and Rui Toscano.

This exhibition and all related programming is sponsored in part by the following: Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa; Instituto Camões Portugal; and the Tri-partite Group, which includes Institute das Artes, Serviço da Belas Artes of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and Fundação Luso-Americana.

All events at the UNI Gallery of Art are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and noon to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is located at the northeast corner of Hudson Road and West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, on the main floor of the Kamerick Art Building.

For more information call (319) 273-3095 or visit www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery/.