Second Emerging Craftsperson Resident to showcase work Nov. 9
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MSU student raingarden collaboration garners national recognition
By | Vanessa Beeson STARKVILLE, Miss.— State University is receiving a national award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The MSU raingarden, funded by a $20,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant, has been honored in the society’s student collaboration category. MSU team members accepted the award at the society’s annual meeting and expo in ...
From The Gallery - October 2017
State University Department of Art Gallery Director Lori Neuenfeldt talks with Shawna Williams, BFA student. Shawna and Randi Watson recently created a mural, “Black Prairie, , World” within the university's Colvard Student Union Dawg House.
MSU Department of Art gallery director featured in Tupelo newspaper
By Scott Morris | via Daily Journal State University’s Moore Hall houses a roomful of colorful history. “We have approximately 2,000 objects,” said Lori Neuenfeldt, instructor and gallery director. Specifically, the MSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection preserves clothes, shoes and accessories. The oldest item dates back to the 1840s. Some were for everyday ...
Brent Funderburk’s 'Angelus Vitae' in noted national showcase
Brent Funderburk, a long time State University professor, has one of his artworks showing in a national juried exhibition for the month of October. Funderburk’s “Angelus Vitae” a watercolor painting, was chosen by juror Stephen Quiller to be exhibited in the 44th Annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, showing at the Evergreen Center for ...
International photo competition honors Dominic Lippillo
Photographic images by Dominic Lippillo of State have been honored among top finalists in Photolucida’s 2017 Critical Mass portfolio competition. A nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, Photolucida works to “expand, inspire, educate and connect” photography communities around the world. The CM competition involves submissions of 10-image portfolios. Lippillo, an associate professor in the ...
Noted painter to give lecture and workshop on MSU campus
By Brent Funderburk Matthew Lee, plein air painter and architect, will lecture and give a student workshop on the State University campus in October. Lee is an alumnus of MSU where he received a BA in Architecture with a minor in Art in 1989. Lee will present a public lecture “In Colored Air: Painting ...