By Sasha Steinberg | State University Works of 19 fine art seniors specializing in graphic design at State are on display April 26-May 4 at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the second-floor “(dis)ARRANGE” exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center celebrates the conclusion of the students’ art department studies. The ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Aaron McElfish) A reception was held on April 21 for works by eleven graduating fine art majors at State are on display through April 28 in two university art galleries. Free and open to all, the weeklong Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, “Epitome,” features images reflecting the students’ ...
State junior Daniel J. Mooney of Brookhaven talks about one of his artworks with Student Support Services Coordinator Elizabeth Williams during a “One Night Only” exhibit at the university’s Howell Building. The show represented a culmination of ACCESS program students’ semester-long artwork created with volunteer guest instructors from the Department of Art and Starkville ...
A longtime faculty member and former head of the State ’s art department is receiving international recognition. Professor Brent Funderburk’s watercolor painting, “Flying World,” is among 150 works selected for inclusion in one of the world’s largest competitive exhibits dedicated to water-based ...
By Sasha Steinberg | State University State’s newest artist-in-residence has begun her month-long exploration of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Elin de Jong, a contemporary textiles and crafts artist from the Netherlands, is documenting colors of the landscape and wildlife and experimenting with plants to come up with natural dyes ...
Via media release Memphis, Tenn. – Memphis full-service marketing agency Kelley & Associates Advertising has named Senior Art Director Kim Strickland as vice president. In this role, Strickland will supervise the delivery of services to clients and the professional development of junior staff while continuing to generate leading-edge visual communications and e-solutions. “Kim brings the skill, creativity ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Aaron McElfish) A reception was held for “Contact S16: BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition” on Thurs., April 14. Works of three graduating art/photography majors at State will remain on display through May 6 in the university’s Colvard Student Union Art Gallery. Regular gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, as well as ...
By Sasha Steinberg | State University Works of three graduating art/photography majors at State are on display through May 6 in the university’s Colvard Student Union Art Gallery. Free to all, the “Contact S16: BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition” celebrates the final year of art department studies for Sara J. Beard of Pascagoula, Zachary ...
The Department of Art Scholarship Committee has awarded the following awards and scholarships to students in the 2015-2016 academic year: Anderson Ranch Scholarship Darby Taylor: $1,500 (with support from the Grahame Brook Snider Annual Photography Fund for $1,800); total award: $3,300 Sara Beard: $1,500 (with support from Windgate and the Grahame Brook Snider Annual Photography Fund ...
Brian W. Parker, “artist, illustrator, entrepreneur and creator of the fantastical,” returned to his Alma Mater to share some life lessons with Department of Art juniors and seniors on April 1. The 2003 MSU Bachelor of Fine Arts alumnus who holds a master’s from Portland State University presented “Things I’ve learned on my way to ...