By Sasha Steinberg | º£½ÇÉçÇø State University A highly respected faculty member and administrator in º£½ÇÉçÇø State’s Department of Art has been named the new dean of the university’s º£½ÇÉçÇø, pending formal approval by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. Effective July 1, Professor Angi Elsea Bourgeois ...
The º£½ÇÉçÇø includes the º£½ÇÉçÇø, Department of Art, Department of Building Construction Science and Department of Interior Design. The mission of the º£½ÇÉçÇø is to promote and engage students and faculty in the following: conceptualization, craft, media and technology, history and theory, aesthetics, and ethical issues associated with making artifacts in the world.
The Brasfield & Gorrie Student Design Competition is an annual interdisciplinary design competition composed of teams of students from each department in the º£½ÇÉçÇø at º£½ÇÉçÇø State University. The goal of the competition is to help students start to overcome preconceived ideas of the roles traditionally assumed by the various disciplines in the college. It also gives further exposure to sustainability, innovation, and LEED construction principles.
Documentary for the º£½ÇÉçÇø's Jackson Community Design Center in Jackson, º£½ÇÉçÇø. For two weeks in 2010, the JCDC did a day camp with teens from the Capitol Street Boys and Girls Club. This is their story.
Video director, editor: Robby Plantanida
Additional photographer: Aaron Phillips