[Show picture list] (Photos by Mississippi State University and Aaron McElfish) Upper-level high school students participated in the Mississippi State Department of Art’s annual INvision summer camp from June 13-17. Campers participated in workshops on photography, graphic design, drawing, ceramics and sculpting, among other media. Artist presentations, gallery exhibitions, movie nights and field trips were among the ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Megan Bean | Mississippi State University) Starkville Boys and Girls Club youth are benefitting from a community garden designed by Mississippi State University architecture students. Featuring six raised beds and a shade area built by students during the spring semester, the project has continued through the summer with MSU student, ...
[Show picture list] (photos by Laura Smith Daniels) Assistant Professor Suzanne Powney has been keeping her students busy in her letterpress course this summer. At Mississippi State, the letterpress is specific to the graphic design program. Letterpresses are used to print textured designs, generally on invitations or posters, and these kinds of prints were common throughout ...
David Bowie and Philosophy: Rebel, Rebel – edited by Theodore “Ted” G. Ammon, Ph.D. – is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. The book will go on sale Sept. 6. Jackson-native Ammon, an associate professor of philosophy at Millsaps College, teaches the philosophy of architecture course at the Mississippi State University School of Architecture’s Jackson ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A longtime faculty member and former head of the Mississippi State College of Architecture, Art and Design’s art department is receiving national recognition. Seven artworks from Professor Brent Funderburk’s “Flying World” and New Solar Myths” watercolor painting series appear in the August issue of Watercolor Artist magazine. Published ...
Nearly 30 university juniors and seniors from Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and the Bahamas recently brought back to the Starkville campus 56 of 102 total honors—including first place in eight categories.
Works by six students, faculty and alumni in the Department of Art at Mississippi State have again been selected by a major international publication. Based in New York City, Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design showcases graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art works of talented students and professionals worldwide. Featured in the fall 2016 online Runners-Up ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University For Alex Bostic, the road to a successful art career began with a spark of imagination—literally. At the age of seven, he discovered his artistic talents with help from his older brother Charles and a make-believe game of “war” the two played using wood matches. “One day, a ...
A Mississippi State junior is among the first four students at southeastern architecture schools to receive the newly endowed Aydelott Travel Award. Lara Lynn Waddell, a graduate of Booneville High School and daughter of George and Julie Waddell from Marietta, has been awarded $20,000 to travel and research four unique buildings she believes possess qualities ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A longtime faculty member in Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design is the new permanent leader of its art department. Since 2014, Angi Elsea Bourgeois has headed the Magnolia State’s largest undergraduate studio art program on an interim basis. Her permanent appointment begins July 1. In ...