[Show picture list] Audrey Bell of North Carolina and Angela Eastman of California ended their five-week stay in Starkville with a “One Night Only” show in the Howell Building sculpture studio last night. The two were the first artists to represent the MSU Emerging Craftsperson Residency Program – made possible with a grant provided by the Arkansas-based ...
Emerging Craftsperson Resident Audrey Bell recently gave an upholstery demo to Associate Professor Critz Campbell’s Furniture Making class. About the course: The chair-making class revolves around bent laminations. Students employ skateboard-decking veneer in learning bent lamination techniques to create a batch of curved seats and backs. They find individual solutions for employing this common curved, laminated element. Students are encouraged ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A exhibition spanning the 60-year career of artist Carole McReynolds Davis will be open Sept. 6-Nov. 18 at Mississippi State’s Visual Arts Center Gallery. Titled “Figures and Faces Not Far From Home,” the special university event features selections from an estimated 1,000 original works created by the local ...
[Show picture list] Photos by Megan Bean | Mississippi State University In the first week of Assistant Professor Neil Callander’s ART 1123: Design I class, students completed a series of straight-line-only design projects using black permanent marker on paper. Then, students expanded on these ideas by collaborating in small groups to create large-scale public chalk drawings. The drawings ...
Hard at work: [Show picture list] By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University With a grant provided by Arkansas-based nonprofit Windgate Charitable Trust, Mississippi State’s Department of Art recently established a residency program that is advancing the university’s fine arts programming efforts. Under the direction of Associate Professor of Sculpture Critz Campbell, the MSU Emerging ...
Alex Bostic, an associate professor in the Department of Art at Mississippi State University, had work featured in the “National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic Upper Gallery” in June. According to the website, the “National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic” was founded to give artists opportunity to exhibit works regardless of style, ...
[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 ...
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 ...
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 ...