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 ...
[Show picture list] (Photos of the opening reception on May 20 by Lori Neuenfeldt) By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Painting creations by a Crawford artist are on display through July 22 at Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the second-floor exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center features Mississippi landscape-inspired ...
[Show picture list] Students in Assistant Professor Neil Callander’s Design II class presented their Barn Quilt paintings on Tues., April 26. The Barn Quilt Project is a collaboration between Callander’s class, the Starkville Area Arts Council and community sponsors. To date, MSU art students have created 17 original barn quilts, which constitute a major portion of ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s art department again is inviting creative upper-level high school students to participate in its annual INvision summer camp. Taking place June 13-17, the visual arts experience is designed for students age 16 and older, including incoming freshmen at the university. Now in its fourth year, the ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A Mississippi State art faculty member is positioned to officially join the policy making body of an international institution specializing in craft education. Critz Campbell, an associate professor at the university, recently was elected to an eight-year term as a board trustee at North Carolina’s Penland School of ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Aaron McElfish) A reception was held on April 21 for works by eleven graduating fine art majors at Mississippi 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’ ...
Mississippi 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 ...
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 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 ...
See the story at wtva.com. [Show picture list] (Photos by Aaron McElfish) The 44th Student Juried Exhibition opened March 31 at the university’s McComas Hall Art Gallery. Free to all, the ground-floor exhibition through April 8 features 79 works selected from nearly 350 fine art, graphic design and photography creations submitted for consideration. A public reception ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Works by five art majors in Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design are being featured in 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 ...