Fine Arts

Lauryn Rody, a Mississippi State University art major, recently completed a mural for West Clay Elementary School.

Two faculty members in Mississippi State University’s Department of Art will be featured in an upcoming exhibition organized by the Mississippi Library Commission and Mississippi Arts Commission. On display June 5-28 at the Mississippi Library Commission’s 3881 Eastwood Drive location in Jackson, “A Perspective of People” showcases work by artists who have been honored through ...

“Greg,” a watercolor painting by Alex Bostic, was accepted into the 41st Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition. The exhibit will be held at the ArtCenter Manatee in Bradenton, Fla, from May 15 through June 22. Juror John Salminen chose only 95 paintings from all the submissions.

Mississippi State University Department of Art Associate Professor Alexander Bostic’s painting “Dupree” was selected for the 2018 NOAPS Spring International Online Exhibition. Jurors selected 150 paintings from more than 890 submissions. See the accepted works here: https://www.noaps.org/copy-of-2018-spring-on-line-prospec 

By Dianne Poston Owens | SCNOW Morning News LAKE CITY, S.C. – Though Alex Bostic left Bennettsville with his family when he was 4, and his time in the northeast became essential to his becoming the artist he is today, he still has cousins, namely Diane and Caroline, to whom he gives a shoutout in ...

A reception was held on Sat., April 28, for the BFA fine art thesis exhibit, “In the Amber.”  

Via Brent Funderburk “That is a very earthly question to ask…Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?…well here we are…trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Exhibit in three galleries on campus ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Colorful creations by Mississippi State University’s William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Art are featured this spring in multiple national and international exhibitions. Brent Funderburk, a longtime faculty member and former head of the MSU College of Architecture, Art and Design’s Department of Art, received a “Judge’s Recognition ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Under the direction of internationally acclaimed soprano Roza Tulyaganova, the Mississippi State University Opera Workshop is hosting two performances of scenes from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s operas. The family-friendly performances take place at 7:30 p.m. April 6 and 7 at First United Methodist Church’s Connection Center. General admission tickets ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A student in Mississippi State University’s College of Architecture, Art and Design is being honored by one of the world’s top design publications. Senior art/graphic design major Lori L. Nesbitt of Winona is one of only four university students selected by an international panel of jurors to receive a ...