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50 Years or Art: Creativity. Collaboration. Unity.

50 Years or Art: Creativity. Collaboration. Unity.

Mississippi State’s Department of Art established in 1968, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.  Our rich program allows students to explore many different concentrations within the field of art, creating a sense of unity across the department.  Come out and be a part of this very special celebration with the following events hosted by the department of art.


History

According to a word-of-mouth history passed down over the years, the Department was created after actor Vincent Price asked to see the art department while on a tour of MSU’s campus in 1967. When he was told the department did not exist he responded, “Then how can you call this a real university?”

In 1968, Arthur Leonard Farley was hired to create a fine arts program for MSU. Farley, a well-respected artist himself, is known for creating one of Mississippi State’s best-known sculptures of a bronze Bulldog installed in 1970 on the north side of the Colvard Student Union. The department’s official founding year is 1969 and MSU’s first Bachelor of Art degrees in Fine Art were awarded in the early 70s.

Farley served for 13 years until 1982, when Michael A. Dorsey succeeded him as head of the department. Past department heads include Professors Brent Funderburk, Kay DeMarsche, Lydia Thompson, and interim-head Jamie Burwell Mixon. The current Department Head is Dr. Angi Elsea Bourgeois who oversees more than 200 students seeking Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees concentrating in Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography.

Since its formation in 1968 the Department of Art has grown from a one room office on the fourth floor of Lee Hall to classrooms, galleries, studios, and office spaces found in eight buildings across MSU’s campus.


Statements: 50 Years of Making

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Welcome to the online exhibition gallery for Statements: 50 Years of Making. In this gallery you will see many works of art in a diverse range of media. Each piece is created by MSU alumni excelling in the fields of fine art, photography, and graphic design.

There were over 220 total submissions with 128 final works selected by guest alumni juror Wesley Stuckey. The exhibition opened in the Mississippi State University’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery on February 1 and closed April 21, 2018.

Thank you to all alumni, faculty, and students for supporting the exhibition.  Hail State!

Lori Neuenfeldt, Gallery Director

Photos from the reception

Wade Acuff, A Light to Read By Roy Adkins, Poll Test Anna Aldridge, Faulkner Things Anna Aldridge, Shack Up Inn Patric Anderson, Numb Angela Aquino, Old City, Istanbul Celion Aspensen, Acadia Lunch Companion Meagan Babb, Wedding Foodie Meagan Babb, Stashes and Lashes Lindsey Bailey, Queen of Spades, Athena the Activist Diane K. Baker, July Buck Moon Bryan Barham, Aesthetic Movement Spring/Summer 2016 Newsprint Promotion Molly Barnes, Flying Geese Loren Bartnicke, Feast Kay Benton, Horn Island Brie Brewer, World of Warcraft Cookbook (Cover) Celeste Brignac, Line Up Shanna NiCole Britt, Girl with Waves Mark Brown, Seated Figure #27 Will Bryant, Adidas Hoop Collective Daniel Calcote, Reflections Garland Cary, The Corner of 5th and E 72nd Evelyn Collins, Galactic Dancers Jessica Comer, Taylor Tim Cook, ELEL “GEODE” LP Ben Couvillion, Live at the Garden Concert Series Poster Caroline Crawford, Watch Station International Spring 2014 Caroline Crawford, In the Details Mary Catherine Davis, Motor Inn Hitchin’ Post Ioana Demain, I.am.Bryce Sweta Desai, Client Christmas Stationery Tessa Easley, Chronic Austin Edwards, Alienware Brand Guidelines Ginny Elder, Spring Flowers Fay Fisher, Gone Fishin’ Julie Flandorfer, Restored Sam and Loraine Flegal, The Illustrated Hávamál Collectors Edition Sarah Foley, George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sarah Foley, Il Volo Keith Fraser, Shack Up Inn Poster Series Jane Gair, Eggs Taylor Gair, Sphero Mini Mark Gammill, Fond Memories of Camp Nakanawa Claire Gipson, Denver Zoo Campaign Anna Haley, Dust On My Boots Anna Haley, The Western World (Yippie Ki Yay Mother Trucker) Leah Harrell, A New Year Leah Harrell, Son at Rest Rebecca Hart, Dunes of Northwest Florida Candace Hitt, Abandoned Lauren Howell, Garden Tomatoes Jason Hutto, Signum Non Dabitur Ei Nisi Signum Ionae Prophetae Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Unrest Ben Jenkins, Warstic Bat Co. Chelsey Johnson, Floating Memories Craig Jones, Boketto Steven “Sage” Joshlin, Ise (1080p digital video) Cristina Jucan, Fight for Literacy Games Brand Development Cristina Jucan, Gingo de Mayo Poster/Illustration Series Kat Lawrence, Light and Shadows in Langeais Amanda Littlejohn, Stella, Age 5 David Matthews, Creature Struggle Garrett May, Bell Christina McField, Where Time Stands Still Margaret McMullen, Everything Looks Best in Orange (Fall Cypress) Jamie Burwell Mixon, Paul McCartney Concert Poster Jamie Burwell Mixon, Mumford and Sons Concert Poster Jamie Mixon, Guns N’ Roses Concert Poster Catherine Mizell, Canterbury Bouquet Jon Morris, #TakeMyMoney Christy Nelson, Metamorphosis Poem Walker Nordan, Game Day Prep Amie Oliver, Arcadia Lost Series (Pool) Amie Oliver, Arcadia Lost Series: Astral Ruin Robin Ollar, Soup Heidi Orcutt, Waynesville Wesley Ortiz, Rocket Queen Brian Parker, Santa Propaganda Poster #6 (Santa Wants You to Believe) Glenn Payne, Lookout Glenn Payne, Panhandler Katherine Pohl, Happy Times Katherine Pohl, Portrait of Dolly Parton Marc Poole, Sail On Marc Poole Marc Poole, Mikey’s on the Bayou Sarah Presson, Sweet Unknown (Desert in Bloom Flower) Sarah Presson, The Matador Lana Pugh, Forgotten Worship Lana Pugh, Topashaw Creek Julia Reyes, The Search Beth Rhodes, Tenacity Paul Richey, Plowshares Carol Roark, October Hunt Carol Roark, Good Morning Dauphin Island Miranda Robertson, Public Health Conference Branding Package Wendy Roussin, Selection from the Series Badlands Emily Rutzky, 400 Moons Plant Pot Whitten Sabbatini, Vaseline Whitten Sabbatini, Glove Whitten Sabbatini, Joe & Jerryon Justin Schultz, Feudum Shelley Scott, Forms vs. Function Carolyn Sewell, Design Code Of Ethics Joe Shelton, Heaven or Hell Car Clarksdale, MS Jonathan Shull, Babalu Brand Development Mishael Simpson, Pops Produce Food Labels (Louisiana Purple Pod Beans) Jill Sowell, 15 Minute Lion Study in Charcoal Eric Stars, Cubes Projection Mapping Eric Stars, Baby Goodbye Marion Steckler, Mississippi Children’s Museum Brand Identity Package Kim Strickland, Memphis Police Department Recruiting Campaign Janette Tingle, Refracturation Suzanne Tribble, Main Street Jayson Triplett, The Continuing Ballad of Franco the Kid (Living Walls Eyedrum Installation) Avery Truitt, Fleur Kathryn Wiggins, Together Milton Williams, Golden Landscape with Marsh and Trees Jillian Wilson, Soda-fired Mugs Maura Worch, Pick Your Poison Blackjack Tournament Invitation Anna Zollicoffer, Tree Line

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