By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University For the second year, Mississippi State’s art department is hosting a Great Chalk Walk event. Taking place Thursday [Aug. 18] in front of the department’s Visual Arts Center Gallery at 808 University Drive, the free 4-6 p.m. event is open to all interested members of campus and surrounding ...
[Show picture list] By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A Macon, Georgia, professional painter who has lived and worked for two decades in Spain is Mississippi State’s newest artist-in-residence. As part of his month-long exploration of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Thomas V. “Tom” Cowsert will be sharing his talents and ...
[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 ...
Lori Neuenfeldt talks with Tom Cowsert, Mississippi State University-Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist in Residence for July 2016.
Pascagoula millennial’s invention a glowing success in Starkville bar scene BY JEFF CLARK | The Sun Herald A 2012 Pascagoula High School student is literally lighting up the beverage world with her new invention. Kaylie Mitchell, a senior graphic design student at Mississippi State University, is one half of the duo that created Glo, the ...
[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 ...
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 ...
For Alex Bostic, the road to a successful art career began with a spark of imagination—literally.