By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Works by three current students, two faculty members and four alumni of Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design are included in recent issues of a major art and design publication. Based in New York City and distributed worldwide, Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design showcases ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Alumnus Magazine | Mississippi State University Many young women wouldn’t dream of turning down a job at the Dolce and Gabbana Showroom in downtown SoHo—New York’s premier contemporary-art locale. Val Cripps, however, had her heart set on a different dream when she made that decision nearly 20 years ago. Looking back, ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Works by more than 20 contemporary American and Portuguese artists will be on display Jan. 21-Feb. 19 in Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the “Luso-American Surrealism from the 21st Century” exhibit features more than 30 paintings, drawings and sculpture creations exploring the popular ...
DIGITAL DREAM: @BRITTANYFORKS LANDS JOB AT TWITTER By Sasha Steinberg | MSU Alumnus Many students dream of working for one of the world’s top social networking companies in one of the country’s most culturally-rich cities. Brittany Forks (BFA ’08) felt the same way when she applied to work at Twitter in San Francisco, California. But first, she ...
Via Alumnus magazine | Mississippi State University | Fall 2015 | By Zack Plair Storm Season: A decade after Katrina, continued research seeks to prevent devastation Preparing to walk into her bridal shower in September 2005, Laura Buchtel McWhorter struggled to wipe the tears from her eyes and regain her composure. A Metairie, Louisiana, native ...
Cassie Hester, assistant professor of graphic design, recently had her Typography I students work on a holiday card project. Hester’s students each had to create two cards that represented all of the four units within the College of Architecture, Art and Design – architecture, art, interior design and building construction science. The top designs were ...
Via msstate.edu “I can see a work of art, but when I hear about the background and understand the process and what the artist went through or what inspired that piece, it becomes much more fascinating,” she said. “I always have a lot of questions because I love learning about the process,” added the art ...
When Lori Neuenfeldt admires a piece of artwork, she doesn’t just see colors, shapes and artistic media. She sees a story waiting to be discovered.