Killian’s Prints Impress Jurors

May 11th, 2012 Comments Off

Katie Killian has had prints accepted into two shows–one a national exhibition, the other a major regional exhibition. Katie earned her BFA from Mississippi State in Fall 2011. The works–Autotomy of Motion, Un and Tirer, Deux–were made that semester for Professor Linda Seckinger’s advanced printmaking class.

Killian: Autotomy of Motion, Un

Juror Hugh Wilson selected both works for the show Gateway to Imagination: A National Juried Art Competition, which is taking place at Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico (May 13 to July 9). In addition, Tirer, Deux will also be on display at the Artists of the 21st Century Competitive Exhibition ’12 at the West Tennessee Regional Art Center in Humboldt, Tennessee (April 2 to 24). This show was juried by Shane Gregory.

Killian: Tirer, Deux

Many congratulations, Katie!

 

Bostic in International Aerospace Art Exhibition

May 10th, 2012 Comments Off

Professor Alex Bostic’s painting Wojo At Work has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 International Aerospace Art Exhibition. Organized by the American Society of Aviation Artists (ASAA), the exhibition will be held at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Portage, Michigan, from June 3 to September 8, 2012.

Bostic, Wojo At Work

 

Shelana Kelly Enjoys National Success

May 3rd, 2012 Comments Off

Shelana Kelly’s Kennedy continues to impress.

Kelly made the mahogany chair in 2011, for a Maymester class with Professor Critz Campbell. The work won first prize in the MSU Student Show earlier this semester, and has now been selected for inclusion in ”Rites of Passage,” a national exhibition of student work held at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. The exhibition will run from June 1st to June 29th, 2012; for more information about the gallery, click here.

Kelly: Kennedy

Here’s a measure of Shelana’s achievement: 193 different students submitted 507 works for the gallery to consider, but Shelana’s work was one of only thirteen selected for inclusion.

So congratulations Shelana!

Kelly: Kennedy

 

Lippillo shows work in Minnesota and California

May 2nd, 2012 Comments Off

Dominic Lippillo’s photographs are appearing in two exhibitions this spring.

His Oval Mirror and Rotary Phone are currently on display at The Gallery at the Rourke Art Museum, in Moorhead, Minnesota. The exhibition is called “Of Memory, Bone and Myth” and explores how we rearrange memories to suit ourselves, and in order to create our own mythological state. Lippillo was presented with the “Best in Show” award by the juror, Stephen Perloff, who is the founder and editor of The Photo Review. For more about the exhibition, click here.

Lippillo: Oval Mirror

Lippillo has been collaborating with another photographer, Mark Schoon, on a project called Anti-local. A print from this series has been selected for inclusion in the permanent collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California.

Lippillo and Schoon: from the Anti-local project

The work will also be included in the museum’s exhibition: Three Story House: Selections from MOPA’s Photography Collection. Featuring works by such luminaries as Ansel Adams, William Eggleston, Sally Mann, Arnold Newman, and Stephen Shore, the exhibition “explores how photographers have used the domestic environment to tell stories of how and where we live, as well as how the home functions as a creative, art-making space.” For more information, click here.

 

Invasion of the Graphic Designers

April 19th, 2012 Comments Off

The Mississippi State University Graphic Design Senior BFA Portfolio Show will be open to the public from Friday, April 20th though Monday, April 30th at the CAAD Visual Arts Center Gallery and the McComas Art Gallery.

The public is invited to a reception on Tuesday, April 24th. These 27 seniors have an impressive amount of portfolio work on display during these two weeks. Exhibited work includes posters, illustrations, packaging, editorial design, advertising design, identity design, self-promotional materials, and more. Students’ final portfolio books will be on display the night of the reception. Visit the senior portfolio website for a sneak peek at their work.

Participating Students: AJ Pappas, Albert Hart, Alexa Werling, Alyshia Hicks, Amy Reel, Andrea Tate, Bailey Schoemaker, Beth Rhodes, Brooke Owens, Corey Childers, Cynthia Fisackerly, Danielle Brown, Ethan Head, Gabby Windham, Gary Shettles, Hal Teasler, Jaclyn Petty, Jill Sowell, Joe Beussink, Joshua Ulmer, Kareem Tate, Kyle Newton, Megan Whittington, Molly Moon, Ryan Filler, Tristan Dillard, Zack Woolfe.

The MSU Graphic Design Program is in the MSU Department of Art within the College of Architecture, Art + Design. The program was featured in an article and named one of HOW Magazine’s three design schools that “should be on your radar” in 2009. For more information, contact Professor Jamie Mixon, Graphic Design Coordinator at 662.325.2970.

 

Students Earn REAL Success

April 18th, 2012 Comments Off

MSU Graphic Design students have won the tops awards in a national design competition, the 2012 National REAL Show. Paige McDonnell won best-of-show and Allison Keller won a gold medal in the show, which is sponsored by the Art Director’s Club of Washington, DC. There were 284 entries from 11 different schools and only 26 pieces were selected for inclusion. The judges were Nancy Bratton of Nancy Bratton Design, Tim Cripps of Threespot, and Scott Rier of Kinetik.

Paige McDonnell

The work was created in Professor Jamie Burwell Mixon’s Graphic Design 2 class this semester. Students illustrated and designed theater posters for the play, Amazons and Their Men.

Allison Keller

The Real Show is an annual competition giving college students from around the nation the opportunity to solve real-life communication design problems. This year, students competed in the areas of identity, app design, poster design and editorial design. The work will be exhibited at the DC Design Center in Washington in April.

Brenda Willemsen in Women’s Works

April 17th, 2012 Comments Off

Brenda Willemsen, a senior Engineering major with an Art minor, has had her watercolor work “Self Portrait” accepted into “Women’s Works 2012,” a national competitive exhibition. The exhibit is presented by the Northwest Area Arts Council of Crystal Lakes (Chicago area), Illinois in Spring, 2012; it was juried by Lou Ann Burkhardt of the American Academy of Art, Nell Emerson of Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Wisconsin painter Pamela Callahan, and artists/curators/WW founders Nan Seidler and Lynn Carlson. Over 900 works were submitted to the exhibition: the jurors only accepted 120 for inclusion in the show.

For more about the show, which closes on April 29, click here.

Brenda also had watercolor works accepted into the 2012 MS Collegiate Competition and MSU Student Show. She plans to continue to build a portfolio and pursue a second degree in art or design.

 

 

Candace Hitt MFA Thesis Work

April 15th, 2012 Comments Off

Alumni News

In 2009 Candace Hitt  graduated from the MSU Department of Art, where her concentration was in photography. Between April 21 and June 2, 2012, Candace will be exhibiting her MFA Thesis work from the University of  Memphis. The opening reception is on April 20.

The MFA Thesis exhibition STRIPPED marks the near completion of her MFA at the University of  Memphis.

For more details, click here.

Eye Candy!

April 13th, 2012 Comments Off

More ADDY Success

April 9th, 2012 Comments Off

A College of Architecture, Art and Design graphic design professor and four BFA graphic design students recently won awards in the American Advertising Federation ADDY competition.

Professor Jamie Burwell Mixon won two Silver ADDYs for poster design in the 7th District American Advertising Federation competition. Her Taylor Swift and Bob Seger posters were honored. Evan Veeder won a student Gold Addy for his poster campaign, “Helping Procrastinators Succeed.” The ADDY Awards ceremony takes place April 13 at the 7th District AAF Conference in Nashville, TN.

Evan Veeder: Post-it Posters

In addition, Mixon won Best-of-Show, a Gold Addy and three Silver ADDYs in the Tuscaloosa AAF ADDY competition in February for poster designs created for Verizon Arena. Winning work included concert posters for James Taylor, Taylor Swift, Bob Seger and Kenny Chesney. Evan Veeder won a student Gold ADDY, a Silver ADDY, and the student Judge’s Award. Other students winning Silver ADDYs were Matt Lanke (2), Jennifer Matthews, and Molly Moon.

Jamie Mixon: Bob Seger Poster

Jamie Mixon: Taylor Swift Poster

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