By Karyn Brown An internationally recognized authority on one of the greatest artists of all time—and, arguably, his greatest creation—will speak Sept. 21 at Mississippi State University. “Michelangelo’s David: From Renaissance Icon to Modern Activist” is the title of Victor Coonin’s address to begin at 4 p.m. in Foster Ballroom U of the Colvard Student ...
[Show picture list] [Show picture list] (Photos and story by Kelsey Brownlee) Students in the College of Architecture, Art and Design participate in the Brasfield & Gorrie Student Design Competition every year at Mississippi State University. The interdisciplinary design competition includes teams of students from each department in college (architecture, art, interior design and building ...
Invalid Displayed Gallery (Photos by Aaron McElfish) An opening reception was held Thurs., Sept. 8 in the Visual Arts Center Gallery at 808 University Drive for an exhibition spanning the 60-year career of artist Carole McReynolds Davis. “Figures and Faces Not Far From Home” will be open through Nov. 18 and features selections from an estimated 1,000 original works created by ...
[Show picture list] Audrey Bell of North Carolina and Angela Eastman of California ended their five-week stay in Starkville with a “One Night Only” show in the Howell Building sculpture studio last night. The two were the first artists to represent the MSU Emerging Craftsperson Residency Program – made possible with a grant provided by the Arkansas-based ...
Emerging Craftsperson Resident Audrey Bell recently gave an upholstery demo to Associate Professor Critz Campbell’s Furniture Making class. About the course: The chair-making class revolves around bent laminations. Students employ skateboard-decking veneer in learning bent lamination techniques to create a batch of curved seats and backs. They find individual solutions for employing this common curved, laminated element. Students are encouraged ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s School of Architecture is hosting a Timber Innovations for Mississippi Buildings Reimagined (TIMBR) Symposium Thursday-Friday [Sept. 15-16] on the Starkville campus. Registration is free and must be completed by Sept. 10 at www.msstate.edu/timbr. American Institute of Architects (AIA) continuing education units will be provided. Funded in ...
Hard at work: [Show picture list] By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University With a grant provided by Arkansas-based nonprofit Windgate Charitable Trust, Mississippi State’s Department of Art recently established a residency program that is advancing the university’s fine arts programming efforts. Under the direction of Associate Professor of Sculpture Critz Campbell, the MSU Emerging ...
[Show picture list] When one door closed for Zachary Henry, four more opened. Henry, a fourth-year MSU architecture student from Knoxville, Tenn., was disappointed when his proposal for a travel scholarship to Australia didn’t come out on top. However, when his boss, School of Architecture alumnus Briar Jones heard about Henry’s plan, he and his ...
KeAirra Williams, S|ARC Class of 2015, was recently featured in the Memphis Business Journal, People on the Move: KeAirra Williams Current employer: Renaissance Group: architecture • engineering • planning • interiors Current title/position: Intern Architect Duties/responsibilities: KeAirra Williams joined Renaissance Group Inc. as an intern architect. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. ...
(Video by Kamau Bostic) [Show picture list] (above photos by Lori Neuenfeldt) By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design recently hosted a design camp for students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi. Held June 20–24, the five-day summer experience in Jackson had a goal of helping students in ...