Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--The works of 11 graduating fine arts majors at Mississippi State are being featured through Dec. 2 in two locations on the university campus.
Selections of ceramics, drawings, paintings, photographic images, and sculptures went on public display Monday [Nov. 9] in the 2009 fall semester Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition in McComas Hall's Department of Art Gallery and the Colvard Student Union Art Gallery.
Also free and open to all, a 6-8 p.m. reception honoring the artists and their works is scheduled Thursday [Nov. 12] in both locations. The McComas gallery is located on the building's ground floor; Colvard's, on the second floor.
"The exhibition illuminates unexpected facets of the familiar, the extraordinary within the ordinary," said faculty coordinator Marita Gootee. "The artworks play with the traditional notion that art should be incorporated into everyday life, both in its content and its medium."
A professor in the art department and leader of its much-honored photography, Gootee said the thesis exhibition is a requirement for graduation from the College of Architecture, Art and Design.
The senior art department majors include (by hometowns):
BRANDON--Whitney L. Love, the daughter of Robert and Theresa Love, concentrating in ceramics.
COMO--Alice E. "Isa" Stratton, the daughter of Lou Neal of Como and Cleveland Stratton of Millington, Tenn., concentrating in painting.
DECATUR, Ala.--Anna E. Dahlem, the daughter of William and Kim Dahlem, concentrating in drawing.
DESTIN, Fla.--Taylor A. Shaw, the son of Clayton and Mary Shaw, concentrating in painting.
FLOWOOD--Lauren E. Cowan, the daughter of Sherry Cowan, concentrating in photography.
GULFPORT--Manuel R. "Manny" Ashton, the son of Gerald and Sally Rivers, concentrating in sculpture; and Charles D. Bolden, the son of Diane Ramos, concentrating in drawing.
LAUREL--Adam Trest, the son of William and Cynthia Trest, concentrating in painting.
NATCHEZ--Sarah V. Powers, the daughter of Patrick and Ruth Powers, concentrating in painting.
OXFORD--Grahame B. Snider, the daughter of Herbert Snider and Deborah Snider, concentrating in photography. [Editor: Grahame is the correct spelling.]
PASS CHRISTIAN--Brandon N. Riesgo, the son of Michael and Patricia R. Heck, concentrating in sculpture and graphic design.
For addition information on the BFA Thesis Exhibition, contact the art department at 662-325-2790.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.