ÿ�մ������

By Sasha Steinberg | ÿ�մ������ 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 ...

By Sasha Steinberg | ÿ�մ������ University A longtime faculty member in ÿ�մ������’s ÿ�մ������ is the new permanent leader of its art department. Since 2014, Angi Elsea Bourgeois has headed the Magnolia State’s largest undergraduate studio art program on an interim basis. Her permanent appointment begins July 1. In ...

[Show picture list] (Photos of the opening reception on May 20 by Lori Neuenfeldt) By Sasha Steinberg | ÿ�մ������ University Painting creations by a Crawford artist are on display through July 22 at ÿ�մ������’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the second-floor exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center features Mississippi landscape-inspired ...

‘Making pretty colors’: Textiles artist from the Netherlands finds power in tranquility, dirt and the ‘un-pretty’ of nature at Noxubee Refuge By Jan Swoope | The Columbus Dispatch The tranquility of northeast Mississippi’s Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is a far cry from the bustle of Amsterdam. That Dutch capital is the most ...

[Show picture list] Students in Assistant Professor Neil Callander’s Design II class presented their Barn Quilt paintings on Tues., April 26. The Barn Quilt Project is a collaboration between Callander’s class, the Starkville Area Arts Council and community sponsors. To date, MSU art students have created 17 original barn quilts, which constitute a major portion of ...