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Contributors to Society – BFA Senior Show Fall 2021

15 Dec , 2021  

The opening reception for the Fall 2021 Senior Show took place Tuesday, November 30th, 2021. Senior’s presented wonderful work including graphic design, illustration, pottery, and photography.

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South 2 South: Connections in the Ordinary |Thesis Exhibition by Bethany Battles Wetzel

15 Dec , 2021  

MFA Candidate Bethany Battles Wetzel presented her thesis exhibition on November 17, 2021. South 2 South: Connections in the Ordinary highlights connections between South Korea and Alabama. Inspired by her trip to Seoul in 2019, the show is a designed sensory experience to encourage travel, increase empathy, and lessen travel fears by introducing similarities between […]

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New Degree Program: B.A. in Art, Concentration in Art History

3 Nov , 2021  

The Department of Art & Design announces a new degree program: B.A. in Art, Concentration in Art History. Watch the video to learn more! What is art history? The study of visual images, material objects, and built environments in historical contexts. If you choose art history at JSU, you may choose from a variety of […]

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Where Are All the Women? Thesis Exhibition by Taylor Weaver

29 Oct , 2021  

MFA Candidate Taylor Weaver presented her thesis show “Where Are All the Women?” on October 28th, 2021. Her show presented an alternative museum experience by taking the existing cultural discourse on art and revealing how history and museums perpetuate the story of women as objects rather than contributors to art. Taylor created a field guide […]

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Lumen – Thesis Exhibition by Carol Record

14 Oct , 2021  

MFA Candidate Carol Record presented her thesis design show on October 1st. Carol designed and produced Lumen, a card game that can be used as a teaching tool to help introductory photography students learn professional terminology used in critiques. Lumen fosters a casual, game based environment with the hopes of reducing student anxiety leading up […]

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Madison Prince’s Quit Squalin Receives International Recognition

21 Sep , 2021  

Photography major Madison Prince has been named one of Lenscratch’s 26 to Watch list. “I feel like photographers have the ability to showcase their reality,” Prince said. “Whether that be realistic or manipulated imagery, photographs have always been the way I’ve been able to manifest how I feel, combined with what I experience, in the […]

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Creative Quarterly Winner- Hannah Jones!

7 Nov , 2020  

Congratulations to Hannah Jones for her winning package design in Creative Quarterly in the Student Graphic Design category! She also received runner-up for three other branding designs. Hannah was one of only 6 winners and 9 runners-up.”Creative Quarterly is an international journal focusing on promoting the best work in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine […]

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Public Lecture: Curatorial Activism in the Contemporary Art Landscape

29 Sep , 2020  

In this lecture, gallery directors Jessica Borusky of University of North Florida and Rachel Schmid of California Lutheran University discuss curatorial activism in today’s world, from academic galleries to public institutions to artist-run spaces. Dialogue will address such questions as, what does it mean to create polyvocal exhibitions, and why is this type of diversity important? What does curatorial activism look like, particularly through the lens of non-profit organizations and education? What problems related to gender and race are faced in the museum space, and what are the lasting effects of these issues? Two short presentations will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Mary R. Springer.

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Meet the Professor: Sarah Ellis

28 Sep , 2020  

We are honored to introduce our new Printmaking professor, Sarah Ellis, and excited to have her here at JSU! Bio: Sarah Ellis earned a BFA with a concentration in Printmaking from the University of Akron in 2014. She then attended the University of North Texas and received her MFA with a concentration in Printmaking in […]

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National ADDY Winner! – Stefanie Cobb

26 Aug , 2020  

MFA Alumnus Stefanie Cobb has received a Silver National ADDY Award for Packaging design in her thesis work “Ex Libris: Reimagining the Literary Experience through Artifactual Storytelling and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.” ​Stefanie created and curated objects inspired by the classic novel Fahrenheit 451 presenting to reader’s a new way of interacting with stories through design in order to […]

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