桃花直播 fine arts seniors celebrate upcoming graduation with 鈥楶assage鈥 exhibition
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣ourteen graduating seniors in 桃花直播 State鈥檚 Department of Art are celebrating their upcoming graduation and passage into bright futures with an aptly named exhibition.
On display April 29-May 1, 鈥淧assage鈥 gives viewers insight into the journeys of these talented young artists earning degrees from the state鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program.
The students鈥 work can be viewed in-person at 桃花直播鈥檚 Visual Arts Center Gallery and the art galleries at Cullis Wade Depot and Colvard Student Union. An online gallery will be available at .
鈥淧assage鈥 student exhibitors include (by hometown):
BAY MINETTE, Alabama鈥擝obbye E. Jackson, who combines traditional craft techniques with drawing to create repetitive images.
BOGUE CHITTO鈥擡mily R. Goss, whose thesis work explores politics and human rights activism events of 2020 and 2021.
BROOKHAVEN鈥擜arron D. Lunn, a ceramic artist whose body of work involves the manipulation of materials and captures moments in the making process.
CARLISLE, Arkansas鈥擬adeleine P. Brown, a mixed media artist who uses acrylic and oil paints to create works influenced by her family鈥檚 farm, agriculture and landscapes.
DALLAS, Texas鈥擧anna R. Bewley, whose thesis work titled 鈥淟eft鈥 features graphite and colored pencil drawings celebrating family relationships and the beauty of the natural world.
LONG BEACH鈥擥race A. Bennett, whose recent body of work explores intimacy, security and relationship through the bond she shares with her mother.听
MADISON鈥擡laina G. Hart, a painter whose works combine acrylic pouring and stenciling.
OLIVE BRANCH鈥擲arah G. Steen, an abstract mixed media artist whose work is inspired by biological forms and natural design.
RICHLAND鈥擬ecca S. Givens, who uses charcoal to reimagine Kodak images from her childhood in a new context, connecting past and present.听
STURGIS鈥擡mily A. Braa, whose gothic and art deco-style artwork often is inspired by the European places she has visited growing up in a military family.
TUPELO鈥擜utumn Ferguson, who enjoys creating business logo designs, personalized paintings and photography; and听Mary Morris Jackson, a sixth-generation artist whose work explores the details of humanity on a large scale through themes of contrast, identity and the body under stress.
WAVELAND鈥擲avannah C. Bonds, an illustrator who explores grief and loss through digital memoirs as her mother鈥檚 caregiver.
WEST POINT鈥擜nna E. Terry, a ceramic artist whose work focuses on plants, flowers, mushrooms, bugs and other aspects of nature.
Learn more about 桃花直播鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design and the Department of Art at听.
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