Upcoming Ļć½¶Ö±²„fine arts graduates present āStreams of Consciousnessā exhibition
Contact: Aspen Harris
STARKVILLE, Miss.āFifteen Mississippi State fine arts seniors are showcasing their work and celebrating their upcoming graduation in a thesis exhibition across three locations on the Starkville campus.
Open May 6-15, the āStreams of Consciousnessā show includes installations in the art galleries of the Visual Arts Center, Cullis Wade Depot and Colvard Student Union. Through variations in tone, medium and scale, the work showcases each studentās diverse thoughts and ideas joining together for one exhibit.Ā
A public reception will be held May 6, 2-4 p.m. in all three galleries, and students also will be selling merchandise in the Visual Arts Center Gallery.
Student exhibitors include (by hometown):
BYRAMāMinetta Mahr, shows how the āperfectā body is any body.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IllinoisāKenya Thompson, created geometric abstractions symbolizing a cognitive process in her thesis āCorners of the World.ā
FORT LAUDERDALE, FloridaāDontae Ball, uses his favorite media animation to create characters that represent his inner conflicts and reactions in his thesis āLuna.ā
GRENADAāMadison Haley, created a series of 2D representations of women in different stages of healing in her thesis āConvalescence.ā
HATTIESBURGāMax Burge, loosely ties a series of paintings called āStreams of Consciousness: Stream of Consciousnessā with narrative elements; Nasya Pittman, inspired by her spiritual journey in a thesis that uses scale and found objects.
HERNANDOāVictoria Hickey, provides the enjoyment of landscape through themes of nature and stillness.
HUNTSVILLE, AlabamaāKelley Proaps, aims to reveal in her thesis āBrokenā the truth behind the hardships of a broken world.
JACKSONāPhillip Thompson, visualizes a huntress tracking a deer in his thesis cartoon; Lydia Fortenberry, uses photographs and memories to rephrase a moment of her childhood in her thesis work.
MACONāGalashia Holman, humanizes the characters she created through the use of ceramics.
MEMPHIS, TennesseeāHarley Graves, highlights perceptions of the body in her multimedia thesis āEvery Body Welcomeā with themes of growth, imperfections, self-love and more.
NETTLETONāBrad James Jr., plays on the godlike status of celebrities by turning them into regular people with a cartoon style through his thesis āPedestal Pedestrians.ā
SALTILLOāZack Anglin, created a functional 24-piece dinnerware set as a ceramist.
VICKSBURGāJerry Jenkins, formed a sculpture symbolizing his state of mind.
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