By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A longtime faculty member in Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design 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 | Mississippi State University Painting creations by a Crawford artist are on display through July 22 at Mississippi State’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 ...

[Show picture list] Members of the MSU Department of Art Advisory Board met on campus on Friday. The group heard updates on the department and discussed other important topics. They also had a chance to view the BFA photography and graphic design senior exhibits. Advisory Board Members include: Ann Arledge Past President, MS Chapter National Museum of ...