Join faculty from the MTSU Department of Art and Design along with CLA Advising for this open scheduling two-day event.
Questions: Jennifer.Tweedie@mtsu.edu
Join Art and Design Assistant Professor of Illustration Tony Rodriguez as he guides Zoom attendees through the next Common Ground Artist Lecture Series with Illustrator and Visual Development Artist Elise Hatheway.
With over a decade of experience in the animation industry, Hatheway currently resides in Dallas, TX, and recently concluded movie work with Netflix on “Thelma the Unicorn.” Her other film credits include “Maya and the Three,” “Lego Movie 2”, “Book of Life,” “Free Birds,” and “Rock Dog.” Additionally, she has worked with several award-winning studios, including Disney, Warner Bros, Animal Logic, Reel FX, Gaumont Animation, and Tangent Studios. Currently, you can find her working at Paramount Animation on Spongebob Squarepants.
If you’d like to participate in this call with Elise, contact tony.rodriguez@mtsu.edu by Thursday, April 13, 2023, for meeting links.
Common Ground is an ongoing series that highlights exciting and inspiring success stories from artists with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and life experiences.
Still from Netflix’s Maya and the Three by Elise Hathaway
Art and Design Transfer Student Club
Interest Meeting
4 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2022, Todd Hall, Room 204
Questions/Contact: Denise.Hathaway@mtsu.edu
Congratulations to our UCDA Design Award student Silver and Excellence winners!
From the University & College Designers Association (UCDA): A wide range of talent was represented among the entries, and the judges evaluated 775 print and digital entries, awarding 151 awards—13 Gold Awards, 27 Silver Awards, and 111 Awards of Excellence. These annual awards honor the best work in educational design—in print, digital, illustration, photography, and student competitions. These coveted awards are judged by a hand-picked panel of peer jurors composed of designers, design educators, photographers, and illustrators working in or doing a significant portion of their work for educational institutions—they understand the environments you create. https://www.ucda.com/awards/
Award: Silver
Ben Moss
Vital Frontline
Award: Excellence
Ellen Everett
Poetry People Campaign
(Senior Capstone Project)
Award: Excellence
Maggie Strahle
Facing Home – Book Design and Book Promo
Award: Excellence
Cassidy Bidwell
The Hallow Social Exhibit
The judges also selected additional pieces to receive an Honorable Mention. Congratulations to these students as well!
Although not part of the UCDA Design Awards Show, the judges felt several of our entries should receive recognition:
Award: Honorable Mention
Cassidy Bidwell
ARTEMISIA / french cuisine + absinthe lounge
Award: Honorable Mention
Jania Boddie
DEFIANT: How the Black Skateboarding Community
has Influenced Fashion and Culture
Award: Honorable Mention
Evangelina Stephens
Better Bean: Cocoa for Change
Award: Honorable Mention
Evangelina Stephens
Into the Wilderverse – Campaign to bring new visitors to the National Parks
Winners will have their work displayed and recognized at the UCDA’s conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, in October and receive a certificate after the conference. If you see these students around, please congratulate them. And thank you for all you have done to contribute to their successes.
The MTSU Department of Art and Design proudly announces a new addition to our site. Check out Dr. Laura Cochrane’s Explorations in the history and art of books and printing.
For more, visit: https://bookartsandhistory.blog
ARTISTS WANTED
Are you interested in selling your artwork?
Then, be a part of the MTSU Art Festival Saturday, October 22, 2022, in collaboration with
‘BORO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
For Details, Visit: @MTSUARTFESTIVAL
Submit Your Work
Spacing Limited, Apply by October 5, 2022
Email to Submit
4 p.m. – Friday, September 30, 2022, join us in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, for a reception to celebrate
on exhibit through October 10.
The exhibition presents a dynamic group of video artists from the Middle East and surrounding Diasporas to explore issues of gender, politics, colonialism, culture, and identity through videos and documentaries. In addition, the exhibition aims to analyze and reconceptualize the existing narratives of Middle Eastern communities in the United States.
Curator: Mohammed Meerzaei
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, September 21 – Monday, October 10, 2022
Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A
Department of Art and Design | MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Curation Liaison: Raheleh Filsoofi
Exhibition Sponsors: MTSU Department of Art and Design/Todd Art Gallery, MTSU program in Middle East Studies, MTSU Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University Department of Art, Vanderbilt University Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.
Image Center: My Existence is Political, detail, Bezair Aradini
Exhibition Sponsors: MTSU Department of Art and Design/Todd Art Gallery, MTSU program in Middle East Studies, MTSU Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University Department of Art, Vanderbilt University Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.
Participating Artists: Bezair Aradini, Nuveen Barwari, Farhad Bahram, Sarah Brahim,
Ronnie Karfiol, Habiba El-Sayed, and Setareh Ghoreishi
Background Image: Nikita Chisnikov, detail
Mark your calendars for a lecture and illustration demonstration by Jessie Lin Wednesday, September 14, 2022. at 6 p.m. via Zoom!
Jessie is an award-winning illustrator from Shanghai, China. She works in various artistic fields, including editorial, advertising, surface design, children’s books, and more! Lin works in traditional and digital formats and is prepared to pull back the curtain on her process for all MTSU students via Zoom!
Zoom information to join the meeting is below.
Selected Clients:
Johns Hopkins Nursing, Deseret Magazine, Adobe, AFT Health Care, American Educator, Notre Dame Magazine, Knowable Magazine, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Madison Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Moxy Hotel, Sanlian Life Week Magazine (三è”生活周刊), New Weekly Magazine (新周刊), Lendlease, Palace Food Beijing, National Geography China, Ping An Insurance, Panasonic, Daniel Wellington, China World Summit Wing, INOHERB, Guomai, etc.
Honors & Exhibitions:
2022 Brightness Illustration Awards | Editorial Third Place
2022 American Illustration 41 | Chosen Winner
2022 Creative Quarterly 100 Best Annual
2022 Communication Arts | Short List
2021 iJungle Illustration Awards | Merit Awards
2021 Creative Quarterly 66 | Runner-up
2021 Society of Illustrators 64 | Selected Winner
2021 World Illustration Awards | Shortlist
2021 3×3 Illustration Annual No.18 | Honorable Mention
2021 The ADC 100th Annual Awards | Shortlist
2021 Communication Arts | Short List
2021 Associated Collegiate Press fall Clips and Clicks | First Place
2020 Brightness Award | Theme: Freedom
2020 Creative Quarterly 61 | Runner-up
2020 Red Dot Communication Design Awards
2020 Applied Arts Student Awards
2020 3×3 Illustration Annual No.17 | Merit
2020 Creative Quarterly 59 | Runner-up
2020 Communication Arts | Short List
2019 iJungle Illustration Awards | Merit Awards
2019 Open Studio Night SCAD
2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards | Top Talent
2019 3×3 Illustration Annual No.16 | Merit
2019 Applied Arts Student Awards
2019 Creative Quarterly 56 | Runner-up
2019 Mable House Exhibition
2017 Cheltenham Illustration Awards
Topic: Jessie Lin (Common Ground)
Time: Sep 14, 2022, 06:00 PM Central Time (the US and Canada)
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2023 FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference Art and Design Lecturers Houston Fryer and Jennifer Seo presenting their proposal Session 50, “I Don’t Get It And It Makes Me Feel Weird: Understanding conceptual art with emotional intelligence”
Every two years FATE holds a national conference for college-level instructors in Art Foundations and Art History to present, share, and discuss ideas on how to teach well. FATE members can attend, have access to network information, and present at the biennial conference. For more information on FATE visit: https://www.foundationsart.org/home
Fryer and Seo submitted a proposal as co-chairs for our presentation noted above and the MTSU Department of Art and Design is pleased to announce their inclusion in the 2023 FATE conference in Denver, Colorado. The upcoming conference is at the point where it is accepting papers for the 62 total Sessions, of which Fryer and Seo’s is 50 in the PDF of Sessions
Visit the complete list of Sessions: Call for Papers (FATE 2023) (mtsu.edu)
Visit Fryer and Seo’s Session Proposal: FATE.pdf (mtsu.edu)
GUITAR PEDAL ILLUSTRATION CHALLENGE II
IN COLLABORATION WITH NASHVILLE’S MYTHOS GUITAR PEDALS
MTSU’s second 15-hour illustration challenge in partnership with Nashville’s Mythos Pedals is this Fall 2022! Register by filling out your name and email on the registration sheet outside Todd, Room 215. The deadline to register is 11/1/22.
The challenge will revolve around creating an original illustration that will be printed on a guitar pedal and then sold as a limited run of pedals to guitar players all over the globe. Students will produce their illustration submissions within a 15-hour window for a shot at victory! Also, we’ll watch movies, listen to music, and hang out for the day and into the evening as we finalize our submissions. (You can also work from home if you’d like).
All participants MUST reconvene in Todd Hall, Room 348, the following morning for winner announcements. The winner will be PAID $200.00 and receive a FREE working guitar pedal with their artwork printed on it!
For more information, take a flyer from the paper holder outside Todd Hall, Room 215.
Work time: Friday 11/4 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Winner announcements: Saturday 11/5 – 11:00 am
Where: MTSU Todd Hall, room 348
Eligibility: All MTSU students welcome (vector drawing mandatory)
Questions: Contact Professor Rodriguez at Tony.Rodriguez@mtsu.edu