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  • MTSU Art Festival

    MTSU Art Festival

    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 MTSUARTFESTIVAL@GMAIL.COM Spacing Limited, Apply by October 5, 2022 Email to Submit

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  • Beholding ME | Todd Art Gallery

    Beholding ME | Todd Art Gallery

    4 p.m. – Friday, September 30, 2022, join us in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, for a reception to celebrate Beholding ME: Video Artworks from the Middle Eastern Diaspora on exhibit through October 10. The exhibition presents a dynamic group of video artists from the Middle East and surrounding…

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  • COMMON GROUND LECTURE SERIES

    COMMON GROUND LECTURE SERIES

    Mark your calendars for a lecture and illustration demonstration by Jessie Lin Wednesday, September 14, 2022. at 6 p.m. via Zoom!  https://www.jessielin.net/  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…

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  • Houston Fryer and Jennifer Seo presenting at 2023 FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference!

    Houston Fryer and Jennifer Seo presenting at 2023 FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference!

    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…

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  • Guitar Pedal Illustration Challenge II

    Guitar Pedal Illustration Challenge II

    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…

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  • RECEPTION/ARTIST TALK

    RECEPTION/ARTIST TALK

    Join the MTSU Department of Art and Design, 2–2:45 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2022, for a Reception and Artist Talk. Many of our participating professors will be on hand for you to speak and visit. Also,  our new Chair, Jimmy Mumford will speak briefly and offer a period of Q&A for attendees to discover our…

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  • Biennial 2022: An Art and Design Faculty Exhibit

    Biennial 2022: An Art and Design Faculty Exhibit

    The MTSU Department of Art and Design is pleased to announce an exhibition of selected works by its professors entitled Biennial 2022: A Faculty Exhibition. Scheduled in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, faculty work opens the department’s fall show calendar and is available to the public from August 22 to September 10,…

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  • New Student Orientation

    New Student Orientation

    Are you a new or transfer student to the MTSU Department of Art and Design? Join this mandatory meeting Wednesday, August 32, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The location is Todd Hall, Room 204. Questions? Email Erin.Anfinson@mtsu.edu 

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  • Common Ground Artist Lecture Series

    Common Ground Artist Lecture Series

    Join MTSU Department of Art and Design for this Semester’s Artist Lecture Series, Common Ground. Presting artists include Imen Yeh, Dana SanMar, and Emmett Hobbes. Select a button below for details and Zoom Meeting information.     Imen Yeh—Project-Based Fine Artist, February 9, 2022   Imen Yeh   Dana Sanmar—Illustrator and Graphic Designer, March 2…

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  • Alum Visiting Artist Beizar Aradini

    Alum Visiting Artist Beizar Aradini

    Lecture and Discussion with Art Capstone* featuring Alum Beizar Aradini 11:25 a.m.–2 p.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2021 Todd Hall, Room 354 All are Welcome to Attend this Free and Open Event *Art Capstone – An Art and Design course that focuses on public practices related to art-making, such as interdisciplinary…

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2019 6th Annual Winner’s Circle: A K-12 Art Show!

The Todd Art Gallery announces the Winner’s Circle, an invitational exhibit of artwork from students of Middle Tennessee counties as well as any private or religious school in Rutherford County. The exhibit is scheduled May 8-23, 2019, followed by a closing Awards Reception planned for Thursday, May 23, 6:00 p.m., MTSU, Todd Hall. Free parking will be available beginning at 5:30 pm in the Jones parking lot adjacent to Todd Hall.

The MTSU Department of Art and Design’s Todd Art Gallery has hosted this friendly art competition each year to recognize the remarkable student talent in our community and to applaud all area art teachers for their dedication in keeping visual arts alive in our schools.

The Todd Art Gallery is accepting artworks from students K-12 in various media including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, woodworking etc. This year Todd Art Gallery will be giving out monetary awards to students in each age group.

Closing Reception: Thursday, May 23th, 6:00 PM, Todd Art Gallery, 224A

Participants [teachers or students] must be able to attend the closing reception to pick up their artwork and receive awards. 

Monetary Donations:

The Department of Art and Design would like to offer the opportunity for patrons to sponsor extra merit awards to be honored in their name and presented at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Winner’s Circle Art Show. If you would like to participate in this sponsorship, please follow the link here. Please designate any award to the Department of Art and Design Enrichment Fund and Winner’s Circle Award.

For more information about this event, go to our website at https://www.mtsu.edu/art/winnerscircle.php to learn more.

Exploring the Colors, Shapes, and Harmony of Cubism with Fabric Art Workshop!

Join us Saturday, May 11th, 2019 for the last Saturdays at Todd Workshop. Workshop will be help in Todd Hall in room 236 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. The workshop, led by Leroy and Barbara Hodges, will provide participants with 100% hands-on experience in creating a 2-dimensional piece of artwork using fabric art and cubism. Participants will explore the Colors, Shapes, and Harmony of Cubism fused with Fabric Art. Leroy Hodges utilizes Cubism in much of his artwork. Barbara is a mixed media artist who focused on Fabric Art. Participant will use these 2 creative art forms to create a beautiful, colorful, unique 2-D mixed media artwork. Open to the public, limited to 20 participants, all supplies provided. All ages welcome! Register at https://art.mtsu.edu/saturdays/.

Graphic Design Alumni Event

BETTER TOGETHER | One Last Time

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The Perfect Venue – Tractor Supply Company headquarters has generously offered to let us utilize their amazing conference center space for this event.  You’ll want to see it!

Take a Walk Around The Block

April 15–26, 2019

Come see the MTSU Graphic Design Senior Show and enter into the town of Roundabout where not everything is at it seems. Each designer has crafted a scaled business from the ground up. They may look normal from the outside, but when you take a closer look, you just might find something you didn’t expect! We hope you’ll stop on by and join in the fun! 

Roundabout: Play Full Circle

The Painterpuff Girls Senior Show

Join us in congratulating our Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates as they present their work and talk about their processes and inspirations throughout their journey at Middle Tennessee State University. Presentations begin at 2:00 pm in the Todd Art Gallery, Room 224A, followed by a reception.