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Join MTSU’s Department of Art and Design in welcoming 2008 BFA Alumna Ellen Dempsey. This lecture series seeks to connect current students to artists, designers and art-professionals who have received degrees from our department. This talk is open to the public, but is most relevant for students seeking information about building a life and career…
Saturdays at Todd – Design and Print a Letterpress Poster via Zoom Watch as Associate Professor, Kathleen O’Connell, designs and prints a letterpress poster. This event will be live broadcast over Zoom, with opportunities to ask questions throughout the process. 10 a.m.–1 p.m.—Saturday, September 26, 2020 Open to the public. Participants limited…
MTSU Art and Design welcomes the return of Saturdays at Todd via Zoom with Professor Sisavanh Houghton guides you through a virtual workshop about Watercolor Portraiture. Watercolor Portraiture Workshop Saturday, September 19, 2020, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. via Zoom Signups will open at 2 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2020. To participate: Watercolor…
We are excited to announce the Pop Up Mural Event, an event for all students that has been planned with COVID precautions in mind! The Pop Up Mural Event is September 22 & 23 from 10 am – 3 pm on the sidewalk between Todd Hall and Davis Science Building. You will be painting…
Seeing Your Creative Practice through an Entrepreneurial Lens Presented by the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Art and Design 1–2 p.m.—Wednesday, September 23, 2020 https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/95628172683?pwd=ck5jL1A4LzcwZGRMU2ljdVZhYzJnUT09 Meeting ID: 956 2817 2683Passcode: 465523 Artistry and entrepreneurship might not seem to go together, but historically, a large portion of artists…
Covid-19 and Art and Design Activities and Events Todd Art Gallery, 210 Gallery, and Glass Gallery are open for your viewing per in-place campus precautions. Exhibit receptions and other group events are canceled until further notice. Saturdays at Todd are going virtual for the semester. Watch for a variety of opportunities. Materials…
MTSU Department of Art and Design Patrick Foley Lecture Via Zoom, 11 a.m.—Friday, November 6, 2020 Patrick Foley (AKA Patrick4D) is a 3D Generalist based in Atlanta, GA, working primarily in the AD field. Coming from a background in Film as a Director of Photography, he swapped over his knowledge of lighting and composition…
MTSU Department of Art and Design Bob Rissetto Lecture Via Zoom, 1 p.m.—Friday, September 18, 2020 Bob Risetto is a veteran 2D artist, illustrator, and animator with over 20 years of experience in the field, and he’ll be popping into the MTSU College of Liberal Arts this fall 2020. Professor Tony Rodriguez, leader of…
Biennial 2020 MTSU Art and Design Faculty ExhibitionThe MTSU Department of Art and Design announces an exhibition of selected works by faculty members entitled Biennial 2020: A Faculty Exhibition of Art and Design. Scheduled in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, the exhibit opens the department’s upcoming fall exhibit calendar and will be…
A Special Thank You to the City of Murfreesboro and the Murfreesboro Pulse! By Murfreesboro Pulse Staff MTSU Art professors Erin Anfinson, Kathleen O’Connell, Kimberly Dummons, Nicole Foran, and Sisavanh Phouthavong will be featured at the Rotunda of Murfreesboro City Hall from July 28 through Sept. 10. Aug. 18, 2020,…
Join us for this 12th annual event that celebrates works from the department’s students. faculty, alums, and staff.
The Graphic Design scholarship created by Ollie Fancher is the only private scholarship for Graphic Design majors. With the majority of our students receiving some form of financial aid and working to pay for their college education, the need for private scholarship support is crucial in the success of our students.
Over $5,000 in matching dollars have been received in support of the Ollie Fancher Scholarship allowing you to double the impact of your gift. In addition, any contribution will help the scholarship reach the permanent endowment level.
Support future Graphic Design majors today by making a gift to the Graphic Design scholarship created by Ollie Fancher.
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Sell your work and make some money! Or, shop from local artists as we roll into the holidays!
2–5:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2021, MTSU Student Union Commons
Follow the event as it unfolds @FallArtFestival
Summer Noise Exhibition: Paintings by Jered Sprecher – Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A
Professor of Painting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Art
Exhibition Dates: August 23 – September 11, 2021
Visiting Artist and Reception Date: Thursday, September 2
Jered Sprecher – Visiting Artist Itinerary
“My work is based in an eclectic aesthetic. My paintings extract elements from the high and low of visual culture. This culture and crush of images is in constant flux. My paintings hold no single allegiance but are constantly shifting from one form of representation to another. The paintings function as sources of both inductive and deductive image-making processes. In our day-to-day life, one is seldom afforded the time to comprehend what one is viewing under the barrage of images produced by humankind. I try to grasp a single moment, a glance, a small epiphany. The paintings are haptic documents of these remnants of communication as each one follows its trajectory.”
9 – 11 a.m. – Meetings with upper-division studio students *(15 minutes each)
11 – 11:45 a.m. – Lunch
11:45 a.m. – Noon – Set-up for Todd Art Gallery Keynote Talk with Q&A and PowerPoint Presentation
Noon – 12:45 p.m. – Todd Art Gallery Talk, Todd Art Gallery, Room 224A
12:45 – 1 p.m. – Q&A portion of Talk
1 – 2 p.m. – Artist Reception, Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A
Artist Statement
As an artist, I make paintings that exist in the sliver of space between abstraction and representation. I look to the lived daily experience of the present coupled with the artifacts of the past. My work compresses time into the surface of painting, that old technology. Increasingly flora, fauna, and natural phenomena hold my attention as I wrestle with this imagery that we daily experience through our technology. Birds, plants, flowers, stones, and fires dissolve into the light of the screen, the digital lens, and the glowing tablet. There is something elegant and tragic about the evanescent light of the screen pressing the image of a delicate flower into one’s memory. Light, flower, and technology are here and also fade away.
Questions: Sisavanh.Houghton@mtsu.edu
MTSU’s first 15-hour challenge in partnership with Nashville’s Mythos Pedals
The Challenge will revolve around the creation of an original illustration that will be printed on a Mythos 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! We’ll watch movies, listen to music, and hang out for the day and into the evening as we finalize our submissions.
All participants will reconvene the following morning for winner announcements. The winner will receive $200.00 and a free guitar pedal with their artwork printed on it. Paper flyers with more information are available outside Professor Tony Rodriguez’s office in Todd Hall, Room 215.
Details:
Work Time: 8 a.m–11 p.m.—Friday, November 5, 2021
Winner’s Announcements: 11 a.m.—Saturday, November 6
Where: MTSU, Todd Hall, Room 337
Eligibility: All MTSU Students are Welcome
Questions: Tony.Rodriguez@mtsu.edu
Magic happens when nature and the imagination combine into something that lightens your heart and brings a sweetly soft joy. Whether it’s the little nook in the tree that could hide a baby dragon or fairies dancing on a brook, the design and beauty of nature can be found in every corner of our world and it drives our imaginations. Jennifer’s work is focused on that wonder and draws attention to the beautiful details of life through visual storytelling.
Jennifer is an award-winning, published fantasy-based illustrator. Her work has been used in advertising for New Mexic BioPark’s Run for the Zoo and has received accolades for her team projects in marketing and animation.
Demo Location: Todd Hall, Room 343
When: 12 p.m., (Noon), Friday, September 17, 2021 CDT
See more of Jennifer’s Work
Examples: 
Held in Todd Art Gallery, April 19–30, 2021, CARRY ON was a compilation of senior capstone projects for the B.F.A. Graphic Design class of 2021. Art and Design faculty members for Carry On included Assistant Profeesors Sheri Selph and Stefanie Cobb.
April 17-May 1, 2021
210 Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 210
This exhibit showcases the illustrated works composed by Art and Design’s current senior class. You’ll see works ranging from surface design, editorial illustration, logo design, book illustration, and more!
Participating Seniors include Marianna Ford, Morgan Gill, Bethany Dillon, Manny Martinez, Austin Davis, Sara Davis, Kierra Colquitt, and Amber Puls.
Additional students involved are Maggie Strahle, Sylvia Lee, Ellen Everett, John Puryear, and Taylor Lane.
Art 4940 | Special Topics: Gallery Practicum
A museum studies course that combines the classroom study of exhibition practices with hands-on experience in Todd Art Gallery and area museums.
Questions: Nancy.Kelker@mtsu.edu
Register: Detailed Class Information (mtsu.edu)
