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.

http://www.jeredsprecher.com/

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 

MythosPedals.com

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:       

Carry On

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.

20/21 Studio Art BFA Look-Book Riso Jam

10 a.m.–2 p.m.—April 30, 2021

Happening outside of the Print Shop, at the top of Todd Hall’s center stairwell, outside Rooms 354 and 355.

Be a part, show up, and bring what you got!

No Pressure, just some experimenting and trading

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)

Art 4001 | Narrative Illustration

Fall Semester 2021 – Associate Professor Douglas Dabbs

Learn How to Conceptualize and Draw Illustrations for Narrative Media such as Comics, Storyboards, and Children’s Books.

Register: Detailed Class Information (mtsu.edu) 

Summer Class

June 28-July 16, 2021, Todd Hall

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Class Days

In-Class – Monday and Wednesday

Online Class – Tuesday and Thursday

Section: Art-4001-005 | Crn: 52910 | Email Sisavanh.Houghton@mtsu.edu to get Permission of Instructor (P.O.I.)

1. Counts towards an Upper Division (***Good for Minors)
2. No Prior Painting / Art Experience Required
3. Learn the Importance of Color Theory
4. Learn how to mix colors and create layers
5. Learn color relationships and its affect in art making

Register: Detailed Class Information (mtsu.edu)

Sisavanh Houghton, Todd Hall, Room 234