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Department of Art and Design Faculty #MTSUart @MTSUart Wednesday, February 5 – As a concluding event to the department’s Biennial 2024, faculty from the various areas of Art and Design reflected on their work from the exhibition and, more broadly, on their artistic motivations and philosophy with a strong component of Q&A for an invigorating…
#MTSUart @MTSUart Biennial 2024 Poster, Images, top to bottom, left to right: Ambrose Prince, The Sheep Man; Joshua Lynn, Bubble; Nick Satinover, Time is a Distance 8; Sisavanh Phouthavong-Houghton, Fields of Red Anemone Blooming; Kim Dummons, A Conversation Across Time, Posthumous Collaboration with John T. Scott; Kathleen O’Connell, Character Flaw: Denial, Blissful Ignorance, Worrier; Kelsey…
MTSU Art and Design proudly presents Biennial 2024: An MTSU Art and Design Faculty Exhibition. This showcase resides in the Todd Art Gallery in Todd Hall, room 224A, and is open until December 14, 2024.
Join Assistant Professor Tony Rodriguez and Illustration legend, John English for 2 hours of conversation over Zoom. John English is an illustrator and the founder of Visual Arts Passage and the director of the ever-prestigious Illustration Academy, the birthplace of many of today’s modern day illustration masters. In this Zoom session, John will walk…
Join Assistant Prof. Tony Rodriguez and Justin Benford for a character design talk and LIVE digital painting demonstration over Zoom (or attend in-person in room 337) When? Monday October 7, 11:30amWhere? Todd, room 337 Email Tony.Rodriguez@mtsu.edu for Zoom Link Benford’s credentials:– Character designer and illustrator at Ripple Effects– Art director and artist on…
Please join us this Monday – Wednesday, April 8 – 10, 15, 2024, Todd Hall, Room 204. Complete schedule and times available at MTSU Senior Symposium – Schedule (google.com) The MTSU Department of Art and Design’s Research Practicum and Symposium are essential components of the academic evaluation process for Art & Design majors studying…
Introduction to Composition This course is designed for beginning and intermediate-level photographers; even the experienced photographer may learn a tip or two. We will look at the fundamentals of the creative elements of photography. You will be introduced to principles and techniques that will create visual interest. The discussion of composition will include the…
Rachel Mindrup | Portrait Painter Noon – Friday, April 12, 2024 Via Zoom Rachel Mindrup is an Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting at Creighton University where she is also the Richard L. Deming, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities. Hosted By Alaina Miller & Sheri Selph Email sheri.selph@mtsu.edu by April…
During the Tuesday, March 19, Awards Dinner of the Tennessee Association of Museums, the MTSU Department of Art and Design’s Todd Art Gallery was awarded a 2024 Award of Excellence for the collaborative effort involving the traveling exhibition, Crafting Blackness: Black Bodies Making Form. As a collaborative, East Tennessee State University’s Curators Karlota Contreas-Koterbay, Karen…
November 4, 2023, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Todd 205 Ages 10+ (students under 18, please register with an adult) Max 12 participants GLASS MOSAICS with Dr. Paige Medlock Images: Left, a young student working in Glass Mosaics; Center, left, Dr. Paige Medlock; Center, right, Art Educators showing off their skills; Right, Glass Mosaics…
The course areas of Foundations, Studio Art, and Visual Art were represented.
Join the MTSU Art and Design faculty for an informal Q&A this Summer 2020!
Please feel free to pop into any of the open meetings listed below. If you have questions about the format, please reach out to Associate Professor Nicole Foran at Nicole.Foran@mtsu.edu.
Q&A Session 1: Foundations, Drawing, Graphic Design, Art History, Visual Art
Time: May 12, 2020 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM Central Time
https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/93062044746
Meeting ID: 930 6204 4746
Q&A Session 2: Foundations, Graphic Design, Studio Art, Art History, Illustration, Visual Art
Time: May 29, 2020 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM Central Time
https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/96976294407
Meeting ID: 969 7629 4407
Q&A Session 3: Foundations, Graphic Design, Studio Art, Art Education, Visual Art
Time: Jun 16, 2020 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Central Time
https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/99537094524
Meeting ID: 995 3709 4524
Q&A Session 4: Foundations, Graphic Design, Studio Art, Illustration, Visual Art
Time: Jun 30, 2020 03:00 PM to 3:45 PM Central Time
https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/99899642728
Meeting ID: 998 9964 2728
Q&A Session 5: Foundations, Studio Art, Visual Art
Time: Jul 21, 2020 01:00 PM to 1:45 PM Central Time
https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/91604848796
Meeting ID: 916 0484 8796
Department of Art and Design, Associate Professor, Erin Anfinson invites you to join her for a Zoom meeting to discuss her course Art 1650 Foundations Digital Art/Design. Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. CDT
Video highlights Natalie Patton Quiltessa’s recent exhibit in the 210 Gallery which was organized and curated by Art and Design students Ana Cannon, Chelsea Gardiner, and Shanice Scudder. Video courtesy of Web4U2
Applications for 2020 are closed, for information on 2021’s opportunities contact erin.anfinson@mtsu.edu.
12 p.m.—Monday, March 2, 2020. MTSU Todd Hall, Room 348
This Google Hangouts chat will take an in-depth look into the artist’s personal process for award winning illustration and visual development. In other words, less talk, more illustration! Also, Ramsey will put together a two-hour LIVE character design illustration from start to finish in Procreate.
Additional Information/Questions: Tony.Rodriguez@mtsu.edu
Select Clients: FIYAH Magazine | Downtown Salisbury | Axon Creative | Glitter Cats Amusements
Exhibitions: Maplehouse Illustration Exhibition | AIG Gallery Solo Exhibition | Gallery 128: Illustration Showcase
Topics that will be covered:
– artist’s personal tool kit
– artist’s methods for ideation
– Imaginative and observational drawing exercises
– custom texture creation and manipulation
– creating stylized gesture
– character development avenue of illustration
While our November 5 and 6, 2019 sale has concluded you may still wish to peruse our fantastic art and design items remaining. Funds raised from each item sold support the Department of Art and Design’s Scholarships, their outstanding recipients, and participating artists. For a sampling of items in the sale visit: Scholarship Sale. For additional information or to set up an appointment for a look at the our available artworks email Rick.Rishaw@mtsu.edu or Eric.Snyder@mtsu.edu.
Art and Design congratulates Painting Professor Sisavanh Houghton for her approved Study Abroad proposal International Watercolor Workshop Study set for May 2020. Her itinerary includes Strasbourg (France); Basel (Switzerland); Salzburg (Austria); and Munich, Regensburg, and Wurzburg (Germany). All interested MTSU students should contact Sisavanh.Houghton@mtsu.edu. (3 credit hours for upper division studio class)
Artist-in-Residence Program opportunity in Rutherford County at Stones River National Battlefield during 2020.
Application deadline is October 31, 2019.
Full details: https://www.nps.gov/stri/getinvolved/air.htm