Biennial 2020 MTSU Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
The 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 in place August 24–October 17, 2020.
Representing the department’s course areas of Art Education, Foundations, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Studio Art, which includes Ceramics, Painting, Print Media, and Sculpture, the Biennial showcases an outstanding fusion of art from Art and Design’s many components. A partial list of participants includes Erin Anfinson, Michael Baggarly, Stefanie Cobb, Douglas Dabbs, Kimberly Dummons, Kelsey Duncan, Nicole Foran, Jarrod Houghton, Noël Lorson, Mark Mcleod, Paige Medlock, Jean Nagy, Melissa Newman, Kathleen O’Connell, Sisavanh Phouthavong, Tony Rodriguez, Nicholas Satinover, Sheri Selph, Stephanie Simkin, and Tanya Tewell.
The exhibit is multi-purposed in its presentation. At its most basic level, it introduces the artwork of newer faculty to Art and Design students. More broadly, it serves as an update to the ever-evolving artistry of the department’s more senior professors so that art students, the campus community, and the public alike have the opportunity to witness an exceptional and expressive statement of contemporary visual art at MTSU.
As a focused student endeavor, this exhibit intends to engage its viewers, whether they be university students or life-long learners in what Dr. Paige Medlock, Art Education, sees as visual art’s cultural significance, …[It] creates a space where viewers can pause, reflect, and shift the way they see themselves, their context, the artwork, the artist’s context, and potentially allow a new perspective to shed light on thinking and being in the world.
Biennial 2020: A Faculty Exhibition of Art and Design is free and open to the public with applicable campus Covid-19 policies in place. Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
For parking, directions, or other questions, contact 615-898-5532 or eric.snyder@mtsu.edu.

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, marks the 100-year anniversary of the passage of a woman’s right to vote. The City of Murfreesboro is hosting these five prominent female artists in celebration of the historic anniversary.

Erin Anfinson is an associate professor of art at Middle Tennessee State University where she teaches drawing, design, and digital art courses in the Foundations program. Her encaustic-infused paper works and animated films are often inspired by an interest in science, conservation, natural history, and narratives of ecosystems in flux.

Kathleen O’Connell is a tenured associate professor at MTSU where she teaches print media. Her education includes studies in printmaking, book arts, sculpture, and drawing.

Kimberly Dummons is an associate professor of art and design at MTSU. Her work is included in several collections, and she has a public sculpture, commissioned by the City of New Orleans, Buddy Bolden, located in Louis Armstrong Park.

Nicole Foran is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design at MTSU. Her mixed-media artwork investigates memory, moral reasoning, and identity.

Sisavanh Phouthavong is a professor of painting in the Department of Art and Design at MTSU. Currently, her body of work is inspired by the nonprofit organization Legacies of War mission statement: “to raise awareness about the history of the Vietnam War-era bombing in Laos and advocate for the clearance of unexploded bombs.”

The Rotunda is open to the public from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located at 111 W. Vine St., Murfreesboro.

For more information on this and other art exhibits at Murfreesboro City Hall, contact Deb Hunter at 615-801-2606 or dhunter@murfreesborotn.gov.

The fifth informal summer Q&A with the Department of Art and Design faculty was held Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT.

The course areas of Foundations, Studio Art, and Visual Art were represented.

Meeting Details:

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT

https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/91604848796 

Meeting ID: 916 0484 8796

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

Recently, MTSU Graphic Design Professor Tony Rodriguez and award-winning illustrator and product designer, Richard Goodwin conducted an in-depth talk on the toy industry. Richard spoke on the various strategies that he utilized as he made his way up the “toy design mountain.” Goodwin also unveiled his process of composing 2D and 3D model-refinement concepts as well as explaining what it takes to develop intellectual property. 

Visit Goodwin’s site: http://www.richardillustrates.com/ 

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.