Exhibitions

Mississippi Art Faculty Juried Exhibition

April 10 - June 27, 2012
Lower Level Galleries

Join us for:

Awards Ceremony - 
       Saturday, April 21    2 p.m.
       Lower Level Galleries

The Mississippi Art Faculty Juried Exhibition is in its third installment and features works by some of the state's leading artists from the states colleges and universities.  The exhibition allows for insight into the creative workings of the contemporary teaching artists in Mississippi.  The exhibition includes 60 works by 51 artists with 13 schools represented.

Miranda Lash, the Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, served as the juror for this exhibition.  She selected at least one work by each submitting artist and chose a Best of Show along with three Awards of Excellence.  Lash stated that her "selections reflect the vibrancy and diversity of the artists working in Mississippi across a wide variety of media."

Lash also shared that "the works presented demonstrate a range in subject matter between artists whose work reflects a strong sense of place and an interest in the specific culture of the South, and artists whose primary inspiration either comes from within or from more generalized observations.  All the works presented here are worthy of close looking and praise.  However, I would like to applaud a few particular "sparks" of originality that caught my eye:  the composition of Chung-Fan Chang's oil and acrylic paintings, the evocative environments of Mark Geil's photographs, the texture and statements made in Ky Johnston's stoneware, the surreal, melancholic feeling in Dominic Lippillo's photographs, the detailed imagery in Soon E. Ngoh's etchings, and the layered leafy colors in Carlyle Wolfe's monotypes.  To all the artists, it was an honor to spend time with your work."  

Chatham Meade Kemp, Red Rhythm, 2010, oil on canvas, 4' x 5'

Brent Wallace, Thistle Work, January 2012, photograph/chromogenic print, 16" x 20"

Exhibition generously sponsored by: