A faculty member of 海角社区 State鈥檚 海角社区 is receiving statewide recognition.
Dominic Lippillo, an assistant professor of photography in the university鈥檚 Department of Art, has been awarded a $4,500 visual arts grant from the Jackson-based 海角社区 Arts Commission (MAC).
The MAC Fellowship grant is made possible by continued support from the 海角社区 State Legislature, National Endowment for the Arts, 海角社区 Endowment for the Arts at the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, as well as other private sources. For more, visit .
鈥淎rtists of all kinds are the heart of 海角社区鈥檚 creative economy,鈥 said Malcolm White, MAC executive director. 鈥淭hey significantly contribute to the economic growth of their communities and our state, and the 海角社区 Arts Commission is honored to support their outstanding work.鈥
Dominic Lippillo
Drawing influence from painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and writer Raymond Carver (1938-88), Lippillo鈥檚 new solo project 鈥淪tories We Tell Ourselves鈥 conveys open-ended narratives that are set in non-specific American landscapes. Through depictions of mundane daily happenings, Lippillo seeks to convey visual conversations where loneliness and longing border bewilderment and hope.
An MSU faculty member since 2010, Lippillo earned his Master of Fine Arts in photography from Ohio University in 2009 and Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Youngstown State University in 2005. Digital photography and photography survey are among courses Lippillo has taught at MSU.
Lippillo鈥檚 work is featured in the permanent collections of the Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, California, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas, and University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
His work also has been published in the Society for Photographic Education鈥檚 journal 鈥淓xposure鈥 and Manifest Gallery鈥檚 International Photography Annuals Volumes II and IV. A supplement of images accompany Bruce Warren鈥檚 textbook 鈥淧hotography: The Concise Guide.鈥
Selections from 鈥淪tories We Tell Ourselves鈥 currently are on view in the exhibition 鈥淣arrative: People, Places and Things鈥 at Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon. For additional biographical information, visit .
MSU Gallery Director Lori Neuenfeldt also secured a $2,250 grant for the Department of Art, and Assistant Professor Suzanne Powney secured $500.
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