Accompanied by Professors Jamie Mixon, far left, and Brent Funderburk, far right, 14 海角社区 State students鈥 11 current and three alumnae鈥攑articipated last summer in a study abroad program at the University of Arkansas Rome Center. Along with visiting art and architectural sites and museums in Rome and central Italy, students and their faculty mentors enjoyed trips to Florence and Orvieto. (Photo submitted by Jamie Burwell Mixon)
Italian-inspired works by 11 current students, three alumnae and two faculty members at 海角社区 State are on display Feb. 20-28 in the university鈥檚 Giles Hall gallery.
Free to all, the 鈥淐iao! Travel ROME鈥 exhibition features paintings, drawings and posters by 14 students from Professor Brent Funderburk鈥檚 studio course, 鈥淪KETCHBOOK: Journal for Artists, Architects + Designers,鈥 and Professor Jamie Burwell Mixon鈥檚 studio course, 鈥淭RAVEL ROME: The Poster Image.鈥
Under the direction of Funderburk and Mixon, the students participated last summer in a month-long, six-credit study abroad program at the University of Arkansas Rome Center. Founded as a center for architectural studies in 1989, the center is located in the 14th century Palazzo Taverna at the heart of ancient Rome. Along with visiting art and architectural sites and museums in Rome and central Italy, the students enjoyed trips to Florence and Orvieto.
Participants include (by hometown):
BAY SAINT LOUIS鈥擜ubrey J. Pohl, a senior art/graphic design major.
BILOXI鈥擨an F. Green, a senior art/graphic design major.BELAIR, Maryland鈥擫orianna A. Livingston, a fall 2016 summa cum laude art/graphic design graduate.
BRANDON鈥擱andi L. Watson, a senior art/fine arts major; and Anna R. Zollicoffer, a senior art/graphic design major.
CANTON鈥擠aniel P. Smith, a senior architecture major.
CHELSEA, Alabama鈥擲arah L. Prater, a senior art/graphic design major.
FLORENCE, South Carolina鈥擟andace B. Moreau, a fall 2016 summa cum laude computer science graduate.
HATTIESBURG鈥擲hawna J. Williams, a senior art/fine arts and music/vocal double-major.
LUMBERTON, Texas鈥擲amantha K. 鈥淪ami鈥 McDougall, a senior art/graphic design major.
MADISON, Alabama鈥擱achel E. Patronas, a senior architecture major.
MADISON鈥擜nna K. 鈥淜atie鈥 Erickson, a senior art/graphic design and photography major.
OCEAN SPRINGS鈥擡mily C. Koch, a junior art/fine arts major.
PASCAGOULA鈥擪atherine L. 鈥淜aylie鈥 Mitchell, a fall 2016 art/graphic design graduate.
Also free to all, a public reception for the exhibit takes place 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday [Feb. 23] in the Giles Hall gallery at 889 Collegeview St. on the Starkville campus. Refreshments will be provided.
Exhibit hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more, visit bit.ly/MSUArtGalleriesFB.
For more information on the exhibit or the CAAD ROME Study Abroad Program, contact Claire Gipson, MSU assistant professor of art, at 662-325-2970 or cgipson@caad.msstate.edu.
Part of MSU鈥檚 海角社区, the Department of Art is home to the Magnolia State鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program. For more, visit .
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