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50th MSU Student Juried Exhibition

Many images of artwork.

Welcome to the 50th MSU Student Juried Exhibition

This annual student juried exhibit celebrates the achievements of participating 海角社区 State University undergraduate students and recognizes outstanding student work in four categories: Foundation, Fine Art, Photography, and Graphic Design.

This year, 172 total works were submitted for consideration, and 77 final works were selected by three jurors. Along with making selections for the works into the exhibit, the jurors also chose four Best in Show and 12 Honorable Mention award designations.

An awards ceremony will be on Friday, March 25 from 5pm until 6pm in the gallery.

The exhibition is open in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery on March 25 through April 5, 2022. The gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9am until 5pm, closed university holidays.

About the Jurors:

Foundation and Fine Art

. Printmaker and educator.

Sage Perrott, aka Haypeep, is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at East Tennessee State University, and has been teaching classes in the Department of Art and Design since Fall 2018. Perrott earned a BFA from West Virginia University in 2010, and an MFA from Ohio University in 2013. Prior to teaching at ETSU, Perrott taught at Utah State University and Davis & Elkins College. She has also taught workshops at Penland School of Craft and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

Perrott鈥檚 research interests include screenprinting, comics and zines, humor, and risography. Her artwork typically features lumpy, grumpy, ghost-like creatures, often found in cramped and humorous situations, made under the pseudonym Haypeep. She uses prints, zines, comics, paper objects, installation, and sometimes commercial products to communicate these ideas. She has shown nationally and internationally, presented her research at conferences, and given artist talks and demonstrations at various academic institutions. Additionally, Perrott has created promotional designs for a variety of clients, including the Lawrence Arts Center, Brett Kern (ceramics), Gamblin ink, and more.

Photography

. Contemporary photographer and artist.

Joy Christiansen Erb is a contemporary photographer and artist whose creative research explores themes such as memory, identity, and storytelling. Christiansen Erb's photography has gained recognition through regional and national exhibitions and lectures and a 2015 Ohio Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Solo exhibition venues include the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Center for the Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia, the Women鈥檚 Museum in Dallas, and the Galveston Arts Center. Group exhibitions include Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, OR, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.  A portfolio of her most recent work is housed at the Museum of Contemporary Photography as a part of the Midwest Photographers Project in Chicago, IL.

She currently resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where she is the Special Assistant to the Dean in Cliffe College of Creative Arts and a Professor of Photography at Youngstown State University. In 2016, she received a Distinguished Professorship for Excellence in Scholarship award from Youngstown State University.  She received her B.F.A. from Miami University, Oxford, OH, in 2001 and her M.F.A. from Texas Woman鈥檚 University, Denton, TX, in 2005.

Graphic Design

. Designer, educator, and researcher.

Cat Normoyle鈥檚 research and creative activity explore how design can make a difference in communities, acting as an agent for change in emerging theories, practices, and technologies. She is interested in a range of design topics including social design and impact, community engagement, digital experiences and technology, and speculative design. Her work is interdisciplinary, experimental, collaborative, and strategic at its core. It ranges from the physical to the digital, from the static to the dynamic, and from the 2-dimensional to the 3-dimensional.

She has presented her work nationally and internationally at notable design conferences such as Cumulus Association (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media), College Arts Association, European Academy of Design, Digitally Engaged Learning Conference, AIGA Design Educator鈥檚 Community, Design Principles & Practices Research Network, and Design Incubation (Research in Communication Design). She is a two-time alumnus of Design Inquiry, a non-profit educational organization devoted to researching design issues in intensive team-based gatherings. She has published in numerous design books and journals including the chapter, 鈥淢otion Design in the Context of Place,鈥 which appeared in the book, Critical Perspectives and Professional Practice, published by Routledge, 2018 and the journal paper, 鈥淎 Catalyst for Change: Understanding Characteristics of Citizen-driven Placemaking Endeavors Across Diverse Communities,鈥 which won an International Award for Excellence, Vol. 10, for the Design Principles and Practices collection, 2016.

Originally from Boston, she has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Industrial Design from Georgia Institute of Technology and a MFA in graphic design from Georgia State University. Prior to academia, Normoyle worked at the Atlanta-based, brand strategy and innovation agency, Trend Influence, where she worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota, and Levi鈥檚.

Sculpture of green wooden dowels and white block. Drawing of a group of objects including fabric cloths and bottles. Profile of a rat skeleton head. Black and white pen drawing of circles and shapes. Black and white drawing of a still life arrangement of objects. Black and white digital image of the letter "O" surrounded by small lights. Photograph of two crosses on the side of the road. Dark blue background with the word "Ambia" in light blue. Photograph of group of musicians playing outside on the street. Black and white photograph of an older man sitting outside with a hat on his head. Oval ceramic platter. Ceramic tea set with platter, tea pot, and cups. Black and white drawing of objects arranged on a black and white checkered cloth. Digital illustration of a nude woman floating in dark blue water reaching up to a small boat. Black and white drawing of a nude female torso. Colorful photomontage of butterflies around a face. Photograph of two young women with colorful blouses standing in front of a floral background. Photograph of three pairs of legs wearing boots standing on a wooden floor with plants. Two arms reaching up to the blue sky. Photograph of a young man wearing fashionable clothing walking through a field. Illustration of hand squeezing a human heart with the words "Is that really all you've got? Hmph!" Round painting of pink flowers and an orchid mantis. Black and white poster with words "Experimental Type" 18 images of the letter "F" in different styles. Black and white print of pigeon with a piece of bread on its neck. Poster design with words "海角社区 Made 929" Five photographs of a colorful booklet with a tiny Kewpie baby doll. Poster design with a gray background and a bright yellow line maze design. Poster with black background and red text. Digital illustration of a crane standing in green marshlands with a sunset in the background. Photograph of a male torso with a horizontal scar across the stomach. Poster with butterflies and the text "Kasey Musgraves" Pink and yellow shapes printed on white paper. White plaster sculpture of abstract forms on a wooden base. Black and white still image from a film. Image is a man sitting on a couch. Black and white still image from a film. Image is a person behind an object, Colorful pastel drawing of an arrangement of objects. Black and white drawing of an arrangement of objects. Black and white drawing on purple paper. Drawing has objects arranged as a still life. Colorful drawing of an arrangement of objects. Photograph of a young woman in a record store wearing a top made of melted records Wooden chair. Rectangular wooden table with a drawer. Abstract shape sculpture made from metal rods. Printed image of a white human skull with bright green shapes rising from its eye. Black and white poster with the text "Experimental Type" Black and white poster with the text "Experimental Type" Blue and orange poster with text "海角社区 Made" and drawings of animal skulls. Photograph of a pool in a yard. Photograph of a white shed in a grassy outdoor area. Pink light is glowing from the inside of the open door. Sculpture of a white dog with a small cup on its head. Sculpture of a white and green Capricorn animal with wings and horns. Portrait painting of a young girl in a green shirt. Painting of a nude female wearing a dark face mask seated on a stool in a classroom. Drawing of burnt paper. Black and white photograph of a young woman and a handwritten sign that reads "I am a failure." Black and white photograph of a young woman and a handwritten sign. Black and white photograph of a young woman and a handwritten sign that reads "Words Matter.". 12 images of the letter G in different styles. Black and white poster with text "Experimental type" Black and white drawing of a still life arrangement of objects. Black and white drawing of a still life with an animal skull and an arrangement of objects Digital drawing of a person sitting on a couch watching TV in a dark room. Digital drawing of a fashionable young man wearing sunglasses. Collage of a historic fashion engraving with a young man in an interior room. Three drawings of portraits of young men. Digital illustration of a mountain scene. Black and white drawing of insects stacked in a pyramid shape. Panoramic photograph of a landscape. Jar of Nutella spread. Poster with orange background and light blue text that reads 海角社区 Made. Black and white poster with text. Black and white drawing of a bird on a book page. Drawing of three insects sacrificing another insect. Painting of a young woman wearing black clothes. Black and white drawing of a spider and a container. Image of a crumpled letter V

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