Earlier this week, MFA Candidate Brandon Vernon had a body of his work featured on MTV.com. This is a huge milestone in the career of a visual artist. Brandon went to the School of Visual Arts in New York for his undergrad, majoring in Traditional Animation. “I’ve worked on some fun animation shows, a music […]
Ley Lines: Connecting Media, Imagery, and Concept Across Contemporary Drawing opened Thursday, October 1st, 2015 in the Hammond Hall Gallery at Jacksonville State University from 5 – 7PM. An artist lecture by the Exhibition Awards Juror, Emily Sheehan, was given at 3:30PM in the Roundhouse Lecture Hall. Emily Sheehan is an Assistant Professor of Fine Art teaching […]
National Juried Exhibition Location: Hammond Hall Gallery Jacksonville State University 700 Pelham Rd North Jacksonville, AL 36265 Title: Ley Lines: connecting media, process, imagery, and concept across contemporary drawing Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, midnight Show Dates: October 1 – 29, 2015 Description: Ley Lines is a juried call for entry that investigates […]
Department News,Undergraduate Work
Photography Professor Doug Clark’s Special Topics in Photography – Time Based Media course Work from the Spring 2015 semester. Cam The Invisible Man – Video by Matt Blaskowski. This was Matt’s final project for ART473 Special Topics in Photography: Time-Based Photography. This semester students learned how to shoot video with a DSLR, and edit the […]
Department News,Gallery Shows,MFA Projects
Designing For Dyslexia: Creating Course Material for the Dyslexic Student Dyslexia is a learning disability that causes difficulty in reading and in the decoding of words and sentences. It is difficult for those who do not have dyslexia to understand what it is like to struggle with reading and processing information. In order to create […]
Department News,Gallery Shows,MFA Projects
Safer 4 Cyclists This thesis work establishes Safer 4 Cyclists, a safety initiative consisting of a body of work of visual solutions and accompanying research that is not only beneficial to me personally, but to all cyclists, regardless of age, skill level, or reason for riding, be it recreational or for transportation. It is my […]
Painting professor Allison McElroy will have work exhibiting in New York for Voices: An Artist’s Perspective. Allison’s work was also chosen as a “juror’s pick.” Her work will be on display at the NAWA gallery starting April 2nd and will also be available to view in the online exhibition. http://www.unitewomen.org/announcing-voices-an-artists-perspective/ From Unitewomen.org: Voices: An Artist’s […]
The JSU Art Department thanks artist Frank Hamrick for his tintype exhibition: “Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards.” Following the exhibition, Frank gave a lecture and hosted a wet-plate collodion tintype workshop in Carlisle Hall where faculty and students witnessed first-hand the tintype process.
Department News,Undergraduate Work
Today was our BFA Candidacy Review. Congrats to our applicants for all their hard work.
Congratulations to faculty member Jamie Runnells. She was awarded a Silver ADDY from the 471 professional entries submitted. Her ADDY was awarded for her “We Are JSU Soccer” Social Media Campaign. From the official American Advertising Awards website: “The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs, is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting […]
