Ļć½¶Ö±²„students showcase artistic excellence at 2020 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition
Contact: Anna Owens
STARKVILLE, Miss.āMississippi Stateās commitment to an exceptional visual arts education is evident in the recent 2020 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, where 77 entries by Ļć½¶Ö±²„students were selected.
In its 70th year, the MCAC is a statewide competition open to art students at four-year public and private colleges and universities. Submissions represent a variety of artistic disciplines and were created within the contest timeline of the past year.
Bryce Lafferty, associate professor of drawing and painting at Jacksonville State University, served as juror for the prestigious event hosted by Mississippi University for Women. Lafferty selected 188 out of 799 student-produced works of art, to be featured in an exhibition at MUW Galleries from Feb. 12 to March 13. An awards reception will take place Feb. 22 from 2-4 p.m.
Competition categories included ceramics, graphic design, photography, mixed media and metal arts, among others.
MSUās 2020 MCAC exhibitors include (by hometown):
BAY MINETTE, AlabamaāBobbye E. Jackson, a senior art major.
BIRMINGHAM, AlabamaāEmily A. Purner, a senior interior design major.
BOGUE CHITTOāEmily R. Goss, a junior art major who received a Juror's Excellence Award for "Home."
BROOKHAVENāAarron D. Lunn, a senior art/fine arts major who received the Ceramic Arts Media Category Award for "Stone Vase."
BROWN DEER, WisconsināHailey P. Farrington-Bentil, a junior art/photography major.
BYHALIAāJasmine I. Riddle, a 2019 art/photography bachelorās graduate.
CANTONāElaina G. Hart, a junior art/fine arts major.
CLINTONāCollins A. Davis, a senior art major; and Chante M. Paige, a junior art/graphic design major.
COLUMBUSāCatherine A. Bennett, a senior art/graphic design major.
DALLAS, TexasāHanna R. Bewley, a junior art/drawing major.
DEKALBāMyKiya T. Oliver, a senior art/graphic design major.
ENTERPRISEāKenzie R. Johnston, a senior art/fine arts major.
FLORENCEāMeghan A. Norman, a senior art/graphic design major.
FORESTāTatiana B. Flores, a senior art/graphic design major.
GREENWOODāAnna Claire Garrard, a senior art/graphic design major.
HOLLY SPRINGSāAllyson L. Parker, a senior art/photography major.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
IUKAāDemore Henley, a senior art/graphic design major.
JACKSONāShuntia D. Battle, a junior art major.
LONG BEACHāHannah N. Hancock, a senior interior design major.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
MADISONāEmily R. Harms, a sophomore art/graphic design major who received the Drawing Media Category Award for "Blue Glass."
MEMPHIS, TennesseeāVictoria L. Jackson, a senior art/graphic design major.
MERIDIANāCarolyn N. Locke, a senior art/graphic design major.
MUSCLE SHOALS, AlabamaāErin B. Thompson, a junior art/graphic design major.
OLIVE BRANCHā Demarques T. āQuesā Nevels and Neelly Plunk, both senior art/graphic design majors; and Sarah G. Steen, a senior art/drawing major.
PHILADELPHIAāMorgan L. Hollis, a senior art/graphic design major.Ā Ā Ā Ā
RICHLANDāMecca S. Givens, a senior art/fine arts major.
SALTILLOāSavannah M. Alley, a senior art/graphic design major.
SOUTHAVENāAlexandria K. Johnson, a senior art/photography major.Ā Ā
SMITHVILLEāSusan M. Marshall, a senior art/graphic design major.
STARKVILLEāMarika A. Dunne, a senior art/drawing major; Lindsey Anne Harper, a senior art/graphic design major who received the Graphic Design Media Category Award for "Nature as Design"; Anthony S. Lowe, a senior art/fine arts major; Ana S. Licona Luque, a sophomore art/graphic design major; Angella M. Osinde, a senior art/graphic design major; and Mary Kathryn Sanders, a junior art major.
TUPELOāAiden Schrock, a sophomore art major.
VICKSBURGāAmelia G. Dalton, a senior art/graphic design major.
WINONAāVirginia L. Dance, a senior interior design major.
MSUās College of Architecture, Art and Design offers a variety of undergraduate majors and classes in a studio environment. For more about the college and its Department of Art, visit .
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