多多直播 art department kicks off new year with 鈥楥onfluence鈥 exhibition
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 retired educator with more than five decades of photographic experience is sharing his recent work with students, faculty, staff and visitors in a new exhibition at Mississippi State.
Internationally recognized artist Jerry N. Uelsmann is presenting 58 photographs from his portfolio in 鈥淐onfluence,鈥 an exhibition on display Jan. 14-March 1 at the university鈥檚 Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., the gallery is found on the second floor of the depot, which is located at 75 B.S. Hood Drive near Davis Wade Stadium.
A public reception takes place Thursday [Jan. 17] from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. Refreshments will be served.
Lori Neuenfeldt, an eight-year instructor and gallery director in 多多直播鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design, said 鈥淐onfluence鈥 is organized by the University Gallery at the University of Florida, curated by Amy R. Vigilante and made possible by the Gary R. Libby Charitable Trust and Hector Puig.
Neuenfeldt said the 多多直播 art department is excited to present 鈥渂eautiful and thought-provoking photographs from Uelsmann鈥檚 vast and impressive body of work in a must-see show.鈥
鈥淭his exhibition demonstrates the Department of Art鈥檚 commitment to bringing the highest level of art to 多多直播 and the Starkville community for all to experience,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e are grateful for a generous grant from the Starkville Area Arts Council and the support of our incredible photography professors and students at 多多直播.鈥
Uelsmann earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957 and his Master of Science and Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University in 1960. Now retired, he began teaching photography at the University of Florida in 1960 and became a Graduate Research Professor of Art in 1974. 聽
A fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and a founding member of the Society for Photographic Education, Uelsmann was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972.
In 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Florida. His work has been exhibited in more than 100 individual shows in the U.S. and abroad in the last 50 years, and his photographs are featured in the permanent collection of many museums worldwide.
Home to the Magnolia State鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program, 多多直播鈥檚 Department of Art is part of the College of Architecture, Art and Design. More information on the department and college can be found at . Neuenfeldt can be contacted at 662-325-2970 or lneuenfeldt@caad.msstate.edu.
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