多多直播 students showcase artistic excellence at 2020 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition
Contact: Anna Owens
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 commitment to an exceptional visual arts education is evident in the recent 2020 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, where 77 entries by 多多直播 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.
多多直播鈥檚 2020 MCAC exhibitors include (by hometown):
BAY MINETTE, Alabama鈥擝obbye E. Jackson, a senior art major.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama鈥擡mily A. Purner, a senior interior design major.
BOGUE CHITTO鈥擡mily R. Goss, a junior art major who received a Juror's Excellence Award for "Home."
BROOKHAVEN鈥擜arron D. Lunn, a senior art/fine arts major who received the Ceramic Arts Media Category Award for "Stone Vase."
BROWN DEER, Wisconsin鈥擧ailey P. Farrington-Bentil, a junior art/photography major.
BYHALIA鈥擩asmine I. Riddle, a 2019 art/photography bachelor鈥檚 graduate.
CANTON鈥擡laina G. Hart, a junior art/fine arts major.
CLINTON鈥擟ollins A. Davis, a senior art major; and Chante M. Paige, a junior art/graphic design major.
COLUMBUS鈥擟atherine A. Bennett, a senior art/graphic design major.
DALLAS, Texas鈥擧anna R. Bewley, a junior art/drawing major.
DEKALB鈥擬yKiya T. Oliver, a senior art/graphic design major.
ENTERPRISE鈥擪enzie R. Johnston, a senior art/fine arts major.
FLORENCE鈥擬eghan A. Norman, a senior art/graphic design major.
FOREST鈥擳atiana B. Flores, a senior art/graphic design major.
GREENWOOD鈥擜nna Claire Garrard, a senior art/graphic design major.
HOLLY SPRINGS鈥擜llyson L. Parker, a senior art/photography major.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
IUKA鈥擠emore Henley, a senior art/graphic design major.
JACKSON鈥擲huntia D. Battle, a junior art major.
LONG BEACH鈥擧annah N. Hancock, a senior interior design major.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
MADISON鈥擡mily R. Harms, a sophomore art/graphic design major who received the Drawing Media Category Award for "Blue Glass."
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擵ictoria L. Jackson, a senior art/graphic design major.
MERIDIAN鈥擟arolyn N. Locke, a senior art/graphic design major.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama鈥擡rin B. Thompson, a junior art/graphic design major.
OLIVE BRANCH鈥 Demarques T. 鈥淨ues鈥 Nevels and Neelly Plunk, both senior art/graphic design majors; and Sarah G. Steen, a senior art/drawing major.
PHILADELPHIA鈥擬organ L. Hollis, a senior art/graphic design major.聽聽聽聽
RICHLAND鈥擬ecca S. Givens, a senior art/fine arts major.
SALTILLO鈥擲avannah M. Alley, a senior art/graphic design major.
SOUTHAVEN鈥擜lexandria K. Johnson, a senior art/photography major.聽聽
SMITHVILLE鈥擲usan M. Marshall, a senior art/graphic design major.
STARKVILLE鈥擬arika 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.
TUPELO鈥擜iden Schrock, a sophomore art major.
VICKSBURG鈥擜melia G. Dalton, a senior art/graphic design major.
WINONA鈥擵irginia L. Dance, a senior interior design major.
多多直播鈥檚 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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