Art

Megan Kemp

cem123 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:38:00 +0000

Megan Kemp cem123 Monday, June 30, 2025 - 12:38 pm

Business Coordinator

megan.russell@msstate.edu662-325-6900

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Art

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Department of Art

Dixie Boswell

cem123 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:32:44 +0000

Dixie Boswell cem123 Monday, June 30, 2025 - 11:32 am

Exhibit Coordinator

dboswell@caad.msstate.edu662-325-2970

Dixie Boswell was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1982. She studied painting, drawing and art history at Mississippi State University, earning a BFA. Her studio fine art graduate studies were completed at Claremont Graduate University just outside of Los Angeles, California. Boswell's studio practice involves creating ethereal and non-permanent installations that repurpose materials, surfaces and space to stimulate inward and outward reflection. As exhibition coordinator, she strives for consistent professional productions and works toward creating equity and education by connecting communities through art of all kinds.

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Art

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Department of Art

Dr. Jenna Altomonte

cem123 — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:20:09 +0000

Dr. Jenna Altomonte cem123 Friday, June 27, 2025 - 4:20 pm

Major

Art

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��BT research brought to life through Harned Hall student murals

cem123 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:25:52 +0000

��BT research brought to life through Harned Hall student murals cem123 Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 10:25 am

Graduating ��BT fine arts seniors present ‘Transience’ exhibit

cem123 — Wed, 07 May 2025 15:06:37 +0000

Graduating ��BT fine arts seniors present ‘Transience’ exhibit cem123 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 10:06 am

Department of Art’s Gootee has photography recognized in international competition

cem123 — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:43:08 +0000

Department of Art’s Gootee has photography recognized in international competition cem123 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 8:43 am

Elizabeth Nowell

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Elizabeth Nowell rgb197 Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:54 am

Past Lives

“Past Lives” is a story of love and loss between two characters representing human connection and everything from myself, archetypes, aesthetics, and history. Each painting connects the characters’ antebellum and cowboy archetypes, evoking past, present, love, and loss. My mixed media installation meshes to draw the observer into the dialogue and connect the soul and the senses. My art evokes a spectrum of emotions. “Past Lives,” ventures beyond traditional storytelling with each painting weaving layers of meaning while inviting viewers to traverse the landscape of human emotions. All of this takes place within landscapes shaped by our historical and pop cultural knowledge of the Southern Belle and the Cowboy.

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Art

Annabelle Carraway

rgb197 — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:48:28 +0000

Annabelle Carraway rgb197 Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:48 am

Just Passing Through

My body of work examines animals labeled as pests in the southeastern United States, challenging the negative perceptions that surround them. Using collagraph—a method of printing from cut and collaged matboard plates—I create striking compositions that highlight these creatures with minimal distraction. Each plate allows for a limited number of prints before wearing down, emphasizing the fleeting nature of both the process and the overlooked lives of these animals.

My collagraphs focus on bold outlines, delicate embossments, and selective ink application to define each subject. I work with a variety of papers, each adding a unique character to the final piece. By stripping away backgrounds and focusing solely on the animals, I encourage viewers to engage with them directly, free from preconceived notions tied to their environments.This work stems from a fascination with the way society perceives and categorizes animals—how we decide which ones are worthy of admiration and which are deemed nuisances.

Often, these so-called pests are merely adapting to the changes we impose on their habitats. By portraying them with detail and care, I hope to challenge viewers to reconsider their biases, fostering empathy for creatures that are simply trying to survive. At its core, my work seeks to foster empathy and curiosity. These animals are not intruders—they are survivors, adapting to a world that has rapidly changed around them. Through my prints, I aim to give them a quiet but powerful presence, prompting the audience to reconsider their place in the ecosystem we share.

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Samantha Martell

rgb197 — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:44:44 +0000

Samantha Martell rgb197 Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:44 am

Of Light and Shadows

Making use of mannequins, models, and photographic references, my work explores the beauty and complexity of the human body and its historical representation, drawing inspiration from various art historical periods such as the Hellenistic and Greek Classical period, the Renaissance, and the Baroque period. Utilizing traditional labor-intensive metal engraving techniques, specifically the 17th century printmaking process of mezzotint engraving, these prints call upon similar painstaking methods of making as the artists and art movements I admire. Visually captivating intricacies of draped fabric both conceal and reveal the figures, referencing emotionally expressive marble sculptures and oil paintings of the old masters. My goal for the work is to create an air of mystery through dramatic light and shadow while setting a scene which positions the viewer as an observer outside the setting and looking in: ample clues provided to suggest the mood and atmosphere, though vague as to the narrative and allowing room for personal interpretation.

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Art

David Roman

rgb197 — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:44:44 +0000

David Roman rgb197 Friday, May 2, 2025 - 11:44 am

Dyscrasia

In ancient medicine, “dyscrasia” was a term used to describe an imbalance of the four humours of the body: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Nowadays, while four humours theory has been thoroughly debunked by modern science, its legacy remains as new systems of human categorization reappropriate its characteristics under new, modernity-sanctioned frameworks. By reappropriating this archaic theory, combining it with other taxonomies (like the four classical elements and the phases of the moon), and amplifying their symbolic characteristics, this work hopes to lampoon the obsession that humanity has with such methods of categorization while also capturing the fundamentally cyclical, violent, and ridiculous nature of human class society.

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Art

Megan Kemp

Dixie Boswell

Dr. Jenna Altomonte

����BT research brought to life through Harned Hall student murals

Graduating ����BT fine arts seniors present ‘Transience’ exhibit

Department of Art’s Gootee has photography recognized in international competition

Elizabeth Nowell

Past Lives

Annabelle Carraway

Just Passing Through

Samantha Martell

Of Light and Shadows

David Roman

Dyscrasia

��BT research brought to life through Harned Hall student murals

Graduating ��BT fine arts seniors present ‘Transience’ exhibit