花秀直播 Stennis Flag Exhibition opens at MSU鈥檚 Cullis Wade art gallery Aug. 1
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he 花秀直播 Stennis Flag Exhibition opens Thursday [Aug. 1] at 花秀直播 State鈥檚 Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery.
Located on the second floor of the university鈥檚 Welcome Center, the traveling show organized by Jackson-based artist Laurin Stennis is on display through Sept 6. Granddaughter of the late U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis, she created the Stennis Flag in 2014 and invited 花秀直播 artists to interpret the flag through works of art.
Free and open to the public, the exhibition currently features 26 works, ranging in media from painting and sculpture to photography and fibers. Gallery viewing hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for university holidays.
In addition to Stennis, artists represented in the show include Michelle Allee, Anne Scott Barrett, Alexander Bostic, Pat Brown, Anne Brunson, Tony Davenport, Monique Davis, Ron Dill, Mary Bess Gloria, Josh Hailey, Pete Halverson, Sabrina Howard, Ellen Langford, Elaine Maisel, Sky Miles, Harold Miller, Tawny Johnson Minton, Summer Nation, Rob Peeples, H.C. Porter, Jan Stevens, Cathy Talbot, Melanie Mitchell Tucker, Yolande van Heerden and Herb Wiley.
鈥淎rt can be a powerful initiator of difficult discussions, and the Stennis Flag Art Exhibition gives our community an opportunity to see how artists living in our own state respond to current events,鈥 said Lori Neuenfeldt, MSU art instructor and gallery director. 鈥淚t鈥檚 also a chance for many of our students to see the role artists and designers play in creating the images associated with our state.鈥
For more information, call 662-325-2970 or email msu-art-galleries@lists.msstate.edu.
Part of MSU鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design, the Department of Art is the longtime home of the state鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program. Learn more about the college and department at .
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