“Self-Portrait One” by Kyle Baker
“Sometimes There’s a Man” by Acacia Blue Richey
Nous—the French word for “we” or “us”—expresses the sentiment behind the members of the MTSU Department of Art’s Student Gallery Committee concerning their exhibit in Todd Art Gallery 210, shown through April 11.
The exhibit features a wide variety of student artists working across the department’s studio areas of book arts, ceramics, printmaking, painting and sculpture. Additionally, graphic design, drawing and two- and three-dimensional design are involved. Photography, mixed media, digital art and a host of other emerging art forms are also included. Nous truly describes this trans-departmental experiment to place work wall-to-wall and floor to ceiling. Not an easy-task for the faint at heart.
Exhibit curator Amber Lelli, a sophomore in studio arts states, “Nous is a show that provides us [art students] the opportunity to show the diversity of the art department. It includes student artists at all different skill levels using different mediums. It is a salon-styled show intended to embody as much student work as possible while exploring different gallery showings in our new 210 space. This show gives us a glimpse into our current art community . . . at Middle Tennessee State University and how each student is growing on their own creative paths through this program.”
Nous, a salon-style event, is free and open to the public. For more information, call (615) 898-5653 or e-mail eric.snyder@mtsu.edu.
