After Before by Stephanie Simkin
The MTSU Department of Art and Design presents an exhibition of selected works by its professors entitled Biennial 2022: A Faculty Exhibition. Scheduled in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, faculty work opens the department’s fall show calendar and is available to the public through Sept. 10.
Representing the department’s course areas of art education, foundations, graphic design, illustration and studio art, which includes ceramics, painting, print media and sculpture, the exhibit showcases a unique fusion of art. Participating artists include Erin Anfinson, Michael Baggarly, Stefanie Cobb, Doug Dabbs, Kimberly Dummons, Kelsey Duncan, Jarrod Houghton, Sisavanh Houghton, Noël Lorson, Mark McLeod, Paige Medlock, Jimmy Mumford, Jean Nagy, Melissa Newman, Kathleen O’Connell, Tony Rodriguez, Nick Satinover, Gypsy Schindler, Sheri Selph and Stephanie Simkin.
Ghost of Gershwin by Tony Rodriguez
The exhibit introduces the artwork of newer faculty to art and design students, MTSU’s campus and the larger community. Concurrently, it showcases the continuing artistic pursuits of the department’s more senior professors, offering attendees a full range of styles and a striking and expressive statement of contemporary visual art found at MTSU.
by Kathleen O’Connell
MTSU art education professor Dr. Paige Medlock hopes the display “creates a space where viewers can pause, reflect, and shift the way they see themselves, their context, the artwork, and the artist’s context, and potentially allow a new perspective to shed light on thinking and being in the world.”
Immediately following the conclusion of Biennial 2022, the artwork will be joined by a faculty selection of student art and placed on display in the Rotunda of Murfreesboro’s City Hall for a show scheduled from Sept. 13 through Nov. 3.
Todd Art Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday. For parking, directions or other questions, contact 615-898-5532 or eric.snyder@mtsu.edu.
