2008 Woodie Awards
Student artwork featured in Todd Gallery
Jennifer Eaves
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Features
Five MTSU students' artwork will be featured in the BFA Variety Studio Art Show through Friday, April 18, at the university's Todd Gallery.
Clarke Hosp, Jonathan Myers, Sarah Sullivan, Beth Copley and Grace Absar, all seniors attending MTSU, are the artists behind the current show that features a variety of techniques and materials.
"All of our work is completely different, and so are the artists that are working together to make this show happen" Hosp said. "I dabble in functional art-modern furniture, to be precise, and a bit of figurative art, done with ceramics and steel."
As for Myers' show input, "Skateboarding is a sport that has become very popular and mainstream over the past few years" he noted. "Personally, I am not a skateboarder, but can appreciate the boards themselves for their artistic value.
"This semester, I set out to take the skateboard; an average tool used by many extreme athletes and turn it into my canvas," he continued. "To create each board, I used illustration techniques and acrylic paint to create my own style on each."
Artist Copely's work in the show, meanwhile, focuses on ceramics.
"My work for the show is a melding of art and natural history," she explained. "It seems that everywhere I go, I am aware of the remainders of what has transpired before. I see burned out buildings, abandoned trailers, old bumper stickers, decaying strip malls, and the everyday remnants of a society ever pushing forward to something new and shiny. I am interested in those leftovers and what that debris says about us as a culture."
Adding yet another dimension to the current exhibit's offerings, Sullivan said, "My focus in art has always been figurative. In recent years my attention has shifted specifically to the exaggeration and distortion of the human form. The work I have chosen for this show expands upon these themes with large canvases, each depicting a contorted body crammed into a small space provoking a feeling of discomfort in the viewer."
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 615-898-2455.
Clarke Hosp, Jonathan Myers, Sarah Sullivan, Beth Copley and Grace Absar, all seniors attending MTSU, are the artists behind the current show that features a variety of techniques and materials.
"All of our work is completely different, and so are the artists that are working together to make this show happen" Hosp said. "I dabble in functional art-modern furniture, to be precise, and a bit of figurative art, done with ceramics and steel."
As for Myers' show input, "Skateboarding is a sport that has become very popular and mainstream over the past few years" he noted. "Personally, I am not a skateboarder, but can appreciate the boards themselves for their artistic value.
"This semester, I set out to take the skateboard; an average tool used by many extreme athletes and turn it into my canvas," he continued. "To create each board, I used illustration techniques and acrylic paint to create my own style on each."
Artist Copely's work in the show, meanwhile, focuses on ceramics.
"My work for the show is a melding of art and natural history," she explained. "It seems that everywhere I go, I am aware of the remainders of what has transpired before. I see burned out buildings, abandoned trailers, old bumper stickers, decaying strip malls, and the everyday remnants of a society ever pushing forward to something new and shiny. I am interested in those leftovers and what that debris says about us as a culture."
Adding yet another dimension to the current exhibit's offerings, Sullivan said, "My focus in art has always been figurative. In recent years my attention has shifted specifically to the exaggeration and distortion of the human form. The work I have chosen for this show expands upon these themes with large canvases, each depicting a contorted body crammed into a small space provoking a feeling of discomfort in the viewer."
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 615-898-2455.
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