Georgia Southern University

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) will host "Portfolio Reveal," an annual exhibition of senior graphic design work, from April 12 to 24 in the Contemporary and University Galleries at the Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus.

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) will present the "BFA/BA 2018 Senior Exhibition" April 30 - May 7 at the Center for Art & Theatre's Contemporary Gallery on the Statesboro Campus. The reception will be held May 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend. The exhibition will showcase the portfolios and capstone projects of Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) graduating seniors in a variety of media including ceramics, digital and traditional painting, graphic design, mixed media, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. The senior Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2D and 3D Studio Art majors are enrolled in the BFA Portfolio course taught by Professor Marc Moulton, MFA, who is also the graduate program director. "This is a wonderful opportunity for our fine arts students to present their concepts and professional works to the campus community. It has been my pleasure to help these students turn their creative ideas into reality," said Moulton. The exhibit also will feature work created by students enrolled in Associate Professor Elsie Hill's, MFA, Capstone in Studio Art course. The students were asked to design visual art projects inspired by research of the corridor between campus and downtown Statesboro, specifically the Blind Willie McTell Trail and Highway 301. Each student designed a project that employed their studio skills, historical research and visual mapping to depict elements from this area. The projects, all inspired by locations on or near the Blind Willie McTell Trail, range in subject matter from the Cretaceous Period to the civil rights era. "This year, Megan Winters, a BFSDoArt alumni and current graduate student in public history, worked with the Capstone in Studio Art students to develop their Statesboro research," said Hill. "The connections between the artwork and the research are stronger than ever thanks to this collaboration." Students displaying their work in this exhibition include: Kala Akins, Emily Bendin, Kenton Booker, Kristen Daniel, Paige Dixon, Khalil Ford, Jazmine Hicks, Gabrielle Kastner, Charles Brandon Kilgore, Savannah Knauss, Isabel Massell, Lyanna Mitchell, Keyanna Palmer, Lexi Plourde, Reagan Rowland, Mallory Morgan Sahle, Deante Simms and Hannah Smith. "The BFA and B.A. exhibitions are always exciting, as we see a kind of hinge point where the students sum up what they have done during their studies just as they are looking forward toward the beginning of their professional lives," said BFSDoArt Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher, MFA. "This is the first time the BFA and B.A. exhibitions have been combined, however, so I look forward to seeing how the work of the two student groups operates and converses with one another. Between the explorations of ideas and forms on the one hand, and the grounding of ideas into the spatial and social fabric of Statesboro itself on the other, it should make for a very compelling exhibition."

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) is presenting its annual Form & Content Exhibition at the Center for Art & Theatre's University Gallery on the Statesboro Campus March 30 - April 6. "Form & Content" features Art Foundations-level student work from classes Drawing I, 2D Design, 3D Design and Digital Foundations. The exhibition was juried by Michael Marks, an associate professor at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. Winners were announced at a reception on March 30. Madison Pleasant was awarded First Place. Second Place was awarded to Brandon Narsing and Olivia Mainor received Third Place. Tanner Maxey received the Juror's Choice award. Morgan Carr and Peyton Butts each received Honorable Mentions. Other students with work accepted into the exhibition are Patrick Brownlee, Seantrei Burgess, Taylor Carter, Daniel Castro, Emily Coats, Andrew Cobb, Naya Crutch, Paige Distler, Patricia Elliot, Cathy Estes, Jessica Goodlin, Jasmine Griggs, Andrea Guzman, Sabrina Hill, Erin Ibrahim, Kristin Johnson, Mackenzie Kurt, Alex Long, Connor Mappin, Aminatta Mbow, Heidi McClain, Taylor McMahan, Pardiss Moazzam, Ashley Pantalone, Kennedy Pleasants, Janesha Rhodes, Phillip Eric Riggs, Hardijah Robinson, Briyanna Ruff, Christy Starling, Jackson Sweat, Megan Tanner, Kaleigh Todd, Andrew Wiggins, Austin Williams, Alexander Wolf, Janell Wright, Megan Yawn.

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) is hosting "Juried 2018," an annual showcase of undergraduate student artwork, in the Center for Art & Theatre's Contemporary Gallery on the Statesboro Campus, March 30 - April 6. The exhibition features a variety of media the department teaches such as drawing, painting, jewelry, multimedia, mixed media, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics. The exhibition was juried by Ashley Zelinskie, an internationally-exhibited artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Kristen Pritchett was awarded Best in Show for her ceramic work, "Brick." Elaine Ball received the award for Exceptional 2D Design for "Self-Portrait" while Marian Trainor received the award for Exceptional 3D Design for her work "You Fool, I Will Not Die with You." Charlynne Crutcher received the Juror's Choice award for "The Delivery" and Soleil Collins received an Honorable Mention for "Untitled." Other students whose artwork is featured in the exhibition were Rachel Borkowski, Paige Dixon, Allison Exley, Elaina Frampton, Thyatira Grant, AnnaBrooke Greene, Savannah Knauss, Erin Maurer, Tommy McMillan, Lyanna L. Mitchell, Abigail Morgan, Mallory Morgan Sahle, Raven Waters, Gherri Weekes-Garnette, Krisann Wellington and Sydney Wright.

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) recently collaborated with the Augusta University Department of Art to present "Trifecta," an exhibition juried and curated by Georgia Southern M.F.A. students Jessamy McManus and Courtney Ryan, on display at Augusta University's Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art.

Georgia Southern University's Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presented a multimedia exhibition, exploring College Street and the west side of downtown Statesboro, by students in the undergraduate studio art capstone class, on April 29. neighborhood's buildings, lots, green spaces, occupants, history, politics and demographics.

Six Georgia Southern students took home awards at the local level of the 2016 American Advertising Awards (ADDY) in Savannah this month. Sixteen students from Georgia Southern and 50 students from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) participated in the student competition in categories such as mobile app, packaging, integrated campaigns, posters, brochures and logo designs.

The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents "B.F.A. Senior Exhibition" May 2 - 6 in the University and Contemporary Galleries at the Center for Art & Theatre.This exhibition features work from senior 2D and 3D studio art majors, enrolled in the BFA Portfolio course taught by Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher, and pursuing their bachelor of arts degrees.