New MSU exhibition shows graduating graphic design seniors are ready to āBreak the Gridā
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āSeventeen Ā鶹“«Ć½ State art majors specializing in graphic design are the creative minds behind a new exhibition on display April 11-17 at the universityās Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery.
āBreak the Gridā celebrates the seniorsā completion of studio work in MSUās Department of Art, the stateās largest undergraduate studio art program. The spring semester graphic design thesis students are under the instruction of Assistant Professor Claire Gipson.
āA grid is a structure that is usually two-dimensional and made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal and angular) or curved guidelines used to structure content. Not meant to be broken,ā said student exhibitor Joanna Bauer of Huntsville, Alabama. āThese 17 seniors of the BFA graphic design concentration have learned the rules and now must go out and break them, but first, they will showcase a variety of skills in the 2019 Break the Grid Graphic Design Senior Exhibition.ā
In addition to physical displays including web design, posters, editorial and advertising design, and illustration, the studentsā portfolio books and self-promotional pieces will be available for viewing on opening night. For a preview, visit and follow on Instagram @breakthegrid2019.
A 5 p.m. public reception in the studentsā honor takes place Thursday [April 11] at the Cullis gallery, where complimentary refreshments will be available.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
āBreak the Gridā exhibitors include (by hometown):
ACKERMANāTrent P. Furr.
BALDWYNāCalli Nelson.
BRANDONāDarby G. Taylor.
CLARKSDALEāTaylor E. Knight.
COLUMBUSāSarah K. Ferguson.
FLORENCEāRyne K. Riebock.
HERNANDOāOlivia B. Ketchum.
HUNTSVILLE, AlabamaāJoanna P. Bauer.
JACKSONāImani J. Smith.
PADUCAH, KentuckyāKennedy J. Caldwell.
PASCAGOULAāCarly D. Bond.
RIDGELANDāMary Emily Moore.
SIERRA VISTA, ArizonaāJosie Goodman.
STEENSāLaura Leigh Hicks.
TUPELOāCatherine D. āKateā Webb and Katherine Huang.
YORKTOWN, VirginiaāDaeja C. Thomas.
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