Month: December 2017

About this Blog

This website is written by students in the Issues in Art Criticism class at Valdosta State University. Students review exhibitions at the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery on campus. Each student in the class chooses 1-2 reviews to publish on this site. Select the exhibitions by name on the menu at the left to read their reviews.

Spring 2024 reviews:

  • “Art Spoken,” Valdosta National 2024 at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery
  • “Spectrum,” Graduating senior exhibition for BA/BFA Studio Art majors, at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery

Spring 2023 reviews:

  • Raina Belleau, “Enchanted Forest Fire” at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery
  • Graduating senior exhibition for BA/BFA Studio Art majors, at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery

Spring 2022 reviews:

  • “Black is… New Work by Samuel Dunson and Traci Mims” at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery
  • Graduating senior exhibition for BA/BFA Studio Art majors, at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery

Spring 2021 reviews:

  • “Valdosta National,” a national juried competition show at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery
  • “She Said, She Said, She Said: A Collage Collective,” at the Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta
  • Graduating senior exhibition for BA/BFA Studio Art majors, at the VSU Dedo Maranville Gallery

Spring 2020 reviews:

Spring 2019 reviews:

  • “Valdosta National,” a national juried competition show
  • “Mixed Bag: An Assortment of Contemporary Craft,” featuring artists in residence at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tenn. from June 2017 to May 2018
  • “Convergence,” the senior exhibition

Fall 2017 reviews:

  • “Art Faculty Exhibition,” an exhibition of art by VSU Art & Design faculty
  • “Y/our Eyes: Paintings by Julia Morrisroe”
  • “Cute & Creepy”

A Cute & Creepy Life

By Josiry Orellana

 

Cute & Creepy CatalogThose who claim perfection know nothing and those who embrace their imperfections reach a level of beauty that could never be found otherwise. The exhibition, Cute and Creepy, seems to have stumbled its way into that beauty like an earth worm turning the earth bringing life to our planet. Continue reading A Cute & Creepy Life

Art & Design Shines for VSU Faculty Exhibition

By Sandra Barrios

On August 21, 2017, there was a faculty art show exhibition at the Valdosta State University. It is located in Valdosta, GA. Walking through the gallery, there were a variety of themes in each artwork. There were some sculptures, paintings, ceramics, and photography in the exhibition. Continue reading Art & Design Shines for VSU Faculty Exhibition

Faculty Art Exhibition Showcases Various Talents

By Caitlin Sanders

The Faculty Exhibition in the Fine Arts Building gallery showcases assorted works from various participating studio professors presently teaching at Valdosta State University. The works included in this particular exhibition incorporate countless media following a predominantly contemporary style of art. Continue reading Faculty Art Exhibition Showcases Various Talents

The Monsters of Our Imagination

By Cayla Burroughs

Valdosta State University’s Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery hosted “Cute & Creepy,” which showcased the grotesque-inspired works of seven pop surrealist and new contemporary artists. The exhibition is a recreation of the 2011 “Cute & Creepy” exhibition that was held at Florida State’s Museum of Fine Arts, which featured twenty-four artists; today it has been recreated on a smaller scale, with seven of the original artists returning to feature their work. Continue reading The Monsters of Our Imagination

Julia Morrisroe: A Sorted Sensory Overload

By Riley McBride

“What does it take to make a painting today, ” asked Julia Morrisroe in front of a crowd of faculty, art students, and Valdosta’s community. On September 17, 2017, the Dedo Maranville Gallery at Valdosta State University presented Y/Our Eyes, an installation by Morrisroe. Continue reading Julia Morrisroe: A Sorted Sensory Overload

Faculty Fill the Gallery With a Variation of Nicely Crafted Works

by Katrina Perez

Visiting mixed art shows fills me with many thoughts. For one it’s hard to judge the art altogether. After all, one work of art does not seem to have much to do with the other. That aside I still appreciate this show. Continue reading Faculty Fill the Gallery With a Variation of Nicely Crafted Works

Faculty Exhibition Review

By Karen Badillo

For the exhibition review I visited the “VSU Art and Design Faculty Exhibition” located in the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery. As I was viewing all the artworks in the exhibition I gathered very quickly that the pieces were so different from one another, yet beautiful and some even mesmerizing. Continue reading Faculty Exhibition Review

Unsure of What to Think, Unable to Look Away

By Sunni Pike

Curator and artist Carrie Ann Baade reeked of mystery and curiosity as she expressed her passion for “monsters” at the opening of the “Cute and Creepy” exhibition, shown at the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery in October 2017. Her dark Victorian Gothic appearance matched the surrounding artwork, intriguing the audience to learn more.  Continue reading Unsure of What to Think, Unable to Look Away

The Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery at VSU Gets Into the Halloween Spirit

By Sarah Moore

Oil painting by Carrie Ann Baade
Carrie Ann Baade, A Three Headed Tiger Cursing Heaven, 2010, oil on panel, 18 x 12 inches

Cute and Creepy, a show curated by Carrie Ann Baade, traveled to the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery at Valdosta State University this fall. Perfectly timed  for Halloween vibes, the exhibition opened mid-October and ran until early November. The original show, which debuted in 2011 at Florida State University, was larger with more artists. Continue reading The Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery at VSU Gets Into the Halloween Spirit