By: Maria Carbonell
The Annette Howell Turner Center of the Arts in Valdosta, Georgia, is hosting the “She Said, She Said, She Said” exhibition. This exhibition, described as A Collage Collective, is hosted in the Josette’s Gallery and contains multiple artworks that go from collages to mixed media to short movies. The artists featured in this exhibition are Evelyn Davis-Walker, Amy Tingle, and Julie Graves Krishnaswami.
Continue reading She Said, She Said, She Said CritiqueBy Jenni Steltenpohl
As a fellow artist and graduating senior, I felt great ease and enjoyment interviewing my classmate Hilman Alexander Walden. During our interview, we had a long and interesting conversation about himself, his artwork, and his experience as an art student. Walden is a local art student at Valdosta State University who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art. Walden’s senior exhibition “Living in Color” is the Spring 2021 graduating seniors’ final show as students at Valdosta State University.
Continue readingBy: Destiny Adams
In today’s world, where many of us feel uncertain if we would have a normal life again in this pandemic, events like, Living in Color, give us a feel of normal life by the school still having their annual senior exhibit to showcase their talent before leaving a place that helps these talented young artists to advance in their works. The exhibit, Living in Color, was entitled to showcase the variety of different backgrounds of each artist and the giving us a glimpse of the lifestyle they were brought up in. On the website, the written introduction explains what the show wanted to demonstrate, “The work shown in Living in Color explores the use of art as communication. This communication can lie within the self as a deeper personal exploration or shine through with the ability to share our unique experiences in life. Each one of us sees the world through such diverse perspectives. This is featured in work that expresses the versatility of the body, the struggles of living as a person of color in America, and the duality of nature.”(2021).
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