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:
- “Valdosta National,” a national juried competition show
- “Margi Weir: Bearing Witness”
- Graduating senior exhibitions for BA/BFA Studio Art majors, “In Bold,” and BFA in Interior Design
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”