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Overcoming all obstacles

by: Tony Coates

Tatyana Jackson, a senior this year at Valdosta State University, Majoring in Fine arts, is a Graphic Designer primarily but whose mediums can also include painting. Coming from Carrollton, Georgia Jackson started her creative journey in highschool but truly refined her path during college. Jackson said that the inspiration of her art comes from experiences before and during college, saying that it is an easy way to express herself and other emotions through her art, as well as being very inspired by family too.

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Margi Weir Exhibition

by Tony Coates

 Walking into the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery located on the Valdosta State University Campus, audiences will be greeted with a splash of different colors from the “Bearing Witness” gallery installations by Margi Weir. These installations take color and combine everything that is symbolized in modern culture by that color and collage them into one beautifully designed acrylic painted piece. Weir also uses the acrylic paintings to create awareness as well beyond just the colors creating one large piece that is equivalent to 3 of her normal-sized large canvases. Vinyl images merged to create this one stunning piece that is so large it fills up one whole wall of the gallery. This exhibition combines many ideals, so if viewers do not agree with one color and its symbols, there are up to eight colors, including Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, White, Purple, and Orange, so that everyone can relate to something in this exhibition. The stories and awareness that Weir provides are modern culture. The execution of each piece is very detailed in each work presented.

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