“Mixed” Feelings

By Maria Davis

  Exhibition “Mixed Bag: An assortment of Contemporary Craft” is currently on display in the VSU Dedo Maranville gallery. “Mixed Bag” is an exhibition of works by five artists. Each artist brings their own perspective to the contemporary craft components of this exhibition. The artists are Max Adrian, Emily Culver, Elyse-Krista Mische, M. Paige Ward, and Xia Zhang. The artists express the vulnerability of social issues often difficult to discuss such as: faith, sexuality, queerness, race, and death. The aims of this exhibition is to showcase the perspectives of the five artists and the harmonies that unite them together.

Photograph of Exhibition “Mixed Bag: An assortment of Contemporary Craft” opening night by VSU Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery
VSU Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Exhibition “Mixed Bag: An assortment of Contemporary Craft”,opening night

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VSU delivers a ‘Mixed Bag’.

By Rasheem Callender

The VSU Gallery hosts a show full of sexual innuendos. ‘Mixed Bag: An assortment of Contemporary Craft’, is an exhibition currently showing at the VSU Dedo-Maranville gallery. Mixed Bag is comprised of 5 different artists that practice craft in an artistic way . Craft has a history of not being considered an art form. These artists band together in order to disprove this common misconception. Emily Culver, Elyse-Krista Misch, Max Adrien, M. Paige Ward and Xia Zhang are among the five artists that are showing in this Exhibition. The artists that I’m choosing to focus on are Max Adrien and M. Paige Ward, two of the five artists showing.

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