Tag: Digital Photography

Laney Havard and the Meaning of Home 

By Elizabeth Langford

What is the meaning of “Home”? Is it the house where we grew up in, the family we were born into, or perhaps the people we choose to surround ourselves with? These are questions Laney Havard, a Fine Arts major and senior at Valdosta State University, asks herself as she reflects on what the word means to her. She expresses these mixed emotions and feelings towards the idea of home through her artworks displayed in the 2023 Senior Exhibition. Havard’s multimedia pieces in the Dedo Maranville Gallery highlight her talents in multiple different mediums, and urges the viewer to ask themselves the question “What does home mean to me?”

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2019 Convergence Senior Exhibition: Zaadia Flores

VSU Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Convergence: Senior Art Exhibition Spring 2019, 2 May 2019, flyer

Zaadia Flores is a Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts major at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. She was born in Belize City, Belize. But, she transferred to Valdosta State University in 2017 to complete her last two years of college. During her art career, Flores has created and conveyed visual and tactile finishes in media such as ceramics, printmaking, photography, and metalsmithing. Flores presented a total of four artworks for the “Valdosta State University Dedo Maranville 2019 Senior Exhibition.” The three abstract color photography artworks and one fabric and metal artwork consisted of visual and tactile textures. Oneirodynia was made from fibers and metal. The other three artworks were digital photography: Granmamare, Volneniye, and Creation of Adam.

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