Saturdays at Todd
Saturdays at Todd is a department-led initiative organized and hosted by staff and
students that engage the faculty, off-campus artists, and community around Murfreesboro
with interactive workshops of various media. Beginning in Fall 2021 many of the workshops
will include a focus on Art teachers and High School students (9th-12th) to further
promote their experiences in Fine Arts. The events are free and open to the public with all materials provided as tools to build greater advocacy for the arts in middle Tennessee! Students and
faculty, and community artists participate and lead demonstrations. They answer questions
and offer insight into context, technique, and concept. We host exhibit openings in our main gallery that are also scheduled on Saturdays to encourage community and
alumni attendance while providing greater access to our facilities and programs! All
activities include all ages in interactive workshops, lectures, and exhibits. Through
open discussion about artwork and the role of the artist in communities, we can demonstrate
the importance of arts education while fostering a culture of support for the Arts
in Tennessee. TBA information will be updated as events are finalized throughout the
semester.
Want to see our past Saturday's at Todd events? Check out what we have offered before to gain an idea of what we host at the Department
of Art and Design! If you have a suggestion or a workshop idea or would even like to host a workshop
yourself, email eric.snyder@mtsu.edu with your proposal!
Thanks to the Tennessee Arts Commission for funding in support of our Saturdays at
Todd Workshops!
Todd Art Gallery is supported in part by
Saturdays at Todd (S@T) Series Events List:
S@T on 
Watch Here for Additional Details on Listed Dates! | ALL TIMES CST and onsite at the campus of MTSU
Fall 2023
September
9
Letterpress–Kathy O'Connell
See your name in print! Join Kathy O'Connell, MTSU's letterpress virtuoso, to try
your hand at
setting wood type, inking, and pulling a print. Use wood type to print your name on
a one-of-a-kind poster!
TODD HALL 351/350
Session 1: 11:00 a.m. (public)
Session 2: 12:00 p.m. (high schoolers)
Open-Model Drawing–Tony Rodriguez
Join Tony Rodriguez, MTSU Illustrator extaordnaire, for the return of our figure model
sessions!
1-3 p.m., TODD HALL 117/117A
30
October
7
21
Saturdays At Todd with Fall Open House and Department-wide picnic
for Art and Design Students, Faculty, Staff, Alums, incoming and interested students,
and friends and family
Open-Model Drawing–Tony Rodriguez
1-3 p.m., TODD HALL 117/117A
28
November
4
Open-Model Drawing–Tony Rodriguez
1-3 p.m., TODD HALL 117/117A
Spring/May 2024
January
20
February
3
17
March
16
April
6
20
May
4
Recent S@T
Spring 2023
February
Gypsy Schindler - Self-Portraiture
March
Dr. Paige Medlock - Stained Glass
Tony Rodriguez - Pop-Culture Icon Open Model Session Study of Chewbacca
Tony Rodriguez - Pop-Culture Icon Open Model Session Study of Space Myers, a.k.a.
Michael Myers
April
Art and Design Alum Chelsea Gardiner, with student model, Zekarria Stephenson
Doug Dabbs - How to Draw Animals,
Mo Overholt - Screenprinting on Cloth
May
Mo Overholt - Screenprinting on Cloth - Youth
Mo Overholt, MTSU Student and Screen-Print Artist Demonstrates Her Process on Cloth
How to Draw Animals
Pop-Culture Icon Open Model Session Study of Chewbacca
Assistant Professor Tony Rodriguez
Iconic Characters Open Drawing Session modeled by Amanda Rodriguez
Self-Portraiture: An exercise in observation
MTSU Department of Art and Design's Visiting Lecturer, Gypsy Schindler
Portraiture Workshop Description:
Traditional and Non-traditional approaches to self-portraiture. Deeper insight into
the psyche through self-image and a depiction of the beauty held inside the movement.
Suminagashi - The Ancient Art of Japanese Marbling
Dr. Laura Cochrane
Suminagashi (Ink on Water)
Image: Saturdays At Todd Suminagashi Image
To see more from the workshop visit Dr. Cochrane's Blog MTSU Book and Printing Arts and History Blog
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Draw, paint, and sculpt from a live model under the direction of Assistant Professor
Tony Rodriguez.
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Model will be costumed as one of your favorite pop-culture icons.
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Open to all levels, beginner-intermediate-advanced-students, alums, the community,
and high school students.
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Signup Required for this free and open to the public event! Select button above for
more info and to signup.
Iconic Characters Open Drawing Session modeled by Amanda Rodriguez
What is Art Therapy?
Murfreesboro Clinical Art Therapist and favorite, Summer Bradley
Through Collage Summer Bradley will discuss the settings, practice, and throretical
foundations of Art Therapy!
Mixed Media by Summer Bradley,m details
