Art and Design News and Events

Special Recognition for MTSU Department of Art and Design and

2024 Award of Excellence Recipient

During the Tuesday, March 19, Awards Dinner of the Tennessee Association of Museums, the MTSU Department of Art and Design's Todd Art Gallery was awarded a 2024 Award of Excellence for the collaborative effort involving the traveling exhibition, Crafting Blackness: Black Bodies Making Form. As a collaborative, East Tennessee State University's Curators Karlota Contreas-Koterbay, Karen Sullivan, and the Tipton and Slocumb Galleries share this award with Tennessee Craft, Tennessee State University's Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, and MTSU. We are most grateful for this special recognition to our Curators, fellow exhibition spaces, the artists of Black Bodies Making Form, and the Tennessee Association of Museums!

Skateboard Illustration Challenge

MTSU Illustration

A Collaboration with the Murfreesboro LRB Skate Shop on FB

Overview and Registration:

- 15-hour illustration challenge in partnership with Murfreesboro LRB Skate and Record Shop.

- Students and Alums may register outside of Todd Hall, Room 215.

- Participants will create a skate deck illustration.

- One winner will receive $200 and a FREE skateboard with their art printed on it!

- The winner will also be showcased in LRB's on-site gallery!

When? Kick-off, Friday, September 27 at 9 am.

Where? Todd Hall, Room 348.

Questions, tony.rodriguez@mtsu.edu

2024 'Boro International Festival

MTSU ART

Come celebrate the diversity of middle Tennessee with international music & dance, arts & crafts, food & games! Parking and admission is free.

11 a.m–5 p.m., Sunday, September 29, 2024 | MTSU Student Union Courtyard | 1768 MTSU Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN | FREE PARKING

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For more details visit: Boro International Festival

or email your questions concerning participation please contact Tena Bailey at IAEExperience@gmail.com

Justin Benford

MTSU Illustration

We've got another cool artist on board to chat and demo for ya this semester!

Join Assistant Prof. Tony Rodriguez and Justin Benford for a character design talk and LIVE digital painting demonstration over Zoom (or attend in-person in room 337)

When? Monday October 7, 11:30am
Where? Todd, room 337

Email Tony.Rodriguez@mtsu.edu for Zoom Link

Benford’s credentials:
- Character designer and illustrator at Ripple Effects
- Art director and artist on a short film titled ‘Lucid’
- Book cover illustrator on Chance Calloway’s ‘Pretty Dudes’