Official MSU: Department of Art & Design

11/30/2022

Join us tonight for TWO outstanding MA Thesis Show openings! Haley Younce will be exhibiting in Golding-Yang and Isaack Evans will be exhibiting in Strider. Refreshments will be served!

11/29/2022

Holiday happenings in ARDE! Stop by to find that unique gift for a special friend (or for yourself)!

11/10/2022

FYI, for all Art and Design students that want to connect their businesses to the alumni network!

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*Note - you must login to the alumni website to add your business. If you need help setting up your account, email [email protected].

11/10/2022

Check out the incredible pet portraits by Robert Gaunce Fine Art! Robert is one of our MSU ARDE alumni with a BA in Studio art. He is a professional freelance artist and art teacher at On The Move Art Studio in Lexington.

Very happy with these two! 😍
Sammy & Isabella in watercolor diptych.

These were a little more challenging than I’m used to- dobermans have such long faces and interesting bone structure compare to other dogs. I chose orange and blue (complementary colors) for their backgrounds not only to make the two pieces ‘pop’ when positioned next to each other- but to also unify the undertones in their coats between the two paintings. Sammy being warm with orange undertones, and Isabella having a cool coat with blue undertones.
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Made with the finest DANIEL SMITH: Artists' Materials watercolor pigments!
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11/10/2022

Friend of the Department of Art and Design, Lacy Hale, talks about art and recovery in the aftermath of last summer's EKY floods.

Each stroke of a paint brush means more to Lacy Hale than ever before.

11/06/2022

MSU ARDE alum Brianne Raye is creating some public art in Mt. Sterling! We love to see our students becoming the next arts leaders of Kentucky!

Our Hometown Mural is coming along quite nicely! Our resident mural artist, Brianne Raye is hard at work!

Can you guess what other Mt. Sterling landmarks will grace the E, R, L, I, and N?

11/05/2022

Thanks to all who joined us for the opening of the MSU student exhibition at Gateway Regional Arts Center! We always call it “the Mt. Sterling show” and GRAC staff titled it “Emerging from the Mountains” but whatever you call it, the artwork is outstanding! Congratulations to our winners. And stop by to see the show through November!

10/31/2022

It’s happening! 👄 Join us tomorrow starting at 6:30 in Claypool-Young: costume contest with prizes at 7, immediately followed by Rocky Horror Picture Show! Contest and movie in room 111!

10/24/2022

Join MSU students and Rowan County Christmas volunteers at the annual Empty Bowls luncheon this Thursday, October 27, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the American Legion! For $12, you can take home a unique bowl made by MSU ceramics students and a delicious chili lunch. All proceeds to go Rowan County Christmas, providing holiday gifts for families in need.

10/10/2022

"Brush, Dip, Pour," an exhibition of ceramic works is open and runs through Friday, Oct. 28, at the Golding-Yang Art Gallery in the Claypool-Young Art Building. - https://bit.ly/3Cl5Ynu

09/16/2022

Kudos to MSU ARDE graduate KYARTRAT - Stef Ratliff! Once again, she has created the unique awards given out at the Americana Music Awards to such noteworthy musicians as Allison Russell, Billy Strings, and Brandi Carlile! Here are Brandi and her bandmates holding one of Stef's one-of-a-kind creations. Such a thrill to see one of our alumna's work featured on the national stage!

For more of Stef's work, check out https://www.kyartrat.com/