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Art News & Events - Art | Georgia College & State University College of Arts & Sciences Department of Art Art News & Events MISSED ATTENDANCE An installation by Joseph Guay January 14 - February 11, 2026 Dorothy Leland Gallery | Ennis Hall Georgia College Department of Art A reception will be held on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 from 5-6:30 p.m. with an artist talk at 5:30p.m. in Leland Gallery. _________________________________________________ The Doy Gorton Photography Award The Department of Art at Georgia College & State University invites applications for the Doy Gorton Photography Award. This competitive award will be granted to one junior or senior-level student currently enrolled as a Minor in Photography. The selected student will receive $1,250 to support the development and execution of a documentary-based photography project. The awarded funds may be used for travel, supplies, lodging, and other project-related expenses. This award is made possible through the generous support of Doy Gorton, a documentary photographer whose work has consistently sought to highlight social and political topics. Gorton is best known for his service as the White House photographer for the New York Times during the Carter and Reagan administrations, further shaping the public’s view of national leadership during a pivotal era in American history. In addition, Gorton’s long-term project, Doy Gorton’s White South (1969–70), captured the stark and shifting landscape of Southern identity during the decline of the Jim Crow era. Applicants are encouraged to interpret the concept of documentary photography broadly, ranging from personal storytelling and cultural narrative to social commentary and experimental approaches. Strong proposals will demonstrate both conceptual clarity and practical feasibility. Applicants who successfully complete the project will receive a certificate of completion. The final project will also be considered for publication as a limited-edition photo zine in collaboration with Fall Line Press. Selection Process: Applications will be reviewed by a panel of faculty and field professionals. The selected student will be required to sign a student work release form, granting permission for their work to be used in PR and promotional materials. Award Requirements: Mid-project progress update Final report with project portfolio Public presentation of completed work (to be completed after the submission deadline) [ E.g. exhibition, artist talk, or student research conference presentation ] To Apply: Submit 15-20 images of your current photographic work Include a project proposal (max. 500 words) with budget, timeline, and intended outcomes Provide an artist bio and CV Deadline to Submit: October 26, 2025 Project Completion Deadline: August 30, 2026 Submit to: seth.cook@gcsu.edu _________________________________________________ Senior capstone exhibition - department of art “Synergy” is a group exhibition showing the works of 14 students from the Department of Art at Georgia College & State University. This exhibit as a whole covers works in illustration, graphic design, painting, photography, and installation. This exhibition will run through April 16, 2025, at the Leland and Underwood galleries. View Online Exhibition _________________________________________________ The Monuments Project Julia Morrisroe, Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Florida January 13 - February 6, 2025 Dorothy Leland Gallery | Ennis Hall GCSU Department of Art A reception will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from 5-7p.m. with an artist talk at 5:30p.m. in Leland Gallery. Funding Provided by the Mamie Padgett Foundation. _________________________________________________ Senior capstone exhibition - department of art “Aspire” is a group exhibition showing the works of 4 students from the Department of Art at Georgia College & State University. This exhibit as a whole cover works in graphic design, illustration, print, multimedia and animation. This exhibition will run through November 15th 2024, at Leland Gallery in Ennis Hall. View Online Exhibition _________________________________________________ **Open Call for Art Submissions from GCSU Department of Art Alumni** Department of Art Alumni Exhibition February 20 – March 11, 2025 Reception March 5, 2025, 5-7pm Dorothy Leland Gallery With funding from the Mamie Padgett Foundation Deadline: November 22, 2024 Notification: December 20, 2024 Drop off/ receiving of work, February 10-14, 2025 Pick up/ ship return of work: March 11-14, 2025 The Dorothy Leland Gallery invites alumni from the Department of Art at Georgia College and State University to submit up to 3 artworks for exhibition. Depending on size, numbers and available space, between one and three pieces may be chosen by each alum from submissions. All media, 2D and 3D will be considered including sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media. All 2D artwork must be ready to display with a hanging system or apparatus included. There are limited pedestals and platforms for 3D artwork. Please submit digital images of each artwork no larger than 1MB and clearly identified with: Name and contact info of artist and year graduated Title of piece Dimensions of piece Date of piece Media Size restrictions for 2-D work 40” x 60” Weight restrictions for 3-D work 50lbs. *3D media may submit up to 3 images per piece. Submission may be made to the Gallery Director, Megan McNaught via email at megan.mcnaught@gcsu.edu by midnight, November 22 nd , 2024. Selected works may be delivered or shipped: Drop off: Leland Gallery, Ennis Hall 320 W. Hancock St. Milledgeville, GA. February 10-14, 2025 Shipping: ship to: GCSU Central receiving 320 North Wayne Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061 ATTN: Department of Art Ennis Hall Returns: pick up can be arranged March 11-14, 2025. All pieces shipped must have a call tag or paid return addressed shipping tags included when received. Insurance & Valuation: *Leland Gallery and Georgia College will insure artwork while on site within the walls of Ennis Hall. Artists are responsible for declaring values and insuring work during transport both to and from the gallery. All packing will be saved for return of artwork. The Department of Art and Mamie Padgett Foundation Fund will host a reception with light refreshments on the evening of March 5, 2025 from 5-7pm. Dorothy Leland Gallery CBX 094 Milledgeville, GA 31061 _________________________________________________ Professor Abraham Abebe receives award for type design Graphic Design professor Abraham Abebe is the recipient of a 2024 TDC award for his Ethiopic typeface (currently in development under the Typotheque Foundry). The TDC competition, established in 1953, is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. Now in its 70th year, these awards are all about how letterforms are used and drawn, recognizing typographic excellence and celebrating new typeface designs in all global languages. _________________________________________________ GRAPHIC ART STUDENT’S WINNING LOGO DESIGN USED BY NORTH GEORGIA BUSINESS When city officials in Hiawassee, Georgia, needed to boost one of their local businesses with a new logo—they did something ingenious. Rather than hire a graphic design company, which could cost up to $25,000 for a single creation, they held a competition for graphic art students enrolled at any of Georgia’s public and private colleges and universities. By doing so, they lowered their own costs while giving students a real-world experience: an opportunity to design a logo used by an actual business. Many took up the challenge. But only one was chosen. Georgia College & State University junior art major Maryellen Hagberg of Dalton, Georgia, won the grand prize of $1,000. _________________________________________________ WWI PROPAGANDA POSTERS AT GCSU SHOW EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS During the remainder of Black History Month, the public is invited to see two authentic propaganda posters at Georgia College & State University that give a glimpse of life during World War I and America’s efforts to recruit African American soldiers. The posters—called “True Blue” and “Colored man is no slacker”—hang on the wall of a replicated classroom at Georgia College’s Sallie Ellis Davis House . They reveal a time when African American men enlisted, answering the call to defend their country, but were often met with discrimination and put in segregated units. ...Later this spring, the posters will act as an educational springboard for students to get involved. Chemistry students concentrating in forensics will use scanning technology—a digital colorimeter—to detect light properties and types of ink and pigment, most likely toxic, that were used to make the posters. ...Using data from chemistry students, art majors will recreate exact colors from the past. Then a limited-edition series of replicated posters will be printed on aluminum plates with non-toxic materials.“This is a great dovetailing of art, chemistry and history,” Forrest said, “and how the liberal arts experience taps into all these things and creates engagement with the community and a sharing of knowledge.” _________________________________________________ ART HISTORY PROFESSOR’S RESEARCH ON RELIGIOUS ART TO BE PART OF AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION Dr. Elissa Auerbach, an art history professor at Georgia College & State University , is an expert in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish religious art. Auerbach’s research will now be part of an exhibit in Amsterdam, honoring the 350th anniversary death of poet and Calvinist preacher, Willem Sluiter (1627-73). The display coincides with a symposium scheduled for December at Vrije Universiteit, a public research university in Amsterdam. _________________________________________________ 2023 Underwood House Gallery Exhibit Natural History Recomposed: New Paintings by T. David Downs , September 7 - October 19, 2023 _________________________________________________ 2023 Leland Gallery at Ennis Hall Exhibit Sergio Suarez: As a Revelation, Time Presents Itself… , August 21-September 14, 2023 _________________________________________________ RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER AND ALUMNUS KNOWS THE SECRET BEHIND COMPELLING PHOTOS In May 2022, the town of Uvalde, Texas, became known for a tragic mass school shooting. A year later, Rolling Stone covered the Mariachi team —comprised of high school students and their instructor—who used music to help alter the unsettled feeling of the residents. José Ibarra Rizo, ’14, captured it all through the lens of his camera. _________________________________________________ SPOTLIGHT ON GRADUATING SENIOR, ASHLYN CORKERY: PURSUING POTTERY AND THE HANDMADE OBJECT – LELAND GALLERY Ashlyn began her ceramic studies right smack in the middle of our annus horribilis (2020) but still pursued her vision to create ceramic tableware designs with that GC stick-to-it focus we like. Her senior capstone exhibit in Leland Gallery is evidence of her passion and interest in function, play, and creative tableware. _________________________________________________ DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS AND MODERNIZES THE HUMANITIES You might remember writing a research paper for class. Perhaps you included a chart or timeline, a poster or picture to jazz it up. Today, digital technology has moved humanities off dusty shelves into a fast-paced, modern world—making literature history language philosophy and religion courses more interactive, fun and visually appealing. _________________________________________________ Department of Art hosts the 2023 NAHS Leadership Conference This two-day conference will include workshops, demonstrations, and presentations for 100 undeclared high school art students held in the Department of Art studios and on campus, January 20-21, 2023. Georgia College art students create watercolor prints for kids in Cameroon Georgia College was one of 30 schools and universities nationwide to participate in the Cameroon effort through the international nonprofit, “The Memory Project.” _________________________________________________ Senior Art Majors to participate in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Senior students Jenna Bryson, Ruth Hagler and Stephanie Johnson will be participating in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 12-14, 2021. Their abstracts submission has also been accepted into Georgia College Student Research Conference held on March 26. During their GC conference presentation held earlier today, Jenna Bryson and Ruth Hagler were selected among 6 other presenters to represent Georgia College at the virtual Southeast Regional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Conference to be held on April 10. Jenna Bryson SEIZURE – A Safety Protocol & Data Collection Application Ruth Hagler Interface for Mobile Application to Assist Pet Owners Stephanie Johnson “Trakr,” a Mobile Application Design to Improve Consistency and Efficiency of Pet Care _________________________________________________ Fall 2020 President's Purchase Award winners are announced Works by Michelle Gibson and Thuy West have been selected as the fall 2020 President's Purchase Award winners and will be added to the Georgia College permanent art collection. _________________________________________________ Fall 2020 Capstone Exhibition, Resilience Fine art studio and graphic design students of the Class of 2020 present their Fall 2020 Senior Capstone exhibition, Resilience , November 16, 2020 through January 20, 2021 as a virtual exhibition, available at gcsu-art.com. Works include pieces from a wide variety of mediums and showcases our students' research over the past year of capstone studies. Exhibitors: Michelle Gibson, Jessica Hendrix, Parker Kelly, Kent Miller, and Thuy West. _________________________________________________ Fall 2020 Leland Gallery and MoFA Exhibits postponed to later term In effort to lessen the spread the spread of COVID-19 and protect our students, patrons, and GC community, the Department of Art has opted to defer all in-person exhibitions until a later term.  Please follow the Frontpage Events Calendar for notices of virtual events, and please save the date for the Online Senior Capstone Exhibition which opens November 16 at gcsu-art.com. We are grateful for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at future events. Thank you. _________________________________________________ Spring 2020 President's Purchase Award winners are announced Works by Jacalyn Carper, Chloe Keadle, and Ansel Moore have been selected as the spring 2020 President's Purchase Award winners and will be added to the Georgia College permanent art collection. _________________________________________________ Spring 2020 Art graduate, Raasha Gutierrez, is featured in the Georgia College Honors newsletter "Raasha Gutierrez, a senior art history major, interned with the Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Gallery this summer. The GC liberal arts education enabled Raasha to pursue her passions of art, psychology, and research, and the GC faculty had a major impact on encouraging her to apply" _________________________________________________ Spring 2020 Capstone Exhibition, Visceral Fine art studio and graphic design students of the Class of 2020 present their Senior Capstone exhibition, Visceral , April 20 through September 30, 2020 as a virtual exhibition, available at gcsu-art.com. Works include pieces from a wide variety of mediums: Sculpture, Art Installation, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics, and Graphic Design. Exhibitors: Jacalyn Carper, Morgan Drawdy, Raasha Gutierrez, Haley  Janes, Chloe Keadle, Sierra Kirsche, Ashley Kobbe, Jenny Mclure, Alyssa Mccarley, Jonathan Masters, Ansel Moore, Emily Parker, Janet Sanchez, Sara Turner, Lindsey Watts, and Zade Zafar _________________________________________________ Necessary adjustments to the spring 2020 event schedule In order to quell the spread of COVID-19, the University System of Georgia has mandated that all institutions in its system move to online instruction for the remainder of the semester. Unfortunately, that means the Department of Art needs to cancel the remaining exhibitions and programs planned for the spring 2020 semester. We are grateful for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at future events. Thank you. _________________________________________________ Art students to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, March 26-28, 2020 Art students design, make and manufacture virtual-reality board games A unique collaboration between students of art history and design has resulted in eight digitally-connected board games with real boards, plastic pieces, instructions, info cards and a box—all manufactured by a real company. Games are being unveiled this month and will be on display on the first floor of Ennis Hall, through Wednesday, Dec. 11. _________________________________________________ GC Ceramics Art Students topped the charts again with their Empty Bowls charity event Thanks go out to the Georgia College community for generosity and service -- donations through the GC ceramics students' event, "Empty Bowls" exceeded last year's and greatly helps those served by the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. _________________________________________________ Graphic design students' proposals accepted for NCUR conference Two of Georgia College graphic design students' proposals were accepted to the 2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). The conference will be held at the University of Central Oklahoma April 4 -7, 2018. _________________________________________________ Students share art of ceramics, give back to charity Senior biology major Emmy Thornsberry knew her love of ceramics would continue into college. _________________________________________________ Class of 2021: Student finds right fit for his passion for graphic design Incoming first-year student Kelvin Gonzalez was sold on two things when he first visited Georgia College: the possibility to study graphic design through an art major and the small class sizes. _________________________________________________ Student's artwork lands limited-edition merchandise Art therapy graduate student Kelly Self created "Artsy Bobcat," which will be available in T-shirts, prints and coffee mugs at the university's bookstore by the week of Homecoming. _________________________________________________ Alumni artists from 1937 to 2014 celebrate the opening of Ennis Hall The first art exhibition held in the newly renovated and reopened Ennis Hall, titled "1937 to 2014", brings together generations of Georgia College alumni artists. Department of Art 102 Ennis Hall | Campus Box 094 Milledgeville, GA 31061 Phone: (478) 445-4572 Fax: (478) 445-6088