Art

Art  MURAL  EXHIBIT

Iron Brush Mural Company Completes Colorful Work on Walnut Street

THE ARTIST MOMS OF THE IRON BRUSH MURAL COMPANY, Cara Brown and Cynthia Wallace, completed their latest outdoor creation in late July, and the colorful artwork quickly became a popular photo backdrop near downtown Murfreesboro.

The mural, on the building of Catron & Fowler, Attorneys at Law, 303 N. Walnut St., features the three stars of Tennessee placed upon nine planks of various colors.

“We love getting to add beauty and color to our hometown,” the duo posted from the Iron Brush Mural Company Facebook account on July 23 in celebration of the work’s completion.

Find more work in Murfreesboro from The Iron Brush Mural Company at Donut Country, Rocket Shirts, Garage Barre and New Vision Baptist Church; learn more or contact the artists at ironbrushmurals.com or by calling 615-900-5580.

 “Moving Mountains” by Savannah Phouthavong, paint, fabric and spray paint on canvas “Ghostbusters Ghost Cluster”  by Tony Rodriguez, digital media

Biennial 2020 Showcases Work From MTSU Faculty

MTSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN WILL PRESENT AN EXHIBITION of selected works by faculty members entitled Biennial 2020: A Faculty Exhibition of Art and Design. Scheduled in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, the exhibit opens the department’s upcoming fall exhibit calendar and will be in place Aug. 24–Oct. 17, 2020.

Representing the department’s course areas of art education, foundations, graphic design, illustration and studio art, which includes ceramics, painting, print media and sculpture, the Biennial showcases an outstanding fusion of art from Art and Design’s many components. A partial list of participants includes Erin Anfi nson, Michael Baggarly, Stefanie Cobb, Douglas Dabbs, Kimberly Dummons, Kelsey Duncan, Nicole Foran, Jarrod Houghton, Noël Lorson, Mark Mcleod, Paige Medlock, Jean Nagy, Kathleen O’Connell, Sisavanh Phouthavong, Tony Rodriguez, Nicholas Satinover, Sheri Selph, Stephanie Simkin and Tanya Tewell.

The exhibit is multipurposed in its presentation. It introduces the artwork of newer faculty to art and design students. More broadly, it serves as an update to the ever-evolving artistry of the department’s senior professors so that art students, the campus community and the public have the opportunity to witness an exceptional and expressive statement of contemporary visual art at MTSU.

Organizers intend for this “Sediment Sentiment” exhibit to engage its viewby Nicholas Satinover ers, whether they be university students or lifelong learners in what Dr. Paige Medlock, art education, sees as visual art’s cultural signifi cance, creating a space where viewers can pause, refl ect and shift the way they see themselves, their context, the artwork and the artist’s context, and potentially allow a new perspective to shed light on thinking and being in the world.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. For parking, directions and more information, contact 615-898-5532 or eric.snyder@mtsu.edu.