Saturdays at Todd

Visiting Artist Laura Bigger

Jul 14, 2018 [ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR]
1:00pm-3:00pm
355, Andrew L. Todd Hall (TODD)

If you do not have an MTSU account, please call 615-542-6368 or email gallery@mtsu.edu to enroll.

This faculty led initiative was designed to expand our community engagement in and around Murfreesboro. 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 participate and lead demonstrations. They answer questions and offer insight into context, technique, and concept.

Exhibit openings in our main gallery and each student space are scheduled on Saturdays to encourage community and alumni attendance while providing greater access to our facilities and programs.

Activities include all ages in interactive workshops, lectures, and exhibits. Through open discussion about artwork and the role of the artist in communities, we will demonstrate  the importance of arts education while fostering a culture of support for the Arts in Tennessee.

All workshops are located in Todd Hall Room 224A except where otherwise noted.

 

More Details

Laura Bigger received her MFA with an emphasis in printmaking from the University of Minnesota in 2013. Her work investigates humanity's relationship to food, animals, and ecosystems. Prior to graduate school, Bigger spent several months in New Zealand where she lived and worked on a family farm that operated under a permaculture model -- sustainable agriculture based on natural eco-systems. This experience led her to further investigate the intersection of biology and art, especially sustainable systems. Bigger's MFA thesis addressed self-sustaining food practices in the upper Midwest. She is now Assistant Professor of Art at Truman State University.

Bigger's workshop will focus on monotype printmaking while learning to experiment with ink and color.

Questions–contact Todd Art Gallery Preparator Rick Rishaw, 615-898-5653.

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