Born through the power of a mishap, an unavoidable accident, a glitch will somehow almost always produce our best work. When you are forced to take a step back and reevaluate, you gain a new perspective. GLITCH celebrates that.
Submit any student work, glitchy or not, created between January 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025. We're looking for all sorts of work in all categories of design! Winners will be selected by a jury of professional designers and showcased in an exhibition at Mississippi State’s Visual Arts Center, February 14th, 2025.
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CATEGORIES
*choose all that apply
Branding/Packaging (including logos, visual identity systems, branding collateral, brand guides/brand, brand videos, product shots, dielines, etc.)
Book/Publication Design (including book covers, magazine spreads, etc.)
Advertising (including single print ads and multimedia campaigns containing print, billboards, commercials/video campaigns, social media ads, guerrilla ads, etc.)
Illustration (single entry or campaigns including digital, painting, photo composites, concept drawings, stand-alone illustrations, illustrated posters, etc.)
Typography (including typeface design, hand lettering, type posters, experimental type, etc.)
Interactive (including multimedia pieces such as websites, app design, interactive videos, creative coding, etc.)
Photography (including stand alone photography or any project with a particular focus on photography as a design element.)
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ENTRY FEE
$10 for one entry (a campaign counts as one entry; one project per entry please)
Please submit your payment through Submittable. You may also email apohl@caad.msstate.edu if you have any payment questions.
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ELIGIBILITY
Undergraduate and graduate school projects, freelance, and pro bono work created by students between the dates of 1/31/24 and 1/1/25 are eligible.
Mississippi State students are welcome to enter, as the judging will be blind.
All applicants will receive an email regarding acceptance/rejection status.
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EXHIBITION
MSU AIGA will have a physical exhibition to honor all of our GLITCH winners. We’ll exhibit the Best in Show piece, the Best in Category pieces, and all honorable mentions in each category.
The show will be up at the Visual Arts Center located at 808 University Drive, Starkville, MS 39759. A reception will be held on opening night, to award the winners and showcase the pieces, on February 14th, 2025.
By submitting to the MSU Student Juried Exhibition, I agree that the work(s) submitted are original to myself and made by me. I understand and agree that the Department of Art may use my name and the image of my artwork on its website, social media, press releases, and any published or internal documents with proper credit to myself (the artist).
February 7th, 2025, 5:00-7:00pm
This Read-In is hosted by Dr J. Janice Coleman, The MSU Department of Art and Art Galleries, The Black Prairie Blues Museum, Mississippi State University Faculty and Students, and the greater Golden Triangle community.
There is space in the program for 30-40 presenters. The Read-In will take place at The Black Prairie Blues Museum in West Point, MS.
GUIDELINES:
- First and Last name of presenter
- Title and credits of Read-in Material
- up to 5 Minutes per presentation
- No presenting/reading from phones, material must be read from printed paper or orated.
- Presented material can be in any form but can include:
- Reading material such as literature, poetry, short stories, etc.
- Visual material such as short films, works of art, photography, slideshows, etc.
- Audio material such as singing, audio recordings, instrumentals, etc.
- See below for more info and examples of Read-In material.
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What is a Read-In?
During the month of February, schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, community and professional organizations, and interested citizens are urged to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month by hosting an African American Read-In. Hosting an event can be as simple as bringing together friends to share a book or as elaborate as arranging public readings and media presentations that feature professional African American writers.
What do you do for an African American Read-In?
The format of these events varies widely, but all events have a few things in common:
- Texts written by African American authors are shared.
- Participants either listen to or provide the readings.
- A count is taken of who attends, and that count is documented in the “report card” as a measure of the global reach of this program each year.
Beyond these commonalities, events have included:
- Readings by authors
- Poetry slams
- Musical acts, performances, reenactments, or plays
- Film screenings including discussions of paired texts
- A common reading in advance of a single text, like a book club
- Writing or art-making and the sharing of that by participants
- Featured guests such as local leaders or community heroes
- Book drives to collect books by African American authors to share with schools
- Activities for young children (e.g., bedtime stories)
- Media coverage to raise the profile of local authors
- Ongoing community outreach after the event that spreads the love of literacy
- Awards of recognition for African American authors within the community
More information and resources can be found here:
African American Read-In Toolkit
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Contact:
Dixie Boswell
MSU Exhibition & Gallery Coordinator
dboswell@caad.msstate.edu
Location:
Black Prairie Blues Museum
640 Commerce Street
West Point, MS 39773
Read-In schedule:
Doors open: 4:30pm
Read-In: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
This annual student juried exhibit celebrates the achievements of participating Mississippi State University undergraduate students and recognizes outstanding student work in four categories: Foundation, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography.
ELIGIBILITY
Any MSU undergraduate student enrolled in any art class during 2024 is eligible to enter. Submitted works must be completed within the last year and not accepted into past MSU juried art exhibitions. All artwork must be original. Works created in Graphic Design courses must be entered into the GRAPHIC DESIGN category not the Fine Art, Foundations, or Photography category. Please double-check that you are submitting to the correct category.
ENTRY FEES
$5.00 fee per entry.
The fee for entries must be paid at time of submission. By entering the competition you agree to pay all associated entry fees. Entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
SUBMISSIONS
Students are responsible for assigning works into their proper category. The site is not responsible for works listed into the wrong category. Students will be charged regardless. Please assign works into their proper categories!
EACH WORK IS A SEPARATE SUBMISSION. DO NOT submit several works under one entry. None of the entries will be considered if you do this. You may choose to indicate that each piece is part of a series by title - "Series Title: Name of Individual Piece."
PRICING
Works accepted into the exhibition may be priced for sale and the Department of Art will put potential buyers in contact with the student artist. Please calculate your price to include cost of materials, hours, and framing or display hardware costs. Pricing will be taken from submission and cannot be changed. If you do not wish to sell your art, please make sure to enter NFS in the "Pricing" field.
IMAGES
Digital images in JPEG format faithfully representing original work will be judged for admission to the Student Juried Competition. All 2-D work will be represented by one image. 3-D work will be represented by one image and up to two detail images and labeled as detail. Images must be 250 to 300 DPI resolution. Images of work should be color corrected, cropped, and in-focus.
FINAL EXHIBITION Students will be notified through email if their work(s) are accepted or not. Mississippi State’s Department of Art plans to present its MSU Student Juried Exhibition in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery in March 2025 (after MSU Spring Break). To see examples of previous years' accepted works visit the 48th MSU Student Juried Exhibition online. For more on the gallery and to learn about all our exhibitions and programming, visit caad.msstate.edu/exhibitions or follow on Facebook and Instagram. Please email and questions to msuartgalleries@msstate.edu.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS CATEGORY ARE FOUNDATION WORK ONLY.
Works in the Foundation category must come from the following Foundation level courses: DESIGN I, DESIGN II, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN, DRAWING I, DRAWING II, INTRO TO COMPUTING FOR ART. All other work MUST be entered into Fine Art, Photography, OR Graphic Design categories. See website homepage for each separate entry form. About the competition: This annual student juried exhibit celebrates the achievements of participating Mississippi State University undergraduate students and recognizes outstanding student work in four categories: Foundation, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography. ELIGIBILITY Any MSU undergraduate student enrolled in any art class during 2024 is eligible to enter. Submitted works must be completed within the last year and not accepted into past MSU juried art exhibitions. All artwork must be original. Works in the Foundation category must come from Foundation level courses: DESIGN I, DESIGN II, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN, DRAWING I, DRAWING II, INTRO TO COMPUTING FOR ART. ENTRY FEES
$5.00 fee for each entry
The fee for entries must be paid at time of submission. By entering the competition you agree to pay all associated entry fees. Entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. SUBMISSIONS
Students are responsible for assigning works into their proper category. The site is not responsible for works listed into the wrong category. Students will be charged regardless. Please assign works into their proper categories!
EACH WORK IS A SEPARATE SUBMISSION.
DO NOT submit several works under one entry. Series work: Submit each work in a series as a SEPARATE work. For example, if submitting three images in a series, you must submit as three separate entries. You may choose to indicate that each piece is part of a series by title - "Series Title: Name of Individual Piece."
IMAGES
Digital images in JPEG format faithfully representing original work will be judged for admission to the Student Juried Competition. All 2-D work will be represented by one image. 3-D work will be represented by one image and up to two detail images and labeled as detail. Images must be 250 to 300 DPI resolution, color corrected, cropped, and in focus.
PRICING
Works accepted into the exhibition may be priced for sale and the Department of Art will put potential buyers in contact with the student artist. hen pricing your work, please calculate total cost of materials, time, and cost of framing or display hardware into your final price. If you do not wish to sell your art, please make sure to enter NFS in the "Pricing" field.
FINAL EXHIBITION Students will be notified through email if their work(s) are accepted or not. Mississippi State’s Department of Art plans to present its MSU Student Juried Exhibition in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery in March 2025 (after MSU Spring Break). To see examples of previous years' accepted works visit the 48th MSU Student Juried Exhibition online. For more on the gallery and to learn about all our exhibitions and programming, visit caad.msstate.edu/exhibitions or follow on Facebook and Instagram. Please email and questions to msuartgalleries@msstate.edu.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS CATEGORY ARE FINE ART ONLY. All other work MUST be entered into Fine Art, Photography, OR Graphic Design categories. See website homepage for each separate entry form.
About the competition: This annual student juried exhibit celebrates the achievements of participating Mississippi State University undergraduate students and recognizes outstanding student work in four categories: Foundation, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography. ELIGIBILITY Any MSU undergraduate student enrolled in any art class during 2024 is eligible to enter. Submitted works must be completed within the last year and not accepted into past MSU juried art exhibitions. All artwork must be original. Works in the FINE ART category must come from courses above foundation levels.
ENTRY FEES
$5.00 fee for each entry
The fee for entries must be paid at time of submission. By entering the competition you agree to pay all associated entry fees. Entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
SUBMISSIONS
Students are responsible for assigning works into their proper category. The site is not responsible for works listed into the wrong category. Students will be charged regardless. Please assign works into their proper categories!
EACH WORK IS A SEPARATE SUBMISSION. DO NOT submit several works under one entry. Series work: Submit each work in a series as a SEPARATE work. For example, if submitting three images in a series, you must submit as three separate entries. You may choose to indicate that each piece is part of a series by title - "Series Title: Name of Individual Piece."
IMAGES
Digital images in JPEG format faithfully representing original work will be judged for admission to the Student Juried Competition. All 2-D work will be represented by one image. 3-D work will be represented by one image and up to two detail images and labeled as detail. Images must be 250 to 300 DPI resolution, color corrected, cropped, and in focus.
PRICING
Works accepted into the exhibition may be priced for sale and the Department of Art will put potential buyers in contact with the student artist. hen pricing your work, please calculate total cost of materials, time, and cost of framing or display hardware into your final price. If you do not wish to sell your art, please make sure to enter NFS in the "Pricing" field.
FINAL EXHIBITION Students will be notified through email if their work(s) are accepted or not. Mississippi State’s Department of Art plans to present its MSU Student Juried Exhibition in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery in March 2024 (after MSU Spring Break). To see examples of previous years' accepted works visit the 48th MSU Student Juried Exhibition online. For more on the gallery and to learn about all our exhibitions and programming, visit caad.msstate.edu/exhibitions or follow on Facebook and Instagram. Please email and questions to msuartgalleries@msstate.edu.
This annual student juried exhibit celebrates the achievements of participating Mississippi State University undergraduate students and recognizes outstanding student work in four categories: Foundation, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography.
ELIGIBILITY
Any MSU undergraduate student enrolled in any art class during 2024 is eligible to enter. Submitted works must be completed within the last year and not accepted into past MSU juried art exhibitions. All artwork must be original. Works created in Graphic Design courses must be entered into the PHOTOGRAPHY category not the Fine Art, Foundations, or Graphic Design category. Please double-check that you are submitting to the correct category.
ENTRY FEES
$5.00 fee per entry.
The fee for entries must be paid at time of submission. By entering the competition you agree to pay all associated entry fees. Entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
SUBMISSIONS
Students are responsible for assigning works into their proper category. The site is not responsible for works listed into the wrong category. Students will be charged regardless. Please assign works into their proper categories!
EACH WORK IS A SEPARATE SUBMISSION. DO NOT submit several works under one entry. None of the entries will be considered if you do this. You may choose to indicate that each piece is part of a series by title - "Series Title: Name of Individual Piece."
PRICING
Works accepted into the exhibition may be priced for sale and the Department of Art will put potential buyers in contact with the student artist. Please calculate your price to include cost of materials, hours, and framing or display hardware costs. Pricing will be taken from submission and cannot be changed. If you do not wish to sell your art, please make sure to enter NFS in the "Pricing" field.
IMAGES
Digital images in JPEG format faithfully representing original work will be judged for admission to the Student Juried Competition. All 2-D work will be represented by one image. 3-D work will be represented by one image and up to two detail images and labeled as detail. Images must be 250 to 300 DPI resolution. Images of work should be color corrected, cropped, and in-focus.
FINAL EXHIBITION Students will be notified through email if their work(s) are accepted or not. Mississippi State’s Department of Art plans to present its MSU Student Juried Exhibition in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery in March 2025 (after MSU Spring Break). To see examples of previous years' accepted works visit the 48th MSU Student Juried Exhibition online. For more on the gallery and to learn about all our exhibitions and programming, visit caad.msstate.edu/exhibitions or follow on Facebook and Instagram. Please email and questions to msuartgalleries@msstate.edu.
Call to Artists
Applications are now being collected for 2023 and 2024 Artist in Residence Program dates.
About the Residency
The MSU-Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist-In-Residence Program is a partnership with the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi State University Department of Art, and the Friends of the Noxubee Refuge with support from the Starkville Area Arts Council.
Located at the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, the Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers, and visual artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the Refuge's inspiring landscape and wildlife.
As father of the Federal Duck Stamp Program, founder of the National Wildlife Federation “Ding” Darling and his artwork laid the groundwork for the systems of today’s National Wildlife Refuges. Today, painters, writers, sculptors, musicians, composers, and performing artists continue to be inspired by and document our national landscapes with contemporary approaches and techniques. Artists are needed to translate the national wildlife refuges' purpose, as a place where wildlife comes first, into images and other forms of art that bring enjoyment and a deeper understanding of the refuges.
Requirements
Selected artists stay on the Refuge in a house in a gated area of the Refuge for two to four weeks in which they perform their research, enjoy hiking Refuge trails, and canoeing and kayaking on 650-acre Bluff Lake.
Public Programs: Artists are required to plan and host two programs open to the public (approx. 45-min each). Programming may include a combination of presentations, demonstrations, workshops, exploratory walks, performances, or meet and greets. Outreach interaction can be tailored to an individual artist's medium, interest, and experience and uses only a few hours of one’s stay. Artists must provide their own supplies and equipment for these presentations. Following their appointment as Artist-In-Residence, artists are encouraged to give additional public presentations in their home communities about their residency experiences.
Artwork Donations: Selected artists participating in the Artist-In-Residence Program are asked to donate to the Refuge an original piece of work from, and representative of, their residency in Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. This piece will serve to promote and celebrate the refuge and its wildlife. Donated artwork must be received no later than one year after an artist's residency.
Artists are required to provide the copyright for this artwork to the Fish and Wildlife Service and Mississippi State University. The Fish and Wildlife Service and Mississippi State University will not allow the commercial use of any donated artwork once accessioned into the program's collection. Artwork may be used in exhibits and for educational purposes by Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi State University, or Friends of Noxubee Refuge nonprofit cooperating association for their products.
1. The artist retains a royalty-free, nonexclusive use license under the copyright of the art.
2. The Fish and Wildlife Service owns the artwork and the rights to reproduce it. Under those rights, the artist has a license to make use of the artwork for his or her purposes. When artists reproduce artwork for their own purposes, publication information will include the language: "This work was produced under the Mississippi State University-Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist in Residence program”
These creative works will be exhibited as frequently as possible and shared with the public through other appropriate means. Donated pieces not used for long-term use within the program's collection will be displayed and may be available for purchase at Friends of Noxubee Refuge gift shop. All proceeds from these sales will be used for continued support of the Artist in Residence program.
How to Apply
Applications for the program are accepted throughout the year. Applicants submit digital files of recent work, a statement of purpose with proposal of research, and digital CV or resume of artistic and/or professional experiences. Applicants must indicate in their proposal the two- to four- week period they wish to perform their residency. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications at least 5 months prior to the preferred start date of their residence.
The Selection Process: A panel consisting of staff from Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee NWR, Mississippi State University Department of Art, and Friends of Noxubee Refuge will review applications. Selection is based on artistic merit, the statement of purpose, appropriateness to a national wildlife refuge residency, and availability of housing during the proposed time period provided by the artist.
For questions please contact the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Manager at 662-323-5548.
To learn more about the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge visit https://www.fws.gov/refuge/noxubee/
To learn more about the MSU Department of Art visit https://www.caad.msstate.edu/academics/majors/art
For Current Covid Policies please visit the Mississippi State Department of Health website.
Past Artists in Residence:
- Caitlin Albritton https://caitlinalbritton.com/
- Diane Baker
- Jenny Balisle http://jennyebalisle.com/
- Douglas Barrett
- Caetlynn Booth https://www.caetlynnbooth.com/
- Darren Cheairs
- Tom Cowsert
- Elin de Jong https://elinwanderlust.com/
- Aubrey Edwards http://aubreyedwards.com/
- Nancy Mizuno Elliott http://www.nancymizunoelliott.com
- Barbara Fedeler
- Dr. Gillian Furniss, Ed. D
- Joseph Garland
- Katerie Gladdys
- Jake Hebbert https://j-a-hebbert.com/
- Kathryn Hunter http://www.kathrynhunterfineart.com/
- Jordan Knight
- Marian McLellan
- Shelby Nichols
- Michael Roy “birdcap”
- Kara Von Kanel
- Tyson Washburn http://www.tysonwashburn.com/
- Robin Whitfield http://www.robinwhitfield.com/
- Lilly Zuckerman
Watch past Artist in Residence Gillian Furniss talk to MSU Gallery Director Lori Neuenfeldt about her time at the Refuge.
As part of the Articulation Agreement between Mississippi Junior and Community Colleges and the state’s four-year universities, the following courses will automatically transfer. A grade of “C” or better is required in each course in order for it to be accepted by the Department of Art:
- ART 1213 Drawing I
- ART 1223 Drawing II
- ART 1123 Design I (2-D)
- ART 1133 Design II (Color)
- ART 1013 Art History I
- ART 1023 Art History II
- ART 1153 3D Design.
A Foundations Professor or Academic Records Assistant may advise the student to retake one or more courses, if doing so will improve the student’s technique and/or skill level and increase their chances of a successful Concentration Portfolio Review.
To receive transfer credit for art classes not covered by the articulation agreement between Mississippi junior and community colleges, students must:
1. Attach a PDF document that includes syllabi or catalog descriptions for each of the courses that you wish to transfer.
2. Upload high quality images of the work that was created in each course; you must have a minimum of 75% of the coursework from each course.
3. Label your artwork files according to this example: lastname_course_piece#.jpg, ex. jones_painting_piece3.jpg
- Images in your transfer portfolio should show your artwork in the best possible light.
- Photograph your artwork on a neutral background under even light - no dark shadows or extreme highlights.
- Images should be a minimum file size of 72dpi.
Each class not covered by the articulation agreement must be approved by the coordinator of the area in which the course falls under: Foundations, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting, Ceramics, Graphic Design or Art History. If the transfer credit is not approved, the student must enroll in the MSU art course in order to receive required credits.
To view MSU student work from each course click here: http://www.caad.msstate.edu/art/studentwork.php
If you have any questions or concerns about the process please contact:
Shannon Bacot
Academic Advisor
sbacot@caad.msstate.edu
662.325.8590