Local MSU students honored in 'non-artist' classroom challenge
Contact: Leah Barbour
Photo by: Megan Bean
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Eighteen Mississippi State students are top winners of a unique non-artist art competition taking place in a university course.
Thirteen of the group are Mississippians, two represent Alabama and one each comes from Florida, Tennessee and Texas.
They were among nearly 100 students enrolled during the concluding spring semester in four sections of a history of arts and crafts course.
Taught by instructor Angie Latham, the course is part of the College of Education curriculum in its instructional systems and workforce development department.
In addition to learning about art through the ages, Latham's students were asked to create pieces in one of five categories: multimedia, personal choice, slip-cast models, stained glass and textiles. In recognition of the great 19th-century textile artist William Morris, top winners in textiles received the William Morris Award.
All recently were displayed during the final week of classes in a departmental exhibition. The first-place winners included (by category and hometown):
MULTIMEDIA
CLINTON--Nicholas J. "Nick" Pace, a senior biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee--Mary A. Smith, a sophomore microbiology major.
FLOWER MOUND, Texas--Madison A. Rice, a sophomore biological science major.
YAZOO CITY--Chastitie L. "Chas" Polk, a senior biochemistry/science major.
PERSONAL CHOICE
BRANDON--Mallory K. Cadenhead, a senior communication/public relations major.
CLINTON--Audrey Anne Estess, a junior liberal arts major.
HATTIESBURG--Zachary B. Johnson, a freshman liberal arts major.
PRATTVILLE, Alabama--Miranda F. Paulk, a sophomore building construction science major.
SLIP-CAST MODELS
LONG BEACH--Sean E. Lansdale, a senior industrial technology/industrial automation major.
MANTACHIE--Molly C. Marlin, a senior interdisciplinary studies major.
PHILADELPHIA--Tabby L. Eakes, a sophomore elementary education/middle school studies major.
STAINED GLASS
PACE, Florida--Cecelia L. "Celia" Andreo, a sophomore food science, nutrition and health/food and nutrition major.
PHILADELPHIA--Brittany E. Lipsey, a senior marketing major.
THEODORE, Alabama--Dillon T. Daggett, a junior agricultural engineering technology and business/enterprise management major.
WILLIAM MORRIS TEXTILE AWARD
BILOXI--Bianca N. Quade, a sophomore biochemistry/pre-medicine major.
JACKSON--Rebecca L. Hardee, a freshman biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.
MAGNOLIA--Dallas Q. McClendon, a sophomore business economics major.
RIDGELAND--Yen "Haley" Nguyen, a senior biochemistry/pre-dental studies major.
More information about the instructional systems and workforce development department is found at www.iswd.msstate.edu.
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