Arkansas State University issued the following announcement on Jan 5.
Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) and regional high schools worked together to produce the seventh “Inspired” exhibition, which opens with a public reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13. Bradbury Art Museum is in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr., on the campus of Arkansas State University.
Each fall, local area high school students are invited to participate in an interactive tour of Bradbury Art Museum. The students then create artwork and write artist statements that are influenced by the works on view at that time. A juror makes selections to be exhibited in the annual “Inspired” exhibition.
All works within “Inspired 7” were created in response to BAM’s previous exhibition, “Legends.”
The juror for “Inspired 7” is Peter Kuper, whose work can be seen in The New Yorker, The Nation, and Mad Magazine. Kuper has lectured extensively throughout the world, has taught comics and illustration courses at Parsons and The School of Visual Arts, and also conducted Harvard’s first class dedicated to graphic novels. He is the 2020-21 Jean Strouse Fellow at The New York Public Library’s Cullman Center.
In a juror’s statement, Kuper stated, “The problem I encountered was the quantity of really top-notch work. Choosing what to include and award was confounding since there were more choices than the terms of selection allow. The three top choices and the merit awards were a further quandary since there were so many fine pieces that were worthy of that distinction.”
Several awards will be given and will be displayed on tags next to the awarded works. Included in the exhibition are works by 51 students from nine schools:
Annie Camp Jr. High
DaJah Vincent, 9th
Erin Bryan, 9th
Kaylee McCullough, 9th
Sakkaora Hampton, 9th
Bay High School
Addison Staggs, 10th
Cassidy Powers, 12th
Chandly Bradley, 12th
Gabriella Hillis, 10th
Hannah Pierce, 11th
Jade Dougherty, 12th
Lily Blalock, 12th
Madison Brand, 12th
Maggie Long, 12th
Brookland High School
Anna Galbraith, 12th
Cedar Ridge High School
Alex Sanchez, 11th
Ashley Brinkley, 12th
Lauren Klindworth, 12th
Harrisburg High School
Devin Hutchison, 9th
Emily Holland, 12th
Kaley Wake, 11th
Kaylee Correa, 11th
Lance Collins, 11th
Lillian Wilson, 11th
Maggie Hogue, 10th
Maria Guzman, 9th
Molly Bates, 12th
Nadia Farmer, 10th
Nala Wallace, 12th
Natalie Smith, 10th
Sadey Bowen, 11th
Vivian Morgan, 10th
Jonesboro High School
Anny Victoriano, 12th
Brian Holmes, 12th
James Taylor, 11th
Nettleton High School
David Hughes, 12th
Gwen Oliver, 10th
Le’Marion Burgess, 11th
Alysee Carter, 11th
Piggott High School
Lexi Rigdon, 10th
Valley View High School
Anh Nguyen, 12th
Brianna Webster-Serpico, 12th
Courtney Brickey, 11th
Gracey James, 11th
Josiah Kuizin, 11th
Kaylee Brown, 12th
Laura Amorim, 11th
Lauren Box, 10th
Margaret Gao, 11th
Molly Findley, 12th
Sydney Woodard, 11th
Jegs Antonio, 11th
Admission to the museum is free. The exhibition continues through Wednesday, Feb. 2. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. For additional information about the exhibition, one may visit BAM online at BradburyArtMuseum.org or call (870) 972 3765.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Arkansas State University
