Jonesboro Times

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