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For Immediate Release: March 29, 2009
GSU’s Dunbar Art Gallery to feature senior art shows
GRAMBLING, La. -- Grambling State University’s Dunbar Gallery will feature the works of two senior art majors, Tamarrow Wilson and Tiffany Grant, from March 30 through April 24.
Students create proposals for works to be completed in their junior and senior years at GSU. These works in then are submitted for jury by a faculty panel and the best works produced by each student are chose to be shown in their senior exhibitions.
Tamarrow Wilson has been interested in creating art since the age of 11. A native of Monroe, she has always been interested in sculpture and being able to transform natural materials into art. While attending Grambling State University she became interested in clay as a medium for expression. “I begin each piece by visualizing what I wish to create, sometimes doing sketches and sometimes just following my creative intuition,” Wilson said. “The form of the piece is inspired by the materials that I am using as well as my research into the masks of various cultures.”
Wilson said she focuses on the eyes and mouth of when creating the masks because they are the most expressive of the features.
Tiffany Grant’s work is a combination of traditional photography and works created via photo manipulation.
“I have always believed that a picture is truly worth a thousand words. Any given image can convey several different meanings depending on how you see it,” Grant said. “In my photography I love to capture life as it appears naturally then make alterations to the images to enhance or change the meaning conveyed.” Her major inspiration comes from music and nature. For Grant, music is the soundtrack to her creative efforts.
A reception for the artists will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday in Dunbar Gallery located in Dunbar Hall on Hutchinson Street. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Accommodations are available for large groups and people with special needs. For more information please call 318-274-2274.
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