Gootee, Lippillo photos selected for exhibition
TOP: "Mom's Last Birthday" by Marita Gootee, and BOTTOM: "Girl Wearing Dress" by Dominic Lippillo
Photographic creations by two art department faculty members at Mississippi State are part of an exhibition through June 24 at Laurel's Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
One piece by university professor Marita Gootee and two by assistant professor Dominic Lippillo are among 60 works selected for the 2015 Mississippi Collegiate Art Faculty Juried Exhibition.
In all, more than 200 submissions were made this year by professional artists working at senior and junior levels of Mississippi institutions of higher learning. They were judged by Graham Boettcher, the Birmingham Museum of Art's William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art.
Gootee, an Indiana State University graduate, joined the art department in 1986 and now coordinates its photography emphasis. Lippillo is an Ohio University graduate who came to MSU in 2010.
"Dom and I are proud to be selected for this exhibition, and we are excited to represent Mississippi State University in this competition," Gootee said.
The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Laurel-based law firm Gilchrist, Sumrall, Yoder and Boone, PLLC.
Located at 565 N. Fifth Avenue, the non-profit art repository has viewing hours 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. While admission is free, a $3 donation for non-member adults may be given. For more, visit www.LRMA.org or telephone 601-649-6374.
Part of the College of Architecture, Art and Design, MSU's art department offers a bachelor of fine arts degree, with concentrations in graphic design, photography and fine art (ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture). Learn more at www.caad.msstate.edu, facebook.com/CAADatMSU and twitter.com/CAADatMSU.
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Sasha Steinberg | Public Affairs
