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Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.ā€”Seventeen Mississippi State art majors specializing in graphic design are the creative minds behind a new exhibition on display April 11-17 at the universityā€™s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery.

ā€œBreak the Gridā€ celebrates the seniorsā€™ completion of studio work in °®°®Ö±²„ā€™s Department of Art, the stateā€™s largest undergraduate studio art program. The spring semester graphic design thesis students are under the instruction of Assistant Professor Claire Gipson.

ā€œA grid is a structure that is usually two-dimensional and made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal and angular) or curved guidelines used to structure content. Not meant to be broken,ā€ said student exhibitor Joanna Bauer of Huntsville, Alabama. ā€œThese 17 seniors of the BFA graphic design concentration have learned the rules and now must go out and break them, but first, they will showcase a variety of skills in the 2019 Break the Grid Graphic Design Senior Exhibition.ā€

In addition to physical displays including web design, posters, editorial and advertising design, and illustration, the studentsā€™ portfolio books and self-promotional pieces will be available for viewing on opening night. For a preview, visit and follow on Instagram @breakthegrid2019.

A 5 p.m. public reception in the studentsā€™ honor takes place Thursday [April 11] at the Cullis gallery, where complimentary refreshments will be available.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

ā€œBreak the Gridā€ exhibitors include (by hometown):

ACKERMANā€”Trent P. Furr.

BALDWYNā€”Calli Nelson.

BRANDONā€”Darby G. Taylor.

CLARKSDALEā€”Taylor E. Knight.

COLUMBUSā€”Sarah K. Ferguson.

FLORENCEā€”Ryne K. Riebock.

HERNANDOā€”Olivia B. Ketchum.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabamaā€”Joanna P. Bauer.

JACKSONā€”Imani J. Smith.

PADUCAH, Kentuckyā€”Kennedy J. Caldwell.

PASCAGOULAā€”Carly D. Bond.

RIDGELANDā€”Mary Emily Moore.

SIERRA VISTA, Arizonaā€”Josie Goodman.

STEENSā€”Laura Leigh Hicks.

TUPELOā€”Catherine D. ā€œKateā€ Webb and Katherine Huang.

YORKTOWN, Virginiaā€”Daeja C. Thomas.

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