Jackson State University art professors are showing they are masters of fine arts, as well, with an art exhibit at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center in downtown Jackson.
The show features painting, drawing, photographs, ceramics and graphic design from nine faculty members, according to LaNeysa V. Harris, JSU gallery director.
“It’s an annual show offered in different locations around the city,” Harris said. The annual exhibits have been held since 1947.
The show at the museum, at 528 Bloom St., opened Oct. 2.
One of those showing his work is Kenyatta Stewart, a JSU assistant professor of art who also is curator at the museum.
Stewart said that showing his work at Smith-Robertson has special meaning.
“My senior show was here (at Smith Robertson),” he said, when he was a JSU undergrad.
In those days, he said, students had to find their own space to exhibit. “That was quite a while ago,” he laughed, in 1997.
“I guess I’ve come full circle, showing here and curating here,” he said.
Other faculty showing are: Charles Carraway, Chung-Fan Chang, Mark Geil, Huan Chong Kim, Chalmers Mayers, Jimmy Mumford, Yumi Park, and Dorothy Whitley.
Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The faculty art exhibit is scheduled to show until Dec. 31.
The museum is dedicated to increasing public understanding and awareness of the historical experience and cultural expressions of people of African descent.
For more information about the center, see: https://www.city.jackson.ms.us/index.aspx?nid=143
(Photos by Charles A. Smith, JSU)
