MSU professor receives Mississippi Arts Commission Fellowship grant
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss. 鈥擜 faculty member of 幺力视频鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design is receiving statewide recognition.
Dominic Lippillo, an assistant professor of photography in the university鈥檚 Department of Art, has been awarded a $4,500 visual arts grant from the Jackson-based Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC).
The MAC Fellowship grant is made possible by continued support from the 幺力视频 Legislature, National Endowment for the Arts, Mississippi Endowment for the Arts at the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, as well as other private sources. For more, visit .
鈥淎rtists of all kinds are the heart of Mississippi鈥檚 creative economy,鈥 said Malcolm White, MAC executive director. 鈥淭hey significantly contribute to the economic growth of their communities and our state, and the Mississippi Arts Commission is honored to support their outstanding work.鈥
Drawing influence from painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and writer Raymond Carver (1938-88), Lippillo鈥檚 new solo project 鈥淪tories We Tell Ourselves鈥 conveys open-ended narratives that are set in non-specific American landscapes. Through depictions of mundane daily happenings, Lippillo seeks to convey visual conversations where loneliness and longing border bewilderment and hope.
An MSU faculty member since 2010, Lippillo earned his Master of Fine Arts in photography from Ohio University in 2009 and Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Youngstown State University in 2005. Digital photography and photography survey are among courses Lippillo has taught at MSU.
Lippillo鈥檚 work is featured in the permanent collections of the Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, California, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas, and University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. 聽
His work also has been published in the Society for Photographic Education鈥檚 journal 鈥淓xposure鈥 and Manifest Gallery鈥檚 International Photography Annuals Volumes II and IV. A supplement of images accompany Bruce Warren鈥檚 textbook 鈥淧hotography: The Concise Guide.鈥
Selections from 鈥淪tories We Tell Ourselves鈥 currently are on view in the exhibition 鈥淣arrative: People, Places and Things鈥 at Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon. For additional biographical information, visit .
The Department of Art is part of MSU鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design. For more, visit .
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