[Press Release] : Festival of the Arts commemorative poster unveiled

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2008

CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
Cultural Program Specialist
(573) 874-6387

Festival of the Arts commemorative poster unveiled	
								
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - Melissa Mudd’s acrylic and mixed media
painting titled “My Columbia” has been chosen as the commemorative
poster for the 2008 Columbia Festival of the Arts. The work was selected
from 166 images submitted by 26 Missouri artists through a jury
process.
	“My Columbia” is part of what Mudd calls her “Journey
series,” a body of paintings she has been working on for some time,
inspired by photos and personal observations of towns and cities she
visited while traveling immediately after college. Mudd describes the
resulting paintings as “postcards on canvas” and notes that they
have caused her to question what she calls the “big ideas of memory
and place.”
	In her statement about “My Columbia,” Mudd describes her
efforts to capture uniqueness of place: “One’s experiences are a
collage of overlapping moments, spaces and times, obscured and sometimes
hidden. Instead of pinpointing a particularly photogenic scene or
monument, as postcards often do, the idea of memory became a catalyst
for me to capture intersections of time and place through layered color,
personal journaling, text and image interaction. Though my journeys have
taken me many places, I always return to Columbia. I feel fortunate to
live in such a dynamic and vibrant city, one which will probably be the
subject of many paintings to come. The title, ‘My Columbia,’ alludes
to the lens in which I view our community and the spaces and places
which make it my home.” 
	A native of Missouri, Mudd was born and raised in Warrensburg
and moved to Columbia in 2000. She holds a dual degree from the
University of Missouri, in fine arts and arts education, and was
recently admitted into MU’s PhD program in art education. Mudd teaches
art at Rock Bridge High School and is a member of the National Art
Education Association. Locally, she is active in her home studio and
volunteers with several arts organizations.
	The 2008 commemorative poster, “My Columbia,” can be
purchased at Deck the Walls in the Columbia Mall and at 1305 Grindstone
Parkway, at the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs, 1 S. Seventh
Street, or at the Columbia Festival of the Arts, to be held Sept. 27-28
on the Boone County Courthouse Square in downtown Columbia.

The Columbia Festival of the Arts is a program of the City of Columbia
Office of Cultural Affairs. Financial assistance has been provided by
Boone County National Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors
Bureau Tourism Development Fund, Columbia Daily Tribune, Commerce Bank,
Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Days Inn and Travelodge, Deck the
Walls, KBIA 91.3, KOMU 8 and Mid Missouri CW, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts
Council, Mid-America Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts and
Regency Hotel Downtown.

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