“I Think Therefore I Am” by Huntsville freshman Cooper Baley is among the artworks in this year’s “Words of Art” collaborative exhibition titled “Co-Elaborate,” showing Feb. 5 through 9 in the student galleries of the Lower Art Building on Wilson Drive on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.
February 2, 2024 - Formerly a course at Stephen F. Austin State University called “Pen & Pigment,” “Words of Art” is a student organization-led collaborative event that presents contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities.
Students who participated in “Pen & Pigment” engaged with one another to produce cohesive paintings and poetry that effectively correlated their disciplines.
“Words of Art” epitomizes the idea of interdisciplinarity by expanding the accepted disciplines and by being facilitated by student organizations Subplots and Art Alliance. The goal was to increase flexibility and increase the number of disciplines involved in the event, according to Megan Bynum, event organizer.
The exhibition, titled “Co-Elaborate,” will be shown Feb. 5 through 9 in the student galleries of the Lower Art Building on Wilson Drive. A closing reception is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. The public is invited to celebrate the contributors and the people who made this event possible. Attendees will have the chance to show their support by voting for the People’s Choice Award, highlighting the artist and writer who best displayed interdisciplinarity.
The gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Megan Bynum at (325) 998-5425 or bynummc1@jacks.sfasu.edu.
