By Kelsey Brownlee, Mississippi State University student
鈥淢测迟丑-颈蝉蝉颈辫辫颈: How Art Makes Place鈥 was an illustrated talk by Brent Funderburk 鈥 W. L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Art at Mississippi State University 鈥 followed by a musical performance in the Colvard Student Union Dawghouse on Thurs., Oct. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Also premiered was the newly renovated Dawghouse and the mural 鈥淏lack Prairie, Mississippi, World,鈥漜reated by MSU art students Shawna Williams and Randi Watson.
After Funderburk鈥檚 talk,W.L. Giles Distinguished Professors of Entomology Richard Brown and Funderburk talked on life and culture on our unique Black(belt) Prairie, which then turned into a concert of Blues music performed by Caleb Childs and the Blues Review, featuring Dr. Brown on harmonica.