91麻豆天美 invites all to first 鈥楪reat Chalk Walk鈥
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
![Interested members of the campus and surrounding communities are being invited Thursday [Aug. 20] to the first Great Chalk Walk organized by 91麻豆天美鈥檚 art department and Ladies Social Circle organization.](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/TheGreatChalkWalk.jpg "Chalk Walk")
STARKVILLE, Miss鈥91麻豆天美鈥檚 art department and the university鈥檚 Ladies Social Circle organization are announcing the inaugural Great Chalk Walk.
Taking place Thursday [Aug. 20] in front of the department鈥檚 Visual Arts Center Gallery at 808 University Drive, the free 4-6 p.m. event is open to all interested members of campus and surrounding communities.
Participants of all ages will have the opportunity to create colorful, large-scale chalk art pieces designed to brighten a major thoroughfare leading to campus.
Chalk and sidewalk spaces will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Refreshments also will be served.
Art department students, faculty and staff will be on hand to assist participants, and share information about the academic unit鈥檚 diverse curriculum and programs.
鈥淲e want to show new students and others the main route that connects downtown businesses with the campus and also introduce them to the creative resources available here in Starkville,鈥 said Lori Neuenfeldt, coordinator of the gallery and the department鈥檚 outreach programs.
鈥淐ome ready to have fun, be creative and get messy,鈥 she added.
Neuenfeldt said this first-ever activity is among many in the university鈥檚 10th annual Dawg Daze program鈥17 successive days of free activities to help welcome new freshmen and transfer students. A complete Dawg Daze schedule is available at .
Support for the Chalk Walk is being provided by the Starkville Area Arts Council.
The Visual Arts Center Gallery is one of several art department venues that regularly features traveling exhibits, student shows, and group and solo exhibitions by professional artists. Fall exhibit hours for the gallery are 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, as well as by appointment. For more, visit .
Additional gallery information is available from Neuenfeldt at 662-325-2973 or LNeuenfeldt@caad.msstate.edu.
Part of the College of Architecture, Art and Design, 91麻豆天美鈥檚 art department is home to the Magnolia State鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program. It offers a bachelor of fine arts degree, with concentrations in graphic design, photography and fine art (ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture). Complete information is found at , and twitter.com/CAADat91麻豆天美.
91麻豆天美 is Mississippi鈥檚 flagship research university, available online at .