Art by Milligan students exhibited at the William King Museum of Art

MILLIGAN, Tenn. (August 23, 2024) – This fall, the works of Milligan University students will be on display in the Art Lab at the William King Museum of Art, the region’s premier fine arts institution in Abingdon, Virginia.

The exhibition “Type + Image + Motion” runs through November 13 and features outstanding pieces created by graphic design and interactive media students in the 2023-2024 academic year.

“It is an honor to be invited to showcase our students’ work in the Art Lab at the William King Museum of Art,” said Art Brown, Milligan’s associate professor of graphic design. “Visitors will be able to see the high quality of our students’ work, as well as the quality of our graphic design and interactive media design programs as we prepare our students for careers in the creative fields.”

The exhibition features the work of 20 Milligan students and each piece was selected by Milligan professors from the following Milligan courses – Typography, Digital Illustration, Interactive Media Design, Motion Graphics, Pixel-Based Design and Imaging, and Advanced Graphic Design and Branding.

The artists include seniors Kendall Arnold of Bluff City, Tennessee; Aiden Bailey of Summerville, South Carolina; André Bazzana Semensato of Brazil; Abbey Cartagena of Johnson City, Tennessee; Nicholas Hensley of Erwin, Tennessee; Samuel Kyker of Travelers Rest, South Carolina; Kamdyn Lee of Kingsport, Tennessee; Brisa Lucas Pino of Johnson City; Lily Marr of Frederick, Maryland; Ashley Roberts of Kingsport; and Eleanor Stoneham of Charlotte, North Carolina. The exhibition also features works by third-year Milligan students: Adam Bengtson of Lake Villa, Illinois; Mary Grace Bitting of Waxhaw, North Carolina; Ruth Leggett of Fort Worth, Texas; Joselin Martinez Rojas of Grundy, Virginia; Grace Sanderson of Saint Charles, Missouri; and Margaret Tallon of Houston, Texas. Some works were created by class of 2023 graduate Ellie Ayers of Greenbrier, Tennessee, and class of 2024 graduates Judah Cooper of New London, Iowa, and Brianna Marsh of Houston, Texas, and Emanuel Mogaya of Martinsville, Virginia.