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Robyn Moore<\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/P> One would have been phenomenal, two is simply unprecedented.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) recently announced its winners of the 2006 MIAL Awards, with <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN> collecting an unmatched two of the five top prizes behind <\/SPAN>Robyn Moore<\/SPAN>\u2019s selection in the photography competition and Andrew Owen\u2019s honor in the music competition.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> The duo\u2019s victory marks the seventh and eighth, respectively, MIAL recognition for <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN>. Moore and Owen join alumni Lewis Nordan, Sylvain Klaus and Charles Carraway; former faculty members Tom Rankin and Marion Barnwell; and current Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, <\/SPAN>Collier Parker<\/SPAN>. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> Moore, an assistant professor of Photography and Video at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>, earned MIAL recognition with her entry, “Atmosphere Lit Apart,” a series of silver-gelatin prints made with pinhole camera\/lenses. According to Sam Wang, distinguished professor of art at <\/SPAN>Clemson<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN> and MIAL photography judge, \u201cBy using the simple pinhole lens, images captured do not tell a particular moment in time, but the duration of a conversation, a visit. Time stood still. What the viewer is presented then is a capsule of lives lived and perhaps even a tremendous sense of nostalgia. This process takes photography beyond the usual function of recording details, of recording a particular moment.\u201d<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> Joining <\/SPAN>Moore<\/SPAN> on the winner\u2019s podium was 18-year-old Owen. His recognition marks the youngest recipient of an MIAL award. His collection, \u201cThree Etudes,\u201d garnered first-place in the musical composition competition. Set to enter his sophomore year this fall at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN>, the <\/SPAN>Cleveland<\/SPAN> resident is majoring in both music (vocal performance) and English. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> Of Owen\u2019s composition, MIAL judge S. Patrick Flynn offered, \u201cthe three etudes for solo piano composed by Andrew Owen are very entertaining. The programmatic quality as indicated by the composer is equally satisfying. At a still very young age, Andrew Owen has demonstrated that he has an immense talent in the area of musical composition. Without a doubt, Mr. Owen will continue to mature as an artist and so become a leading contributor to the musical arts of this millennium.\u201d<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> His leadership on the <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> campus is already evident, as Owen, behind a 4.0 GPA, was selected by Omicron Delta Kappa as the recipient of the Freshman Leadership Award, awarded annually to the freshman showing the greatest propensity for leadership. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P> A member of the DSU Chamber Singers and the Chorale, Owen is the son of Rev. Billy N. Owen, pastor of <\/SPAN>Cleveland<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>First<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>United<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Methodist<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Church<\/SPAN> and <\/SPAN>Merigold<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>United<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Methodist<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Church<\/SPAN>, and Renelda Pharr Owen, an instructor in the English department at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> In its 27th<\/SUP> year, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters celebrates <\/SPAN>Mississippi<\/SPAN>\u2019s artists and writers. Its juried competition is one of a kind in the state. Either current or former residents of <\/SPAN>Mississippi<\/SPAN>, winners are chosen after a rigorous juried competition by out-of-state judges, all prominent in their fields. First nominated made by the membership of MIAL, winners were announced at a formal award presentation this past month at the <\/SPAN>Oxford<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Convention Center<\/SPAN>. Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Thomas C. Meredith served as emcee for the event. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/P><\/H4><\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/SPAN> Andrew OwenRobyn MooreOne would have been phenomenal, two is simply unprecedented. The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) recently announced its winners of the 2006 MIAL Awards, with Delta State…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40319,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/40319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Other MIAL winners in 2006 included Tom Bailey, <\/B>winner of <\/SPAN>the Fiction Award for his novel, “The Grace That Keeps This World;” Suzanne Marr<\/SPAN>s, winner of the Non-fiction Award winner for her book, “Eudora Welty: A Biography;” and Thomas Nawrocki, winner of<\/SPAN> the top Visual Arts prize for a traveling exhibition of his prints and fiber space work.
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As part of the award ceremony, MIAL hosted a series of other events for winners, nominees, and MIAL members. Highlights included a Double Decker bus tour with Beckett Howorth, a tour of Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, and a special exhibition of the award winning quilts of Gwendolyn McGee at the <\/FONT><\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Museum<\/SPAN><\/FONT>. Works by winners and nominees will be available at Square Books, Southside Gallery, and Hotdog Records.
Ann Abadie and Patty Lewis, members of the MIAL Board of Governors, are chairs of the awards event. <\/SPAN>Other board members are: Marion Barnwell, Jackson; George Bassi, Laurel; Courtney Blossman, Ocean Springs; Bonnie Davidson, Tupelo; Charles Gates, Oxford; Shane Gong, Jackson; Nancy Guice, Laurel; Donzell Lee, Alcorn State; Will Long, Greenwood; Aubrey Lucas, Hattiesburg; Gwendolyn Magee, Jackson; JoAnne Prichard Morris, Jackson; Margaret Anne Mitchell, Jackson; <\/SPAN>Collier Parker<\/SPAN>, Boyle; Noel Polk, Starkville; Kim Rushing, Cleveland; Nan Sanders, Cleveland; <\/SPAN>Dorothy Shawhan<\/SPAN><\/FONT>, Cleveland; Sandra Shellnut, Pass Christian; Carolyn Vance Smith, Natchez; Jan Taylor, Jackson; Swan Yerger, Jackson; Mark Wiggs, Jackson; and Leila Wynn, Greenville.
For more information on MIAL, please visit the web site at www.ms-arts-letters.org.<\/FONT>
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