3 March Faculty, Student Exhibitions Highlight Spring Season in ICC Fine Arts Gallery March 3, 2026 By Camp, Tyler W General 0 Itawamba Community College is showcasing its second exhibition of the semester with a double feature highlighting the work of both faculty and students. The exhibition is free and open to be public while on view through Wednesday, March 4, in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Gallery on the Fulton Campus. The Art Faculty Exhibition features paintings, drawings, metalpoint, mixed media and ceramics by Dr. Dana Arnold, Elizabeth Owen and Shawn Whittington. The exhibit presents works in traditional and experimental media and techniques, offering a broad view of the creative scholarship within ICC’s Fine Arts Division. A reception and question-and-answer session with the faculty artists will be held Wednesday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery. The ICC Student Art Exhibition and Competition is on display in the lobby and hallways of the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Building. Student works are represented in drawing, painting, 2D and 3D design, digital art and ceramics. Participating students include Omarion Agnew, Courtney Black, Jordan Cayson, Alex Conseco Martinez, Logan Crane, Malakai David, Kaiden Donaldson, Brady Edington, Christian English, Daniella Estoque, Paula Elaine Garcia, Braxton Garrison, D’Aiysa Gordon, Emily Hudson, Jeffery Isbell, Mya Ivey, Abril Jaramillo, Alisia Jordan, Konner Lease, Kylie Long, Charlotte Mackey, Jazavian McGaha, Dawson Miles, Kamryn Moya, Peyton Oswalt, Nikolas Owens, Agostina Pizarro Periales, Isaiah Pannell, Ann Robinson, Jackson Robison, Blaine Roby, Breanna Sparks, Ethan Shotts, Kamron Sorrell, Callista Talbert, Abbigail Taylor, Lana Tubbs, Bela Wallace, Josie Warren, Kilee Webster, Cynder Williams and Andy Zacatenco. The competition was judged by Gail Morton of Tremont and art instructor at Northwest Community College. Award winners are as follows: In drawing, first place was awarded to Malakai David for “Still Life with Jack-O-Lanterns,” second place to Josie Warren for “Lovely Lady,” and third place to Callista Talbert for “Mushroom Garden.” Jackson Robison received honorable mention for “Arthur.” In painting, first place went to Kylie Long for “Me and Isaiah,” second place to Josie Warren for “Emily’s Butterfly,” and third place to Kylie Long for “Billie.” In 2D design, first place was awarded to Callista Talbert for “Man and Machine,” second place to Daniella Estoque for “The Look of Love,” and third place to Alisia Jordan for “Isolation.” Andy Zacatenco received honorable mention for “Self Portrait.” In 3D design, first place went to Josie Warren for “Unserved,” second place to Paula Elaine Garcia for “Veiled Identity,” and third place to Ethan Shotts for “Times Reflection.” Abril Jaramillo received honorable mention for “Beneath.” In ceramics, first place was awarded to Isaiah Pannell for “Montreal,” second place to Emily Hudson for “Familial Ties,” and third place to Brady Edington for “Vases.” Kylie Long received honorable mention for “Playtime.” Daniella Estoque earned Best in Show for “Colored Still Life.” For more information, contact Eric Shawn Whittington at eswhittington@iccms.edu or 662-862-8301. 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Benjamin Fine Arts Center at the Fulton Campus. A collection of ceramic pieces by Melanie Eubanks of Jones College is complemented by the large acrylic paintings of clouds by Hattiesburg artist Martina Sciolino. All of the works are for sale. Eubanks is a ceramic artist who works primarily in stoneware and porcelain. The surface of her work is often decorated with brushwork, sgraffito or Mishima or a combination of all of these. With these techniques, she can make images that usually reference the organic shapes of nature and are echoed by the marks made by wood firing. Most of her work is functional and fired in a wood burning kiln, which creates irregular surfaces due to wood ash adhering to the side of the objects facing the flame, which interests her most. She fires her work at various kilns in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and at her home in Hattiesburg, where she shares a ... ICC to celebrate Week of the Arts, formally reopen W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center Itawamba Community College will celebrate the Week of the Arts, Apr. 19-22, with several special events at the Fulton Campus, including a ribbon cutting and formal reopening of the newly-renovated W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium. They first event will be a CenterStage concert, Apr. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Band Hall. The remaining activities, which will be at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium, are the ribbon cutting and open house, Apr. 20, 10 a.m.-noon; Fashion Show, Apr. 20, 6 p.m.; Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble concert, Apr. 21, 6:30 p.m.; and Choir and Chamber Choir concert, Apr. 22, 7 p.m. Renovations began in the fall of 2021 to restore the decades-old 24,000-square-foot facility, which had not received any major renovations since it was built in 1978. 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Artists include Taylor Braxton of Amory; Jamecia Walker of Baldwyn; Bayleigh Caldwell of Caledonia; McKenna Powell of Hatley; Alli Blansett, Makenzie Brooks, both of Houston; Olivia Jones of Mantachie; Francisco Garcia of Mooreville; Mia Coggin of Nettleton; Michaela Pearson, Rachel Gann, Kaitlin Stegall, Brianna Hall, Maria Tinajero, all of Pontotoc; Lily Wright of Red Bay, Ala.; Jaiden Hutson, Danielle Thompson, Elliana Parker, all of Saltillo; KaJatlon Clark of Shannon; Selena Crowley of Tremont; Ana Chambers, Drew Edmonson, Camille Campbell and Brianna Dent, all of Tupelo. Normal gallery hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. For more information, email Shawn Whittington at eswhittington@iccms.edu or call (662) 862-8301. Tom Douglas's work now on display at ICC Fine Arts Center gallery Recent works by Fulton resident Tom Douglas will be on display from Jan. 29-Feb. 22 in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center gallery at the Itawamba Community College Fulton Campus. The exhibition, which is entitled Pathos and Whimsy, includes landscapes of Shiloh National Battlefield, which is on the route to Douglas’s native home in Tennessee. His intent is for the work to document curiosity and layered investigation. Douglas was a member of ICC’s art faculty from 1983 until he retired in 2013. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. except on days that the college is closed. For more information, contact Shawn Whittington at eswhittington@iccms.edu or call (662) 862-8301. Comments are closed.