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KSU Art Project Finds Home at Southern Museum

Kennesaw city officials accepted the donation of a block print produced by a Kennesaw State University art class during a ceremony at the Southern Museum. The print depicts the Great Locomotive Chase.

Kennesaw city officials accepted the donation of a block print produced by a Kennesaw State University art class during a ceremony at the Southern Museum on Saturday, December 7. The 4’ X 8’ print depicts the Great Locomotive Chase.

The presentation was made by Harrison Long, Director of the School of Art and Design, along with Professor of Art Valerie Dibble and Samantha Palmer, a KSU graduate who was one of the students who participated in the project. City representatives included Mayor Mark Mathews; City Councilmen Jeff Duckett, Matt Riedemann, and Tim Killingsworth; Dr. Richard Banz, Southern Museum executive director; and City Manager Steve Kennedy. 

The carved wooden block and the print stamped from it were created by students in the KSU advanced printmaking class during a large scale collaborative print event hosted annually by the Atlanta Printmakers Studio.  The class worked together to create the design to scale as a paper drawing, then transferred the design to the block. Carving is done as a group. The project took half a semester. 

The event’s theme for this year was Storytelling. “We are proud of being in Kennesaw and the students wanted to choose a theme that reflected our history,” said Professor Dibble. “The class did research and chose the Great Chase as our subject.” 

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The print and wood block will be on permanent display at the Southern Museum.

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