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EXHIBIT from pg. 1 of the Eta Epsilon chapter of the Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity. Garner also took part in several art exhibitions associated with Kappa Pi and the Juried Student Exhibitions, winning the Painting Award in 2009, and the Juanita Harvey Excellence in the Arts Award this year. Garner’s work exhibited centers on her love of animals and nature. In her artist statement, Garner described being surrounded by animals while growing up. “I rode horses, cared for cats and dogs and even had a pet rat named Bergy,” Garner said. “I was comfortable with earth’s creatures and they became my friends, creating a love for nature.” This love for nature has gone on to inspire Garner’s work, por-
traits of her friends and family matched up with their spirit animals. Garner says she drew from Kiki Smith’s sculpture “Born” as inspiration, a piece that depicts a female deer giving birth to a fully mature woman. “Like Smith, my work is the characteristic connections between human and animals,” she said. “The portraits are a blending of the people I love and their spirit embodiment.” Garner used her photography skills to create her pieces, and combined her skill as a painter and sculptor as well. “Painterly strokes of acrylic are brushed onto the photograph’s surface, resulting in a seamless photographic depiction of their spiritual connection,” she said. “The process of the masks begins with a material called moulage.
Poole’s “Mom” portrays her mother before her death. Courtesy Photo
Garner’s pieces “Eagle” and “Wolf” demonstrate her connection of nature with the people in her every-
day life in a blended photograph.
Dentists use it to create a replica of a patient’s teeth; I used it to create a life cast of my model’s face.” The final result of Garner’s arduous work is a plaster animal mask that fit the models perfectly for the desired effect when taking the photograph. “These processes allows me to pair my love of animals with the people in my every day life, and represent them in a spiritual way,” she said. While Garner is using the exhibition to demonstrate her love of nature and the connection she has with it, Poole is using this stage as a way to remember the life of a family member. Poole, a native of Allen, will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in printmaking and a minor in ceramics and photography. She is a transfer from Collin College in Plano where she received an Associate of Art before transferring to MSU in 2008. Poole was also a member of the Eta Epsilon chapter of the Kappa Pi International Honorary Art
with those feelings. “Through my work, I am allowing the healing process to come naturally,” she said. “This is cathartic and healthy, finding
Fraternity, and received The Fain Foundation Scholarship and The Kemp Center for the Arts Scholarship, as well as taking part in several Kappa Pi and Juried Student Exhibitions during her time at MSU. Poole’s artwork for the exhibition focuses on her mother’s battle with Multiple Sclerosis. “In July, I lost my mother to Multiple Sclerosis,” Poole said in her artist statement. “This exhibition of prints is a record of my journey.” Poole’s work portrays the nervous system as the villain, and combines her love for printmaking with her mother’s love of sewing. Her piece “Possession by Force” features hand-stitched red thread that weaves in and out of the muscles, while “Living with MS” features delicate crosshatching to construct a reproduction of a CT scan. Poole demonstrates the difficult feelings and emotions she faced watching her mother struggle through her work. She said the exhibition helped her cope
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beauty and inspiration in this struggle, resulting in strength to heal.”
Poole’s “Exposed” will also be on display. Courtesy Photo
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of abuse and murder Hannah Hofmann Editor-In-Chief
Patricia Pulley lived a happy and peaceful life with loving family surrounding her. A happy life, that is, until the death of her husband turned everything upside down, leaving her struggling to replace the lost love, in a constant battle with abuse and ending with her murder. “She didn’t really have an idea how to reconnect socially and, you know, find herself in a new relationship. A good, positive relationship,” said Jim Pulley, author of the novel Love, Loneliness, Abuse, and Murder, a book he will be signing at the MSU bookstore on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pulley, owner of the Pulley Insurance Agency in Wichita Falls, decided to put his mother’s life story into writing after a client who was dealing with the death of her husband stirred about old emotions in him. “My client was actually a writer,” Pulley said. “She shared a novel she was working on and I told her, well I think I have a story to tell and I told her what had happened and she looked at me and said, ‘You better start writing your book now.’” The title, Love, Loneliness, Abuse, and Murder, represents the stages in his mother’s life, Pulley said. Pulley started transcribing the story in the spring of 2009 in hopes of helping others. One of his goals is to raise awareness to victims of domestic violence and abuse. “As I put it, this stuff doesn’t go away. In other words, if you have been through a bad situation it doesn’t necessarily have to be abusive, but don’t hold bad feelings inside, because they will have a negative effect on everything that you do,” Pulley said. He stresses that there is not one specific person that will fit
into the category of the victim. “I feel like, the sooner a young lady realizes that this situation is real, it doesn’t apply to any race, it doesn’t apply to social status. This stuff goes on in the country club and it goes on in section eight housing and all points in between,” Pulley said. While domestic abuse is more common in women, he also clarified that it can Patricia Pulley, age 54, just six years happen to men. It was stress- before her death. ful and emotion- Photo Courtesy by JIM PULLEY. ally upsetting to relieve some of those memories while writing ter in the area between Oklahoma City and Dallas. So far Pulley the novel, Pulley said. “After mom was killed, we donated $3,180. “I’d like to add a couple zeros found a day planner that she had to it,” Pulley said. written in every day for about The cost of the book at events six months while she was in the varies by how much a person middle on an abusive relationwould like to donate. When purship. And just reading her words, chased via the Internet, it is at a you know, Chapter 7 is every bit set price between $11 and $12. of what she wrote,” Pulley said. Pulley said most people donate Part of the research included $20, but considering it’s a stulooking through several case files dent event, he is expecting to see that were associated with Patricia more $10 bills. Pulley’s murder. Those files were The bookstore set up the obtained through the Freedom of signing through a contact in adInformation Act. ministration, Christina Caston, “Going back through the poassistant manager at the MSU lice reports was not easy,” Pulley bookstore, said. said. “There’s a huge social network Along with the novel, Pulley here on campus, because we created a website providing inforhave so many faculty authors,” mation about abuse and violence. Caston said. Visitors can also find out more in“So, a lot of times it’s just a formation about the book, as well mention [when setting up a signas his mother. ing]. An administrator or faculty A portion of the proceeds from will come to us and will let us the sale of the book are being doknow that there is a local author nated to Faith Refuge in Wichita or someone coming to town.“ Falls, the only all-women’s shel-