Virginia Chavis
Acting Associate Provost and Professor of Art of Art
Phone Number:
Email: vlrougon@olemiss.edu
http://art.olemiss.edu/2012/07/06/virginia-rougon-chavis/

Key Words: Graphic Design/Web Design

Research Description: At The University of Mississippi, Virginia teaches graphic design and web design courses on a Macintosh platform. She has recently started a letterpress program in the Department, where students combine graphic design and printmaking skills using movable lead type. Her specialties include typography and anything printed. She maintains the Graphic Design Computer Lab, which can accommodate students with their own laptop computers. She is the advisor to student Lab Monitors, BFA Coordinator, AIGA student group faculty advisor and Art Department Summer Advisor. She also oversees the Graphic Design program in the Department and is a Liberal Arts Faculty Representative on the Curriculum & Policy Committee. Her personal work generally combines digital and traditional processes to illustrate a concept. Using her design and computer skills, Virginia is able to incorporate clean, crisp lines and sometimes text. These images are then transformed into vehicles for serigraph (silk screen) and relief (block print) techniques. The hands-on process of layering ink on paper is critical. Upon completion of the work, stitching incorporated. It is both functional and aesthetic, as it holds pieces of the paper together in sort of a quilt-like manner.

Honors Theses:

Goulet, Yazmin Emily (2022) Hidden Connections (full text)

Roper, Sarah (2020) Art of Darkness (full text)

Lee, Katie Elaine (2014) The Fabric Dock: Reeling in the Right Brand for a Sea-Inspired Sewing Shop. (full text)

Vise, Kristen Marie (2012) Currency: The Fantastic Festival of the Mind

Deneka, Benjamin William (2008) "Graphic Design Work for the Band RiverLeft"

Johnson, Allison Nicole (2008) "The Green Bean: A Specialty Coffee Company Designed around Organic and Fair Trade Efforts." (full text)

Marshall, Hallie Landon (2008) "A Designer’s Portfolio" (full text)

Phillips, Carly Amber (2008) "Storytellers: Stories Within Songs" (full text)