Christina McField

Christina McField is a passionate community advocate and visionary artist who champions the power of visual arts, culture, and creative education to uplift and inspire. As the Founder of The WoodGrain Studio, LLC, she cultivates spaces where art and culture thrive, driving both personal and collective growth within the creative community.

Christina earned her Master’s in Art Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Mississippi State University. She was recently awarded the prestigious 2024/25 Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship and has been recognized as a featured artist in the Mississippi Invitational in 2021 and again in the upcoming 2025 Invitational. She also served as the 2021-2022 Community Impact Artist-in-Residence at Sipp Culture, where she contributed to transformative community-focused projects.

Her artistic practice delves into themes of memory, time, and history, blending photography and sculpture to honor the often-overlooked ways of life along the rural backroads of the South. Through her series Where Time Stands Still, Christina crafts visual eulogies for these lost histories, weaving narratives that connect the past to the present while evoking a profound reverence for nature, spirit, and the intimate memories of her childhood.

Articles:

• Mississippi State University Alumni Spotlight

• Christina McField trailblazing new paths in Jackson’s ever-growing art scene

• Owning Our Businesses, Owning Our Culture: Building Black Wealth in the Delta written by Tim Lampkin

Past Residences:

• 2021- 2022 Community Impact Artist in Residence. Sipp Culture, Utica, Mississippi

  • RPPL Community Impact Artist

  • Sipp Culture’s New Artists-In-Residence Explore Black Legacy, Inheritance And Nature In Mississippi

Past Solo Exhibitions:

• Delta Alliance. Clarksdale, MS. April 1 - April 20th, 2022.

  • Delta Alliance-Ellis Gallery Exhibitions

  • Abstract Memory of Time - Video by @brokenarmstudio

Museum Exhibitions:

• 2025 Mississippi Invitational, July, 2025, Mississippi Museum of Art

• 2021 Mississippi Invitational, August 14th - November 7th, 2021, Mississippi Museum of Art

  • 2021 Mississippi Invitational

  • Mississippi Invitational: Largest Showcase Of State’s Working Artists by Sherry Lucas

  • 2021 Mississippi Invitational, Jackson by Mary Anne Phan

  • MMA Invitational Opens August 14th

Past WoodGrain Studio Events and Projects:

• The Art of Wellness. Jackson, MS May 14th 6 - 10 pm at Duling Hall. Sponsored by Higher Purpose Co.

  • WLBT Interview

  • WJTV Interview

  • the Art of Wellness Zine

  • Verbal Intercourse Interview

• Shani Peters- 2021 Artist in Residence at the Mississippi Museum of Art for the Center for Art and Public Exchange.

  Role: Conceptual Advisor and Production Assistant

  • Black Mothers and Caretakers mural on Farish Street Unveiling- March 19, 2022 Role: Conceptual Advisor and Production Assistant

  • Center for Art and Public Exchange at Mississippi Museum or Art Announces Shani Peters as 2021 Artist-in-Residence

  • Saluting Black Mothers, Caretakers with Farish Street Art and a Good-Life Guide

Past Travel Photography Dates :

• Thailand- August 29th-September 6th, 2019

• Cuba-May 25th-31st, 2019