Christina McField

Christina McField is a passionate community advocate committed to empowering artists through visual arts, culture, and creative education. As the Founder of The WoodGrain Studio, LLC, she strives to create spaces where art and culture thrive, fostering both individual and collective growth within the creative community. Christina obtained her Master's in Art Administration and Policy from the School of Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Mississippi State University. She is a recent recipient of the Mississippi Art Commission Artist Fellowship Award, and in 2021, she was honored as a featured artist in the Mississippi Invitational and served as the 2021-2022 Community Impact Artist-in-Residence at Sipp Culture. McField’s artistic practice explores themes of memory, time, and history, utilizing photography and sculpture to pay tribute to the forgotten and often overlooked ways of life found on the rural backroads of the South. Through her work, she creates a visual eulogy for these lost histories, weaving a narrative that connects the past to the present while evoking a deep 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

Past Museum Exhibitions:

• 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