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The Department of Art is affiliated with several organizations and programs that enhance student learning:
- College Art Association of America (CAA)
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
- Jackson Union Sculpture Tour (JUST)
- Trinity Institute
- Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
- Union University Painters Guild
- Union University Potters Guild
Recent Student Scholarship
Advertisements Are Emotionally Manipulating You (In a Humane Way)
Presenter: Aaron French
Faculty Project Advisor: Christopher Nadaskay
Advertising has evolved quite a large amount in a very short time. However, there is one aspect of it that has remained almost constant since the first instances of advertising research began to be documented: the use of emotional manipulation to catch the attention of the audience. Advertisements now have been forced to become more creative with this draw on emotions due to the rapid deterioration of the average attention span of the general population. It is no exaggeration, then, to claim that emotions in advertising are quite possibly the most important aspect of success in the world of advertisements, especially now more than ever.