The Student Exhibition Center will soon feature an exhibit centered around the European capital city of Sarajevo, “Sarajevo 100: International Student Exchange Exhibition.” It will be displayed from Oct. 24 to Nov. 14 on the second floor.
Sarajevo100
Sarajevo100 is an international invitational poster action is a collaborative project by Missouri State’s art and design department, the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo. It is partially sponsored by Bosnia and
Herzegovina Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Municipality Center Sarajevo and the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo.
Missouri State art and design professor Cedomir Kostovic organized this collaborative effort as part of his sabbatical project to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The SEC exhibit, located on the second floor, will feature 68 student posters and 16 student animations with contributors from around the world, including students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and 36 student from the Missouri State University BFA in design program. The selections focus on the centennial commemoration of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (which started the First World War), the 30th anniversary of the 14th Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, and in memory of 1992–95 war and siege of Sarajevo — showing students’ personal creative points of view.