http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions An online publication for the alumni and friends of the College of Arts and Letters Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignright" width="268" caption="COAL GA Phillip George poses with new quilt from OCF drawing"][/caption] COAL Graduate Assistant Phillip George won the hand-stitched and hand-quilted, queen size quilt donated to the Ozarks Celebration Festival by Tri-Lakes Quilters of Branson. Chances on the quilt were available throughout the Festival with the drawing held ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/09/21/ga-wins-ocf-quilt/ Be sure to check out Missouri State's recent ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT. It shines on our very own Deidre Goodwin, a 1992 graduate of Theatre and Dance. (Click the image below to visit the Alumni Spotlight page and play video.) http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/30/alumni-spotlight-deidre-goodwin/ American choreographer Robert Wechsler, Artistic Director of German-based Palindrome Inter.media Performance Group, is in residence at Missouri State University, April 21st to May 2nd. Wechsler is conducting workshops and lecture/demonstrations in Motion Capture (movement tracking) technology, focusing on applications to stage performance work, as well as Master Classes in modern ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/30/artist-in-residence-collaborates-with-students/ Dr. Randy Dillon, professor in the Department of Communication at Missouri State University has been selected as a faculty leader for the National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar for June 1-5 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.  The seminar topic is "Communication as Engaged Scholarship."  This year's ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/30/communication-professor-selected-as-a-faculty-leader-for-doctoral-honors-seminar/ Missouri State Professor of Music Grant Peters, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild in the organization's general election. He will serve a four year term beginning in October of 2009. "The International Trumpet Guild was founded in 1974 to promote communications among trumpet  players around ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/30/trumpet-professor-elected-to-international-board-of-directors/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Filmmakers Glen Pitre and Michelle Benoit pose with Theatre Professor Kurt Heinlein"][/caption] Glen Pitre and Michelle Benoit, the husband-and-wife filmmaking duo behind many influential documentaries and films, visited Missouri State University as part of the Public Affairs Conference and also held two workshops for students. Pitre and ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/30/filmmakers-educate-participate-in-public-affairs/ Professor Kris Sutliff posted the winning bids for COAL's Art with a Heart Relay for Life auction. Dr. Sutliff won a fleece pullover Missouri State shirt and a basketball autographed by the Lady Bears! Thank you, Dr. Sutliff! Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/17/relay-for-life-auction-underway/ The Art + Design Department at Missouri State University has launched a "Virtual Museum" where the public can view exhibits online. Current exhibits on display are from Dr. Billie Follensbee's Citizenship and Service-Learning Integrated Art History courses. Students in these classes examine objects from different cultures and research them to ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/04/05/artdesigns-virtual-museum-exhibit-now-online/ Dr. Carol J. Maples, BSEd Coordinator for the Theatre and Dance Department, has been named a finalist for the Dan Cockrell University of Missouri Statewide Cooperative EdD Dissertation Award. Her dissertation is entitled "Giving Voice: The Use of Interactive Theater as Professional Development in Higher Education to Reduce the Alienation ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/03/20/theatre-and-dance-associate-professor-named-finalist-for-dissertation-award/ Several Missouri State art students joined local area art supporters on a bus ride to the State Capitol on February 11th in celebration of Missouri Citizens For The Arts annual advocacy day. At 2 p.m. that afternoon students witnessed the Missouri Arts Council present its 2009 Creative Community Award to the ... http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/2009/02/13/art-students-exhibit-work-at-capitol/