The Department of Art and Design is pleased to announce the upcoming 13th Annual Art History Symposium, featuring the research of students from MSU and other universities in the region: this year we’d like to welcome our first participant from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin!

This year’s symposium includes presentations from six scholars:

Jordan Seyer, “Peter Paul Rubens: His Oil Sketches, Modelli, and Academies”
Melaina Nicolas, “Look Pretty and Die: Female Tropes in Pre-Raphaelite Art” (MSSU)
Brianna Shatto, “The Impressions of Berthe Morisot on Modern Art”
Sarah Teel, “Jenny Saville: Issues of Identity”
Katie Kimbrough, “Made in China: Mass Production and the Subversive Narrative of Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds”
Vinita Williams, “Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Activist Images”

The symposium will take place Saturday 27 April, 12:00pm-3pm, Missouri State University Department of Art + Design, Brick City 1, room 312; free and open to the public, snacks and beverages provided.