Vonda Yarberry, professor of art and design, has accepted her residency to Prairie Center of the Arts in Peoria, Ill. Yarberry is on sabbatical this year to work on animations that span across multiple small-screens. Her plan was to apply to a number of artist residencies, and Prairie Center of the Arts is the first that has responded. Yarberry discovered this residency … [Read more...] about Faculty member accepts residency in Peoria, Illinois
The Society Billie Follensbee, professor of art history and design, had her proposals selected for the 79th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) in Austin, Texas. SAA is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas. SAA has more than 7,000 members and it is the … [Read more...] about Faculty member to present at 79th Society for American Archaeology meeting
Sarah Perkins, professor of art and design, has been named a 2014 NICHE Awards finalist. She was selected for the pieces entitled “One of One” and “Red Moss Container” in the categories of Furniture: Cabinetry and Metal: Enameled, respectively. Only 174 entries out of more than 1,000 submissions were named as finalists in this year's competition. The awards program is … [Read more...] about Faculty member named NICHE finalist
On Nov. 8, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., high school students from Ozark, Kickapoo, Stockton, Blackburn and Glendale are coming to participate in workshops taught by faculty. A majority of these high schools have student teachers from the art and design department. The students are coming to participate in art activities and find out what art at the college level is all about. … [Read more...] about Brick City offers high school art workshops
First Friday Art Walk November will feature Sarah Greenbaum, BFA senior dance major at MSU, presenting her performance installation “#Everybody All The Time” at the ideaXfactory, on November 1, at 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Greenbaum's installation will compare people's online personalities with who they really are through movements against computer graphics. Greenbaum has two … [Read more...] about #Everybody All The Time: performance installation