Judith Fowler, Professor Emerita, was awarded the 2019 Daughters of the American Revolution’s Women in the Arts Recognition Award. The award recognizes outstanding community achievements in the arts. Fowler, who joined Missouri State University as an Assistant Professor in 1997 and retired in 2014 as Professor Emerita, is known for her work in a wide variety of painting … [Read more...] about Art + Design Emerita faculty receives award
Current majors within the Art + Design Department of Missouri State University are eligible for scholarships to attend a one-week workshop at the legendary Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Tennessee. These scholarships cover full tuition with a small stipend to help offset travel and material costs. Students who have attended from the department previously have … [Read more...] about Scholarships available for Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts Workshops
Why are hundreds of people lining in front of Brick City and overflowing into surrounding streets? If it’s near Halloween, there’s only one answer: the annual Clay Pumpkin Carving. The Clay Pumpkin Carving is an event for MSU students, as well as the Springfield community, to get into the autumnal spirit by “carving” something other than a pumpkin. Kevin Hughes, Associate … [Read more...] about Clay Pumpkin Carving Event
Desmond Dornak, graduated from the Electronic Arts/Animation program in 2017 and is living the dream making stopmotion animation for Dreamworks TV. He can be seen in this behind-the-scenes interview about a recent episode for the "Trolls Toymotion" series. The full, finished episode can be seen here. Desmond is freelancing with the Oklahoma City film studio Reckless … [Read more...] about Animation alumni working for Dreamworks
Nathan Shelton, as Mr. Blue, in a video still from Together Nation. JUST ANNOUNCED -- Together Nation, a made-for-TV children's show by Electronic Arts students Jaime Talamantez and Gates Bartz, won "Best Kids Show" at the NYCTV Festival! This is the second national festival for this senior project. It was also screened at the KID's FIRST! Film Festival in New … [Read more...] about Senior project wins award as Best Kid’s Show