While working a graphic design internship with Fight Colorectal Cancer, Leigh Stracener experienced firsthand how art can make an impact. The internship gave Leigh an outlet to use design skills to spread important awareness for a life-saving organization, and it also happened to included an opportunity to travel across the country to share the message. Fight Colorectal … [Read more...] about Design for Change: Internships that Make an Impact
Graphic Design and Illustration majors are frequently finding opportunities to add international exhibition recognition to their resumés. Most recently, a group of students and faculty participated in Typozone /4/, an international exhibition based out of Eger, Hungary. Missouri State University was the only university representing the United States among ten other institutions … [Read more...] about Design Area Represented in Hungarian Typography Exhibition
Christie Snelson's appreciation for art's ability to reach a community has inspired a career that has bettered the Springfield creative scene. Snelson's positions as an exhibitions manager with Springfield Regional Arts Council and First Friday Art Walk communications director promote art viewing all over the city. With Springfield Regional Arts Council (SRAC), Snelson … [Read more...] about Alumni Feature: Christie Snelson, Community Arts Director
Some extra patience paid off for thirteen Museum Studies undergraduate students and alumni. Dr. Billie Follensbee's Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts class (MST 488) created research posters that were selected to be presented at the Missouri Archaeological Society's annual conference on April 9, after the event was canceled and postponed the past two years. As Dr. … [Read more...] about Two Classes Share Research at Missouri Archaeological Society Annual Conference
Since graduating with a BFA in Art with an emphasis in Ceramics in May of 2020, Liv Smith has been following artistic passions and an interest in teaching to find their way. So far, this approach has led to great success and a position as studio manager at Creava Studio, a multi-medium art studio offering classes to the Springfield community. As Liv explains, the beginning … [Read more...] about Alumni Feature: Liv Smith, Ceramicist and Teacher