Congratulations, Dr. Billie Follensbee! Her research earned her a spot in the 2018 edition of Mind's Eye, which will be distributed soon. Read about her fascinating work, or watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXCkNriL78 … [Read more...] about Dr. Billie Follensbee’s work featured in Mind’s Eye
Springfield businessman and philanthropist Guy Mace donated a remarkable collection of art and artifacts to Missouri State University’s department of art and design. The collection includes African masks, figural wooden staffs and ceremonial knives and spears from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries along with Native American, Asian and Oceanic masks and … [Read more...] about Guy Mace makes significant gift of non-Western art
https://youtu.be/ykHfYjwmwGE If someone gave you an item from the past and asked you to identify where it came from and how it was used, where would you start? This is the challenge students took on in the courses Art of the Americas and Art of Mesoamerica. Dr. Billie Follensbee assigned objects to each student, charging them to use careful research, contextualization and … [Read more...] about Macaylah: researcher, decoder
Five art history and museum studies students and alumni presented their research and conservation of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in a poster session at the Missouri Archaeology Society’s 2016 annual spring meeting. The Missouri Archaeology Society annual meeting includes posters, presentations, and exhibits from throughout Missouri and neighboring … [Read more...] about Brick City Gallery displays students’ poster session from Missouri Archaeology Society conference
Three Missouri State art history students have been chosen to present research at the 11th Annual Art History Symposium. The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on April 7 at the Springfield Art Museum. Who will present at the symposium The MSU students include: Paige Whitcomb, "Analyzing the Melun Diptych: An Examination of Jean Fouquet's Style" Amanda Horned, "The … [Read more...] about Art history students present research at annual symposium