Native Art for the Americas, an exhibit of the best student research and the art and artifacts that they researched for ART 385: Art of the Americas and ART 485: Art of the Mesoamerica, will be opening later this week! The exhibition will be held inside the Special Collections and Archives gallery, Third Floor, Meyer Library, from October 18th through December 17th, 2017. … [Read more...] about Native American Exhibit to Open in Meyer Library
Keith Davis by far the best known historian of photography and writer living, and we are fortunate to have the amazing collection he’s built at the Nelson-Atkins as a near resource for our students. He’s authored the most important history of photography books as well as many books about photography. A very modestly written bio follows: Keith F. Davis Senior … [Read more...] about Visiting Scholar Lecture by Keith Davis
Art professor Jacek Fraczak’s family collection of Nikifor Krynicki watercolor paintings will be on display in the Duane G. Meyer Library from April 14-May 13. Paintings depict religious architecture, portraits, rural scenes The paintings come from the Alfons Karny Collection. Karny, Fraczak’s great-uncle, was a well-known Polish sculptor and art collector. Fraczak … [Read more...] about Professor shares family art collection
There are two art and design department exhibitions currently at the Meyer Library: the Study Away Art and Respecting and Preserving Art and Artifacts exhibitions. Study Away Art Exhibition This exhibit, on display until Nov. 6, features the art students have made during study away programs to Florence, Italy, and New Mexico during the summer of 2016. Photography and drawing … [Read more...] about Library featuring artifacts, work from study away trips
Storyboards, Graphic Novels, Cartoons. The exhibition will be held in Room 210 of Meyer Library on the MSU campus (For directions and library hours, phone 417-569-4700). The exhibition is free and open to the public. At 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, Mr. Urbaniak will give a free public lecture in Room 101, Meyer Library, and a reception (with entertainment and a … [Read more...] about The Graphic Art of Mirosław Urbaniak