First Friday Art Walk 6-10 p.m. on May 4 will have NEW art, NEW art venues, artist receptions, live music, the SculptureXGames Finale, international culture, local history, senior exhibitions, and all the food, fun, entertainment and shopping that have made downtown Springfield a destination! Below are some highlights of FFAW that will bring excitement for the last FFAW of the … [Read more...]
Samuel Adam Swope, a 2007 BFA graduate in sculpture from the Art and Design program, has been selected by the Chronus Art Center for their Research/Creation Fellowship in Shanghai, a three-month residency over Fall 2016. While in Shanghai Sam will work on an installation project, "Floating Room" which will appear in conjunction with an artist talk and workshop. After MSU, … [Read more...]
The art and design department will host resident visiting artist Dale Huffman on Oct. 25-30. Huffman is an art professor at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has served as a visiting artist across the U.S., as well as internationally in Japan, Denmark, Sweden and … [Read more...]
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...]
Congratulations to Sammy McPherson, a 2012 graduate of Fine Arts in Metals and Jewelry, who was selected for a residency program at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. McPherson's metal work has been featured in exhibits in the United States and abroad. In her artist statement, she explains that her inspiration comes from nature, "to discover the unseen hidden beneath or … [Read more...]