Christie Snelson’s appreciation for art’s ability to reach a community has inspired a career that has bettered the Springfield creative scene. Christie’s current 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 … [Read more...] about Alumni Feature: Christie Snelson, Community Arts Director
Sharon Harper, Professor Emerita, is exhibiting a new body of work at Missouri Southern State University’s Spiva Gallery. “A Solitary Year” will be on view May 18 – June 17, 2022. Harper will present an artist talk on June 16 at 5 pm with a reception in the gallery at 6 pm. Harper’s work as a visual artist is rooted in personal narrative. While the focus and media of her work … [Read more...] about Sharon Harper exhibits recent work
Award-winning actress, New York Times bestselling author and activist Marlee Matlin will visit Missouri State University this fall. She will be the 2022 Public Affairs Conference keynote speaker. Her speech will take place 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The keynote event kicks off the conference, scheduled Sept. 20-22. The theme is … [Read more...] about Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin headlines fall 2022 Public Affairs Conference
Missouri State University will award 2,880 degrees to students at its spring 2022 commencement. Three ceremonies will take place throughout the day, at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. May 20 at the Great Southern Bank Arena. First ceremony Students graduating from the Reynolds College of Arts and Letters, College of Education and College of Natural and Applied Sciences will … [Read more...] about Missouri State to award 2,880 degrees during spring commencement
When Missouri State photography professor Jimmie Allen was a boy, he distinctly remembers spending summers with his grandmother in Ava, Missouri. Having been born and raised in Springfield, Allen was unaccustomed to the change in atmosphere a small town like Ava had about it. Little did he know, this would inspire him to do a project devoted to the divide within the nation of … [Read more...] about Exploring Small Missouri Towns