Jina Seo using the camera to magnify her demonstration in the classroom. Physical distancing in a university setting has been challenging in general, let alone for programs requiring hands-on interaction and close proximity for classroom demonstrations. Jina Seo and Kevin Hughes, professors in the Art + Design Department, have incorporated video cameras and large monitors as a … [Read more...] about Solving COVID-19 Challenges in the Classroom with Innovative Technology
Tana Redman’s love for art history fueled her passions in museum studies, and allowed her to use both of these skills in her current job as Curator at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Mansfield, Missouri. Tana Redman, BA Art History ’16. Receiving a BA in Art History with a minor in Museum studies in 2016, Tana was a dedicated student in the Art + Design Department. “I … [Read more...] about Alumni Feature: Tana Redman, Museum Curator
Professors of Graphic Narrative: Jen Murvin and Cole Closser. Everyone has a story to tell. Cole Closser and Jen Murvin, professors of Graphic Narrative, are enhancing and expanding the ways students are able to understand and share their stories—with comics. Team-teaching a groundbreaking class together, their success has resulted in a new degree option: BFA in Design, … [Read more...] about Graphic Narrative classes develop into a new degree option: BFA Design in Sequential Arts
Art + Design Faculty Joshua Albers puts innovation to use. Assistant professor, Joshua Albers. At the beginning of the move to flatten the curve for COVID-19, Joshua Albers, assistant professor in the Art + Design Department, reached out to the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) in their collaboration with CoxHealth to see if there was a way he, his students, and the … [Read more...] about MSU Art + Design’s Fab Lab Aids in Face Shield Production
Open Studios, Est-Nord-Est artist residency. Photo credit: ENE, photograph Jean-Sebastien Veilleux Amanda Smith, new assistant professor in the Art + Design Department, is expanding the relationship between painting, quilting, and other mediums; plus, allowing students to see the breadth of creative possibilities within and beyond her work. Through her redefinition of … [Read more...] about Art + Design New Faculty Feature: Amanda Smith