Art and design students have further elevated the department's national and international profile with their recent accomplishments. Students in the department routinely submit work to prestigious competitions and exhibitions worldwide and receive numerous awards and honors. In this article, we celebrate the accomplishments of three groups of design students. One group has … [Read more...] about Design program announces more student success
Proceeds from a silent auction in late 2011 to benefit relief efforts in Joplin, Mo. have been donated to the southern Missouri region of the American Red Cross. The silent auction raised $1,129 to support rebuilding efforts in the city after the devastating May 22 tornado. Chris Harmon, the region's chief emergency services officer, received the donation. "This donation … [Read more...] about Art auction proceeds donated to Red Cross
Billyo O'Donnell, a 1980 graduate in art and design, will receive the Missouri Arts Council's Individual Artist Award for 2012. This award is the highest honor the state can confer to an artist. O'Donnell will receive the award on Feb. 8, 2012 in a 2:00 p.m. ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City, Mo. O'Donnell says that Art and Design professors Bill Armstrong, … [Read more...] about Missouri artist and alum to receive state award
Work by Jacek Fraczak, assistant professor in art and design, is included in Prints U.S.A, a national biennial competitive exhibition opening at the Springfield Art Museum in November 2011. Prints U.S.A., which was created to recognize skilled artists in printmaking, is in its seventh year. Elizabeth Wyckoff, curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Saint Louis Art … [Read more...] about Art professor selected for national printmaking exhibitions
Bruce West, professor of photography in the art and design department, is part of an exhibition highlighting the photography of Mississippi. The exhibit, "Mississippi Photographs 1860s-Present" is running in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans through September 18. West attended the exhibition's August 6 opening, which had several thousand attendees. Described as … [Read more...] about Professor’s Mississippi photography now on exhibit