No surprise that Jin A. Seo, associate professor of art and design at Missouri State University, counts herself among those inspired. However, Seo, an art jeweler, approaches landscapes differently. Her work breaks the confines of traditional jewelry-making. Pushing past an outfit accessory, her jewelry serves as a sculptural exploration of the body. Seo’s work asks the … [Read more...] about Enamel, cloth, grass, bones: Exploring the body as landscape
Dr. Billie Follensbee, an art historian and archaeologist who specializes in ancient Mesoamerica, has spent years illuminating a fundamental aspect of humanity in artifacts from the Olmec civilization, which once thrived along the Gulf Coast of present-day Mexico. Olmec civilization is famous for dramatic, blocky sculptures that often appear androgynous. Follensbee says, … [Read more...] about Past, present and power
Walstrand Walls This is from a series that I was doing with Gwen Walstrand, based on what we've seen in Cairo, Illinois. She takes pictures, and I respond to the photographs that she takes. I really like the idea of it sort of getting double translated, her interpretation of it and then my interpretation of her interpretation. I like that idea of people influencing each other. … [Read more...] about Selected works by Sarah Perkins
But art and design professor Sarah Perkins has mastered a process that turns plain material into a shimmering work of art. She begins with a thin sheet of metal, which she cuts and hammers into three-dimensionality. She uses fire to enhance the metal’s malleability. After many rounds of hammering, the sheet of metal has become a completed vessel. Next, Perkins showers the … [Read more...] about Transformation
To his students, he always likens the camera to a magic carpet, which could lead you on a wonderful journey of discovery. And when he found this run down grocery store turned roadside attraction – and school bus turned chapel – he was captivated. “I wanted to show that to be poor isn’t a crime and that economically disadvantaged people can lead fulfilled and inspired lives, … [Read more...] about Winding road that led to destiny
“If you're an artist, you're either a hedgehog or a fox. … I'm totally a hedgehog.” — Sarah Williams Occasionally, she gets taken down to the police station on her quest to capture images of her subjects, but usually in her small hometown of Brookfield, Missouri, where she photographs most often, they recognize that she’s on a mission. “I'm working from these terrible … [Read more...] about Adding significance to the seemingly mundane
Dr. Catherine Jolivette, associate professor of art and design at Missouri State University, will soon release a new book, “British Art in the Nuclear Age” (Ashgate, 2014), which addresses the role of art and culture in the realm of nuclear science and technology, atomic power and nuclear warfare in Cold War Britain. “Researching for this book really brought to light that … [Read more...] about Writing about British culture in the Nuclear age
Since becoming a registered art therapist in 1987, she has hosted a variety of workshops and researched art therapy for children in pediatric oncology units and patients who are terminally ill. Knowing the importance of art in life, especially in the lives of children, she organized efforts to donate more than 150 boxes of art supplies and 75 boxes of craft supplies to … [Read more...] about Sharing the healing power of art