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Sustainability meets creativity with Radical Jewelry Makeover Exhibit

February 3, 2025 by Reynolds College

The Department of Art and Design has teamed with the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center to host the Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) exhibition Jan. 27-Feb. 21 and the First Friday Art Walk Feb. 7, 6-9 p.m.

The RJM exhibition is free and open to the public. All pieces on display are for sale.

Telling new stories with old jewelry

The exhibit features reimagined jewelry created by students and local jewelers, highlighting the combination of artistry, sustainability and community engagement. By showcasing the transformation of old, donated pieces into stunning new designs, this inspiring project advocates for sustainable and ethical jewelry-making practices.

Working together, students and local jewelers repurposed donated jewelry into meaningful pieces to tell new stories. This hands-on process also included tracking donor information to distribute discount coupons for the January sale of the final designs.

“This initiative highlights one of the project’s core goals: ensuring that donated materials return to the world in a new form,” said Jina Seo, art and design faculty member who is overseeing the RJM project.

Art and Design calling for donations of old jewelry through Sept. 16

August 27, 2024 by Lynn M. Lansdown

Missouri State University’s Department of Art and Design wants your old jewelry.

In a recent press release, the art and design department announced the “Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM): MSU” project. This is a community jewelry mining project dedicated to repurposing old, unwanted jewelry into new pieces.

During the Fall 2024 semester, students from Missouri State and area professional jewelers will collaborate with the University of Kansas to transform donated pieces into new jewelry.

The project will conclude with two traveling exhibitions. Missouri State’s Carolla Arts Exhibition Center will host one exhibit Jan. 27-Feb. 21, 2025. The other exhibit will be on view Jan. 21-31, 2025 in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery at the University of Kansas.

Jin A. Seo featured in latest edition of Mind’s Eye

July 18, 2024 by Damilola R. Oyedeji

Congratulations to Jin A. Seo, assistant professor in the Department of Art and Design, on her feature story in the 2024 issue of Mind’s Eye magazine.

In her exploration of the human body, Seo’s work delves into the interplay of what is real and what is artificial in our environments.

The full story is now available online.

Excerpt

Stunning vistas and glorious light-filled landscapes inspire artists.

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 a sculptural exploration of the body. Seo’s work asks the viewer to consider their own body as a landscape.

Read the full story

Exchange program encourages sharing of artwork and techniques

July 30, 2023 by Reynolds College

Missouri State University’s Department of Art and Design recently welcomed two students from the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at Tainan National University of the Arts (TNUA) in Taiwan as part of an exchange program that has continued for nearly twenty years.

During the Spring 2023 semester, students Hsien-Tse Chen and Yi-Hung Hsieh worked alongside fellow art and design students and shared their techniques in ceramics and metals.