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Please join us for the 2013 Missouri Western State University Senior Graphic Design Portfolio Review.
When: Friday, May 10, 2013
Time: 4-6 PM
Where: emPowerU Campus
518 South 6th Street
St. Joseph, MO
Designers:
- Jakob Ehlert
- Shelby Hughes
- Dustin Johnson
- Eboni Lacey
- Dalton Liu
- Teresa Rodewald
- Joseph Snapp
- Jeremy Todd
- Sawyer Vertin
- Emily Stojevich-Swenson
Postcard by Jeremy Todd
Congratulations to Fran Texeira who is the winner of the 2013 Trails West! Poster competition. This regional contest is sponsored by the Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph and poster submissions are open to the public. Fran was awarded $500.00 and will have her promotional poster printed and distributed throughout the Midwest.
The winners of the 2013 President’s Holiday Contest. The competition was open to any MWSU student. We were pleased that MWSU graphic design majors produced all three selections.
- Jeremy Todd – 1st Place – $100 and his card will be used for Dr. Vartabedian’s holiday mailing.
- Ruth Northrup – Honorable Mention – $25.00
- Michaela Haag – Honorable Mention – $25.00
Patrick Larsen and Paula Vaughn both had ceramic pieces selected to be exhibited in the HardWare: National Ceramics Exhibit. Their works will be on display May 24 – June 22, 2013 at the Hill Country Arts Foundation 120 Point Theatre Road, S., Ingram, TX.
FYI–once again, our design people from the Art department came through with numerous awards from this weekend’s MCMA convention. Hats off to Eboni, Chad and Andrew!
Sweepstakes (overall number of awards)
3. The Griffon News, Mo. Western
News Writing
HM. Katelyn Canon, Mo. Western
Editorial Writing
2. The Griffon News, Mo. Western
3. The Griffon News, Mo. Western
3. Feature Writing
HM. Eboni Lacey, Mo. Western
4. Sports Writing
2. Kyle Inman, Mo. Western
3. Thomas Huitt-Johnson, Mo. Western
HM. Thomas Huitt-Johnson, Mo. Western
5. In-Depth Reporting
1. Matt Hunt, Ellis Cross, Eboni Lacey, Albert Shelby and Brian Ramsey, Mo. Western
2. Dave Hon, Katelyn Canon, Matt Hunt and Ellis Cross, Mo. Western
6. Investigative Reporting
1. Eboni Lacey, Mo. Western
2. Caitlin Cress, Mo. Western
HM. Matt Hunt and Ellis Cross, Mo. Western
7. Regular Column
HM. Dave Hon, Mo. Western
9. Entertainment Review
HM. Caitlin Cress, Mo. Western
11. Feature Photography
1. Jason Brown, Mo. Western
12. Sports Photography
2. Jason Brown, Mo. Western
13. Political Cartoon
3. Chad Hammontree, Mo. Western
HM. Chad Hammontree and Andrew Setter, Mo. Western
16. Story Illustration
3. Chad Hammontree and Andrew Setter, Mo. Western
20. Sports Pages
3. Jason Brown, Tevin Harris, Evan Roberts, Kyle Inman, Christian Mengel, Albert Shelby and Andy Inman, Mo. Western
21. Photo Page
2. Dave Hon and Jason Brown, Mo. Western
24. Web Page
3. thegriffonnews.com, Mo. Western
26. Best Overall Newspaper
HM. The Griffon News, Mo. Western
The Master of Applied Arts in the Digital Media (ADM) program would like to invite you to our graduate candidate thesis and applied project presentations. This semester Brad Beckwith, Shanming Li and James Lower will be presenting their digital media applied research projects. They will each present a 20-minute overview on their projects followed by questions from their committee. The review will take place Tuesday, April 30 starting at 9:00 a.m. in Potter Hall room 200. Please come and join us.
For more information contact: Peter Hriso, Digital Media Coordinator, Associate Professor of Art, Missouri Western State University, 816-271-5602, phriso@missouriwestern.edu.
Geo Sipp -Reception April 25th 5-7pm
Join us at Weinberger Fine Art, Thursday April 25th to meet artist Geo Sipp. Light refreshments will be provided and artist will speak at 5:45pm.
Geo’s work is social and political commentary with no attempt to editorialize the content. A powerfully expressive body of work is revealed the moment you lay eyes on any of his detailed works.

This is the third annual pasta dinner sponsored by the Griffon Art Alliance and the MWSU Clay Guild. More than 200 handmade ceramic bowls have been produced by MWSU art students and instructors for this event. For only $10, those attending the all-you-can-eat pasta dinner can choose a handmade bowl to take home.
The Griffon Art Alliance and the MWSU Clay Guild Spaghetti Dinner
Come and enjoy Spaghetti, Meatballs, and Garlic Bread.
Where: Dinner is at the American Legion Post 359 4826 Frederick Ave.
When: 5:30-8:00 pm on April 19, 2013 5:30-8:00 pm
Cost: $10 – with handmade bowl, $5 – without a bowl
Choose from an assortment of beautiful handmade ceramic bowls.
The second of two exhibits for graduating seniors from the art department at Missouri Western State University features animation, graphic design and studio artwork by Amanda Bettis, Kat Furlong, Ellie Green, Dustin Johnson, Eboni Lacey, Trevor Lund, Gregory Norris, Deb Potter, Teresa Rodewald, Andrew Setter, Laura Sharp, Emily Stojevich-Swenson, Fran Texeira, Jane Travis, and Mark Wascher Jr. The exhibit’s curator is Kansas City art writer Blair Schulman.
The exhibit will run from April 17-25, 2013 in the Potter Gallery, located inside Potter Hall on the Missouri Western State University campus. The exhibit is free and open to the public, with gallery hours from 8:30am-4:30pm Monday through Friday.
An opening reception is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17th, from 4-7pm.
Contact: Rebecca Foley, Assistant Professor of Art, Missouri Western State University, 816-271-4549, rfoley1@missouriwestern.edu




