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Sep 09, 2015

Closing Reception for Brent Collins Exhibit Sept. 3

2019-06-04T16:21:05-05:00

The Department of Art and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will host a closing reception for an exhibit of sculptor Brent Collins from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Potter Hall Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Brent Collins: Wood Sculptures is on [...]

Closing Reception for Brent Collins Exhibit Sept. 32019-06-04T16:21:05-05:00
May 05, 2015

Missouri Western Artists’ Sculpture Chosen for Michigan Installation

2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00

An entry from Missouri Western State University is among four pieces of canoe-themed art that will be installed in Ann Arbor, Michigan this summer. The Missouri Western entry won a recent public vote to be part of the Canoe Imagine Art installation. Canoe Imagine Art is a public art project that re-purposes canoes retired by [...]

Missouri Western Artists’ Sculpture Chosen for Michigan Installation2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00
Apr 04, 2015

Missouri Western Artists are Finalists in Michigan Sculpture Competition

2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00

A canoe-themed sculpture installation in Ann Arbor, Michigan this spring may have a Missouri flavor. Two of the three sculptures up for a public vote were created by artists at Missouri Western State University. Canoe Imagine Art is a public art project that repurposes canoes retired by the City of Ann Arbor into works of [...]

Missouri Western Artists are Finalists in Michigan Sculpture Competition2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00
Apr 04, 2015

Art Student’s Posters Accepted Into National Exhibition

2019-06-04T16:21:09-05:00

Taylor King, a senior graphic design major at Missouri Western State University, had a series of posters accepted to the National Student Show and Conference 11 sponsored by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications. King, from Joplin, Missouri, created a series of posters in response to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in January.   [...]

Art Student’s Posters Accepted Into National Exhibition2019-06-04T16:21:09-05:00
Mar 03, 2015

Artist Talk March 24 Features MK12 Cofounder Tim Fisher

2019-06-04T16:21:10-05:00

Tim Fisher, cofounder of MK12 Tim Fisher, cofounder of the design and filmmaking collective MK12, will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public. Fisher cofounded MK12 [...]

Artist Talk March 24 Features MK12 Cofounder Tim Fisher2019-06-04T16:21:10-05:00
Jan 01, 2015

Potter Art Gallery Exhibits Work from The Hand Magazine

2020-10-26T10:06:45-05:00

The Potter Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University will host an exhibition titled “Do You Copy? An Exhibition of Reproducible Art from The Hand Magazine” from Jan. 12 through Feb. 15. An opening reception, open to the public, is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 16. The Hand Magazine is dedicated [...]

Potter Art Gallery Exhibits Work from The Hand Magazine2020-10-26T10:06:45-05:00
Oct 10, 2014

Artist Hung Liu Talks at Missouri Western Nov. 9

2019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00

Hung Liu, a leading figure in the contemporary art world in both the United States and China, will present a talk titled “From Painting to Other Medium” at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public. [...]

Artist Hung Liu Talks at Missouri Western Nov. 92019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00
Oct 10, 2014

Visual Art Day Winners Announced

2019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00

More than 900 high school students participated in Missouri Western State University’s third annual Visual Arts Day on Oct. 9. The day’s events included a juried art exhibition, art competitions and events, and studio workshops in clay, graphics, animation, printmaking, painting, photography, drawing and sculpture. The following prizes were awarded in the art exhibition: [...]

Visual Art Day Winners Announced2019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00
Jul 07, 2014

Bronze Bust Added to Walter Cronkite Memorial

2019-10-31T09:22:06-05:00

This bronze bust by Eric Fuson ’88, artist-in-residence, was installed in the Walter Cronkite Memorial July 15, 2014. A bronze bust of legendary journalist Walter Cronkite by Eric Fuson, artist-in-residence at Missouri Western State University, has been installed in the Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus. Fuson, a [...]

Bronze Bust Added to Walter Cronkite Memorial2019-10-31T09:22:06-05:00