{"id":10898,"date":"2023-03-13T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:36:50","slug":"arts-society-allocates-22000-to-art-music-and-cinema-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/13\/arts-society-allocates-22000-to-art-music-and-cinema-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Society allocates $22,000 to art, music and cinema programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10900\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10900\" class=\"wp-image-10900 size-fusion-400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"drew brown addresses arts society in potter art gallery\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-310x207.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20230308_ARTSSOCIETY-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew Brown addresses Arts Society members in the Potter Art Gallery March 7, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 13, 2023&#8211;The Missouri Western State University Arts Society announced more than $22,000 in allocations to support art, music and cinema programs at its annual meeting March 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s important that Missouri Western students have access to the necessary equipment and applied learning experiences that prepare them for the future,\u201d said Drew Brown, Arts Society chair. \u201cOftentimes, the arts are thought of as a peripheral experience, a pleasure we enjoy in life. While this is true, it is important to remember the role arts play in the workforce. Students learn skills in Potter Hall today that they will employ in a variety of industries tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Missouri Western Arts Society was founded in 2011 to supplement the annual budgets of arts programs, encourage attendance at performances and exhibitions, and let people know about the art opportunities available through Missouri Western. In 12 years, the Society has distributed more than $300,000 in grants to support the arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year\u2019s allocations include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The purchase of two iPad Pros and Apple Pencils for use in graphic design, typography and final portfolio courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The purchase of three Wacom Cintiq interactive displays to increase capacity for digital animation and illustration courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The purchase of a Glowforge Pro Laser Cutter and Engraver for use in three-dimensional design courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A percussion studio residency to bring three guest clinicians to teach master classes to Missouri Western percussion students over the next two semesters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A guest lecturer on arts marketing and branding to help prepare students for their careers as professionals in the arts community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A guest artist\/clinician for next February\u2019s MWSU Jazz Festival, including possible mini-clinics and master classes for Missouri Western music students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The purchase of audio\/video equipment to enhance the ability of the student-led Griffon Production House to record and broadcast events for outside community organizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MWSU Arts Society is hoping to grow its membership to 75 by July 1. To learn more, visit the Arts Society website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/griff.vn\/arts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">griff.vn\/arts<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 13, 2023&#8211;The Missouri Western State University Arts Society announced more than $22,000 in allocations to support art, music and cinema programs at its annual meeting March 7. \u201cIt\u2019s important that Missouri Western students have access to the necessary equipment and applied learning experiences that prepare them for the future,\u201d said Drew Brown, Arts Society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,48,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10901,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions\/10901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}