Art & Design alum launches film fundraiser

Keri Pickett, an alum of the MSUM Department of Art & Design, has a launched a fundraising campaign to support work on a feature-length documentary she has recently completed filming, “The Fabulous Ice Age.” Highlighted in the film is the story of skating pioneers Eddie and Roy Shipstad and Oscar Johnson, who started out entertaining people on the ponds of […]

Alum appointed Associate Director of North Dakota Museum of Art

MSUM alum Matthew Wallace was appointed Associate Director of the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks. Wallace received a Masters of Liberal Arts from MSUM in 2010. He is a board member of Arts North Dakota, served as President of the Board of The Third Street Gallery from 2005 to 2011, and was recently appointed North Dakota’s representative […]

Art alum’s work displayed at North Dakota State Capitol

The work of MSUM Art and Design alum Steve Knutson will be on display at the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck from April through June. Knutson’s works will appear in the Governor’s ground floor and first floor offices, the First Lady’s fourth floor, and the Attorney General’s first-floor offices. Knutson graduated in 2008 with an art education degree with […]

Alumni book available for Kindle

Leni Ramberg’s latest book, A Clown Dog’s Christmas, is now available for Kindle, and will soon be available on Nook readers. The paperback is available through Amazon, says Ramberg (1973, Speech-Theatre and English). A book-signing event took place in Los Angeles, where Ramberg lives, last Sunday. The writer’s work was edited by another MSUM alum, Pamela Troumbly (1971, Elementary Education). […]