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November 18, 2025

MPR Story: “Women Artists, Four Centuries of Creativity” Exhibition at the Plains Art Museum, Featuring School of Art Faculty Member, Laura Youngbird.

The work of women artists spanning 400 years is on view at the Plains Arts Museum in Fargo, from an etching by 17th-century Italian Baroque artist Elisabetta Sirani to a contemporary piece by Laura Youngbird of Breckenridge, Minn. “This exhibition is a celebration of women artists who have historically been excluded,” says Danielle Gravon, the chief curator. Read it here: […]

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October 2, 2025

Bachmeier headlines MN Region 5 Service Cooperative Kickoff

Art Education Program Director, Brad Bachmeier, headlined the Sourcewell Region 5 Service Cooperative Arts Professional Development day in Staples, MN on Sep. 30. Professor Bachmeier presented three professional development sessions, ranging from Creative careers and emerging opportunities for student vocations to career transitions for educators. Bachmeier also presented on utilizing Social-Emotional Learning strategies for creating engaging and relevant curricula in […]

Academics
September 25, 2025

Film production student and art alum build community in Fargo-Moorhead 

Minnesota State Moorhead alum, Amanda Frost, and current Moorhead student Alessa Herrera Grant are attempting to answer the question, “Why Fargo-Moorhead?”.  Over the past summer, Alessa participated in CampusFM’s 12-week creatorship, learning from Amanda, the CampusFM coordinator for the company Folkways, along with other guest speakers.   CampusFM’s overall goal is to keep graduates in the Fargo-Moorhead area by strengthening connections […]

College of Arts & Humanities
May 29, 2025

Student and alum create animation for school play

When Minnesota State Moorhead animation graduate Katie Muggli and current animation student Nicole Shoutz were offered the opportunity to create a projection animation for a Liberty Middle school play, they were surprised and excited to tackle the project. Using the skills they learned at Moorhead, they created something special. At MSUM, Katie and Nicole worked with different design software like […]

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