School of Art students’ research highlighted for Women’s History Month

Last semester twelve students participated in Professor Anna S. Arnar’s “Curatorial Projects” seminar in which each student conducted research on artwork by women artists featured in the permanent collection of the Plains Art Museum. The class produced a 97-page catalogue titled “Out of Storage” with essays dedicated to forty-one different artists. These essays are currently being used by the Plains […]

‘Out of Storage’: Women Artists in the Plains Art Museum Collection

Tuesday, March 19 | 3:30-5 p.m. | CMU 203 Join us for a panel discussion about a student-centered project titled “Out of Storage,” led by MSUM Professor Anna Arnar. For this project, MSUM students researched, documented, and wrote about artworks by selected women artists represented in the permanent collection of the Plains Art Museum. Museum representatives Netha Cloeter and Tasha Kubesh will address their current […]

BFA Senior Exhibition #1

Feb. 25 – March 21 The School of Art presents the BFA Senior Exhibition #1 from February 25 through March 21. A reception celebrating the exhibition takes place Thursday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Gallery hours are M-F 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed […]

Bachmeier selected by Red Rock Canyon for artist-in-residency

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area lies in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. It’s known for geological features such as towering red sandstone peaks and the Keystone Thrust Fault, as well as Native American petroglyphs. Brad Bachmeier, a ceramic artist, will spend his time researching the unique cultural and geologic history of the conservation area while making work to tell the story of the Park. Bachmeier’s application was […]

Bulgarian archaeology topic of Feb. 25 talk

Monday, February 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Center for Business 111 MSUM will present a free public talk entitled “Bulgarian Archaeology: A Century in Review,” by Ivan Vasilev, an adjunct professor at New Bulgaria University and founder and CEO of the Balkan Heritage Foundation, Monday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for Business 111. Vasilev’s research interests include medieval Balkan archaeology and history; medieval studies; architecture and […]