Letterpress printer and artist on campus

MSUM Book Culture Series sponsors Margot Ecke’s visit Margot Ecke, founder of Smokey Road Press, a letterpress shop and bindery based in Athens, Ga., will present a lecture Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. in King Hall Auditorium on the MSUM campus. The lecture follows a bookbinding demonstration from 10 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Center for the Arts […]

Art & Design alum featured at The Rourke Art Gallery

Gregory Montreuil (Art & Design, 1982) is featured in a solo exhibition at The Rourke Art Gallery now through June 23.  The exhibition features more than 40 black-and-white abstractions executed in oil. Montreuil, known for his published criticism and arts journalism, has developed a following in New York City among writers as well as artists.

Timothy L. M. Ray

MSUM Professor Emeritus Timothy Ray, who taught for twenty-seven years in the Department of Art & Design passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, following a four-year battle with cancer. Tim was a dedicated artist, devoted colleague and an inspirational teacher. He was one of the faculty instrumental in developing the curriculum of study for the current baccalaureate programs in the […]

Wayne Gudmundson featured on BBC’s The Strand

Wayne Gudmundson, Mass Communications, was featured in a radio program called Travels with Mike, which aired Jan. 17-21 on BBC’s The Strand. The series will also be coming soon on PRI’s Studio 360, and a one-hour special, hosted by Al Letson of State of the Re:Union, to be distributed in the spring by PRX Here’s how the series started: “In […]