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 […]

Mike Ruth presents documentary

Dr. Mike Ruth, Cinema Arts and Digital Technologies, will present the documentary “The Greenbrier Military School: 200 years of education in Lewisburg, West Virginia” Oct. 18-19. The film is being premiered as part of the 200th anniversary celebrating formal education in Lewisburg. Ruth co-produced the 45-minute documentary with Bob Boles, Traverse City, Michigan. In addition to producing, Ruth was photographer […]

Women’s and Gender Studies faculty and students presented documentary at the Minnesota Network of Latina/os in Higher Education

Kandace Creel Falcón, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Beatriz Castro, Women’s and Gender Studies minor, and President of O.L.A. student group, presented their short documentary research project “Latina/o Voices: Highlighting our Successes at MSUM” at the Minnesota Network of Latina/os in Higher Education 6th Annual Summit Saturday, Oct. 6.Three additional O.L.A. members – Yastín Beltran, Christine LaCoursiere, and Kathryn Lucero, […]

Documentary production specialist to speak Nov. 3

Janice Kearns, visiting professor from the University of Lincoln, UK, will give a guest lecture Thursday, Nov. November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Weld Hall’s Glasrud Auditorium. A Media Production and Documentary Production specialist, Kearns will present “Footprints in the Sand: the Seaside in British Culture.”  Her film is based on the Media Archive for Central England (MACE).  This year […]