A reception to congratulate and celebrate a major award won by Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Film Studies, is set for Monday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. in the Library Porch in the Livingston Lord Library on the MSUM campus. The reception is open to all campus faculty, staff and students.
Film Professor, Filmmaker is MSUM’s 11th CASE Professor of the Year View an interview with Kyja here. The art of filmmaking balances the big picture against the small picture details, said Minnesota State University Moorhead film studies Professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson. That harmony is also central to the teaching and learning process, a balance Kristjansson-Nelson manages with sharp perspective and fluid […]
The School of Media Arts & Design played a major role at this year’s South Dakota Film Festival. Last weekend SoMAD faculty including Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Don Clark and Tom Brandau accompanied 30 students to Aberdeen, SD for three days of film screenings, workshops and discussions. The highlight of the weekend was watching Film Studies alumnus, Conor Holt, receive the Best […]
Nine employees were recognized for excellence at the 2014 Retiree Recognition and Employee Excellence Awards Luncheon May 15.. Employees are nominated by their peers for recognition in five categories. This year’s award winners include: Excellence in Service to Students: Hannah Severtson, Director of Learning Communities and Dr. Theresa Hest, Professor of Communication Studies Excellence in Service to the Community: Brittney […]
The Ansan Art Center in Seoul, South Korea, will feature new work by Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, MSUM Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies. The experimental short titled “soul/soul” is a collaboration between K-Nelson (animator and editor), Young Sun Lee (dancer, choreographer, videographer, editor), and Evelyn Ficarra (sound designer and composer). K-Nelson, Lee, and Ficarra met when they were Resident Artist Fellows at […]