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 […]

‘Diversifying Art Practice’ colloquium

Thursday, Sept. 27 | 6 p.m. | Plains Art Museum “Diversifying Art Practice,” a colloquium by Professor Brad Bachmeier, Art, takes place at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. Bachmeier was chosen by the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Arts board of directors as their 2018 member of the year. His lecture will address professional opportunities […]

Theatre alumni stage play in unique space

Two MSUM Theatre alumni, Kate Arness (daughter of Janet Haak, the director of MSUM’s study abroad program) and Brandon Hecker, along with actors Jacob Hartje, Amanda Leftridge, Rachel McCloud, Kimmie McLagan, Jay Nelson and Linka Wintersteen, perform Women of Clay Thursday through Saturday at Moorhead’s Heritage Garden and Amphitheater. All performances begin at 7 p.m. Women of Clay is an ensemble work that […]