German prints from the Springfield Art Museum
will be on display from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday Aug. 25
through Sept. 19
The exhibit is one of the cultural offerings of the “Germany Semester” this fall on the MSSU campus. An opening reception will be held from 4 - 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 25. The reception and the gallery are free and open to the public.
The exhibition comprises a selection of prints by German artists ranging from the 16th to 20th centuries. Traditional handmade printmaking is the original means of mass-producing images, utilizing different techniques all allowing for the creation of multiple originals. The prints in this exhibition include a variety of these traditional processes including woodcut, engraving, and lithography.
Works created by Albrecht Durer, Goerge Grosz, Max Beckmann, and Josef Albers are included. One of the artists most represented in the exhibit is the pioneer expressionist Kathe Kollwitz, the first woman to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Art. She is noted for her relief prints from the early 20th century exploring the austere themes of suffering and death.
3 MSSU art dept graduates to attend graduate schools:
Three MSSU Art Department graduates will be attending graduate school
with the intent to earn a MFA this fall:
Trent Mosley, Wichita State University
Brandon Nepote, University of Texas, Tyler
Jason Stamper, University of Tulsa
Frank A. Pishkur, Art, attended the 42nd annual conference of the National Council on Education in the Ceramics Arts (NCECA), held this year in Pittsburgh, Penn. The theme for this year’s conference was Confluence: Innovation, Community, Environment. Among the many topics, exhibitions, and programs Pishkur attended, the panel discussion “Connecting Foundations and Ceramics Curriculum” was especially relevant to our institution’s current focus on promoting student success in the first year of college.The NCECA's purpose is to promote and improve the ceramic arts through education, research, and creative practice.
Artist Malcolm E. Kucharski demonstrated his art making process on Thursday, March 6 at MSSU's ceramic studio. Over the course of the entire day approximately 45 MSSU art students watched him create a series of hand built sculptural clay forms based upon pottery shapes and concepts with a visual texture that alluded to geological formations and processes.
Frank Pishkur, Art, says Kucharski commented how he "...like[d] to let the clay do what it does" as he constantly pressed, stretched, caressed, bent, incised, and cradled the clay in his hands.
His mark-making process worked within the gestural spirit of Abstract Expressionism. Yet, at the same time, he shared traditions based on Japanese/Korean Folk pottery aesthetics, strongly influenced by the British Studio Pottery Movement. This rich history was translated to him first hand by one of its direct descendants, the American master Warren Mackenzie.
Kucharski teaches art at Pittsburg State University. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics. He has exhibited his works in clay across this country for over 25 years. He has also exhibited both in Japan and Taiwan.
Pamela Harris
Assistant Professor of Art had 3 digital prints from her Landstory Series accepted into Photo Spiva 2008, the 32nd Annual National Photographic Competition. Photo Spiva is the oldest continuous US national photographic competition. As stated by the founders, the objective of PhotoSpiva is to “present an exhibition of excellence in photography, celebrating the scope and vigorous activity of today’s contemporary photographers.”
Exhibition dates: April 19 - June 1 2008
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
222 W. Third Street
Joplin, MO 64801
417.623.0183
Josie Mai: received special recognition from the Missouri Fine Arts Academy for her face.africa project. Academy participants created portraits for Kenyan children. This work was recently featured at the Spiva Center of the Arts. In February the exhibit moves to the state capitol for Missouri Citizens for the Arts Day and then on to Kansas City for yet another exhibit. The Missouri Fine Arts Academy is a residential summer program for artistically talented high school students. Josie has served on the faculty of the Academy since 2006.
Study in Sweden
Each Summer, MSSU art majors are given a chance to travel and study in Europe and Scandinavia for five weeks while earning six hours of college credit.
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Art League:
Open to all art majors, sponsors field trips and guest speakers, campus and community commissions, art discussions and studio art activities.
Facebook link: The White Cube
Art discussions, updated daily
Southern Concepts: open to art majors and graphic communication majors, sponsors field trips to printing and photography production centers, also advertising agencies and graphic studios. Affiliated with AIGA.
