Bringing professional artists to our campus to interact with our students and community educates and fosters a greater understanding and appreciation of contemporary art. It allows for discourse with practitioners of art with different backgrounds and viewpoints than typically found in our region. It is also an opportunity to interact with professionals who are succeeding in navigating the life of an artist, giving insights into the discipline and effort it takes to build artistic careers.
We also bring Art Historians to our campus to present on historical facets of art, often in relation to our institution’s International Themed Semesters but also tied to specific gallery offerings or to our permanent collection of African Art.
The Department of Art and Design’s Visiting Artist programming is generously funded in part by the Katherine L. Hyde Charitable Trust.
Visiting Artists and Art Historians have included:
Adam Posnak
University of Arkansas
Instructor of Art, Ceramics & Foundations
“arcana”
Artist Talk
New York, NY
“Finding Inspiration”
Artist Talk
This exhibition was generously funded in part with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
International Art Seminar: Ireland
“Far & Away”
Artist Talk
University of Texas at Dallas
“The Sigh”
Artist Talk
Melissa Cowper-Smith
Morrilton, Arkansas
Jessica Mongeon
Arkansas Tech University
Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator
“Cyclical Nature”
Artist Talk
Sarah Gross
University of Kansas
Associate Professor of Ceramics
“Fruits of My Labor”
Artist Talk
Jamie Bates Slone
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor of Ceramics
“Wake”
Artist Talk
Holly Laws
University of Central Arkansas
Associate Professor of Art
“Loop”
Artist Talk
Tammy Harrington
University of the Ozarks, AR
Professor of Art
“Visions”
Artist Talk (10/21)
Artist Talk (11/10)
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
"Artists Behind the Iron Curtain"
Curator Talk
Springfield, MO
"A Solitary Year"
Artist Talk
Chicago, IL
"in the Midst of Things"
Artist Talk
Associate Professor
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Washington University in St. Louis
"Wayfinding II"
Artist Talk
Associate Professor
University of Kansas
"Vents, Missives, and Fumaroles"
Artist Talk
Associate Professor
Missouri State University
"Point and Periphery: Photographs from Small Missouri Towns”
Artist Talk
Loves Park, IL
“Hironobu “Nishi” Nishitateno exhibition"
Artist Talk
Associate Professor of Art
Art Academy of Cincinnati
“De/Tension/Past: Landscapes of American Incarceration”
Artist Talk
Manager of Educational Programming
The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
Artist Talks:
Executing the Paintbrush: Gutai Art Imparting Life to Matter
Causing the Earth to Earth: Encounters with the Art of Mono-Ha
Nicholas Kyle
Carthage, MO
Nick Kyle Exhibition
Artist Talk
Chad Eby
Assistant Professor, Art Studio & Digital Design
University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts
“Lapse”
Artist Talk
Dawn Holder
Associate Professor of Art
University of the Ozarks
“A Glory That May Never”
Artist Talk
Jennifer Meanley
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Art
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
“Intimate Withholding ”
Artist Talk
Gwen Walstrand
Professor of Photography
Missouri State University
“Near and There: Glimpses From a Fleeting World ”
Artist Talk
Nadia Huggins
St Vincent and the Grenadines
“On an Island ”
Artist Talk
This exhibition was generously funded in part with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Joplin Regional Artists Coalition (JRAC )
Joplin, MO
“The Light in the Darkness”
Jim Bray
Joplin, MO
Press
Artist Talk
Michelle Martin
Professor of Art
University of Tulsa
“Mystorical Constructions”
Dave Loewenstein
Lawrence, KS
“At the End of the Day”
Michael Ashley
Assistant Professor of Art
College of the Ozarks
“Fall in the Ozarks”
Interview
Emily Beck
Associate Professor
University of Notre Dame
“Ladylike”
Allison Perelman
Washington University in St. Louis
“ Paul Gauguin: Ancient Religions, Modern Myths ”
Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris
University of Missouri-St. Louis (retired)
“ The Land of 700+ Cultures: The Art of Papua New Guinea. ”
Benjamin Cirgin
Assistant Professor
Eastern Kentucky University
“Sample forms of compensation”
Danielle Julian-Norton
Professor
Columbus College of Art & Design
“Beyond Thunderdome”
Scott Gellatly
Portland, OR
Scott Gellatly Fine Art
“Color and the Artist’s Palette”
Carl Judson
Laporte, CO
Judsons Art Outfitters
“Paint Outside the Box – Personal Style in Plein Air”
Kristin Musgnug
Associate Professor of Art: Painting,
University of Arkansas
“Standpoints: Contemporary Landscape”
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium” (2014)
Robert Bubp
Associate Professor of Art
Wichita State University
“Standpoints: Contemporary Landscape”
Armin Mühsam
Professor of Painting
Northwest Missouri State University
“Standpoints: Contemporary Landscape”
Elizabeth Morton
Associate Professor of Art, Dept Chair
Wabash College
“On the Road – Bandits & Heroes” (Lecture)
The exhibit, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ NEH on the Road initiative, was brought to Missouri Southern by the Mid-America Arts Alliance and was organized by Con/Vida — Popular Arts of the Americas and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Dr. Patricia Gray Berman
Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art
Wellesley College
"Edvard Munch: The Mirror and the Lens"
This exhibition was generously funded in part with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Dr. Thor J. Mednick
Associate Professor of Art History
University of Toledo Department of Art
"What Lies Ahead: Art & Technology in 19th-Century Denmark"
This exhibition was generously funded in part with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Tarrah Krajnak
Associate Professor of Art: Photography
Pitzer College in Claremont, CA
“Kloes”
Jena Seiler
Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Kentucky College of Art & Design
“Submerging”
Jonathan Hils
Associate Professor
University of Oklahoma
“Rendered”
Kerra Taylor
Springfield, MO
“Specious Recollections”
Jeff Johnston
Professor Emeritus
College of the Ozarks
“Hidden Relics: Culture & Place”
Sohail Shehada
Oklahoma State University
“Portraits: The Influence of Tradition”
Allison Evans
San Diego, CA
“Home Or”
Örjan Henriksson
Mullsjö Sweden
“Auschwitz KZ I-II”
Images
Quincy Owens & Luke Crawley
Indianapolis, IN
“Everything is Sacred, Nothing is Sacred”
Lori Miles
Professor of Art and Art History
DePauw University
“The Melancholy of Runaway Elephants”
Tom Huck
St. Louis, MO
“Evil Prints”
Alexis Serio
Professor of Painting
University of Texas at Tyler
“The Colossal Memory”
Cathy Broski
Kansas City, MO
“Face to Face”
Dee Schaad
Professor Emeritus, Ceramics
University of Indianapolis
“Face to Face”
Justin Shaw and Marco Rosichelli
Art & Design - Foundations
University of Central Missouri
“Handymen”
Images
Natalia Zubko
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Parsons/CUNY
“wandersense”
Jen Waters
Brooklyn, NY
“wandersense”
Joey Borovicka
Springfield, MO
“Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Sam King
Assistant Professor of Art
University of Arkansas
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Kristin Musgnug
Associate Professor of Art: Painting,
University of Arkansas
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
James Oliver
Professor of Painting and Drawing
Pittsburg State University
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Stephanie Pierce
New York, NY
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Ashley Laird
San Francisco, CA
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Dave Loewenstein
Lawrence, KS
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Amber Hansen
Assistant Professor
University of South Dakota
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Nicholas Ward
Denver, CO
“MSSU Contemporary Painting Symposium”
Christopher Brock
Neosho, MO
“Know Peace”
Carolyn Springer
Herron School of Art + Design
Indiana University
Encaustic workshop, exhibition & lecture
Michelle Martin
Professor of Art
University of Tulsa
Monotype workshop
Marcus Howell
Associate Professor
Missouri State University
“Man of Sorrows”
