Archive for October 24th, 2011

University Museum expands the collection

University Museum expands the collection

Museums are always striving to expand their collections to reach the broadest audience possible. On Monday, October 24, SIUE’s University Museum will expand in several different ways.**
Recently, an email was sent out from the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago stating that they were looking for a home for a collection of […]

Meitner - poet of robo-tripping, sex ed., and love

Meitner – poet of robo-tripping, sex ed., and love

Erika Meitner
Poets usually cut a fairly broad swath with their poems. Erika Meitner, assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, is no exception to this rule.
Meitner came to SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) as a guest speaker. The Department of English Language and Literature at SIUE invited Meitner to share some of her […]

Violinist Rebin Ali at the Music from the Middle East workshop held at SIUE

Music from the Middle East

Last Wednesday, October 19, American Voices, a performing arts group dedicated to sharing culture from around the world, held their “Music from the Middle East” workshop at SIUE campus. The workshop featured live musical performances, a presentation of the group’s activities around the world, and a segment from “Camp Unity” a documentary filmed about the […]

New Wagner Gallery holds treasure trove

New Wagner Gallery holds treasure trove

Even though the area surrounding the art building is being demolished and improved, it is not slowing down the faculty of the Department of Art and Design. The Fall 2011 edition of the faculty art exhibition can be seen in the New Wagner Art Gallery.
The exhibit contains a broad collection of art mediums and styles […]

Visiting professor Jose Tojo

Visiting professor Jose Tojo

This semester, a number of SIUE students have had the opportunity to get to know visiting professor Jose Tojo, and in doing so have been able to learn more about Maroon theater and culture. 43-year-old Tojo is originally from Suriname but now a resident of the Netherlands where he works as an officer of the […]

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