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In remembrance: SIUE grad and local artist dedicates life’s work to Holocaust survival

In remembrance: SIUE grad and local artist dedicates life’s work to Holocaust survival

Agnes Pal’s love of art was born of curiosity and fondness for beautiful shapes nearly a lifetime ago.  She said she loved art since she was a child living in the Hungarian town of Mako, dreaming of artistic designs in her steel bed painted with the Seven Dwarves.
SIUE alum Agnes Pal, left, has created dozens […]

38th Annual Art Auction to take center stage on campus

38th Annual Art Auction to take center stage on campus

An intensified crowd of auction participants will bid on original artworks donated to benefit SIUE’s Art & Design department.
This painting by Art & Design professor John DenHouter is an example of a donated piece for the 38th Annual ART AUCTION. Image courtesy of Pam Decoteau. Th event takes place March 19th at 6 p.m. in […]

Midwest Paint Group visually responds to SIUE's Jean Helion painting

Midwest Paint Group visually responds to SIUE’s Jean Helion painting

A painting that has been in SIUE’s possession for nearly 50 years recently drew the interest of the Midwest Paint Group, causing its members to create visual responses to it. They unveiled those responses last week.
The group visited the campus over the summer to view the painting, “Le Grand Luxembourg,” by French artist Jean Helion […]

High School Art Show Now Open

High School Art Show Now Open

The Department of Art And Design is currently hosting their annual High School Art show.  The exhibition features work from St. Louis area highschool students and is part of the department’s many outreach efforts.  The show will be on display in the Morris University Center Gallery until March 14.
 
 
 

Undergraduate Gallery Show Opens at MUC Gallery

Undergraduate Gallery Show Opens at MUC Gallery

The Spring 2013 Undergraduate Show opened last week in the Morris University Center gallery. The show features works from current SIUE undergraduates in the Department of Art and Design. Entrants in the show are eligible for a variety of awards from the various art organizations at SIUE.
Luanne Rimel, the Director of Education from Craft Alliance […]

Visitors at the opening of the SIUE Spring Graduate show 2013 (photo courtesy of Howard Ash)

Spring 2013 Graduate Art Show

The Spring 2013 Graduate Art Show opened last Tuesday in the Morris University Center Gallery. The show features the work of recent SIUE Art and Design graduates from all disciplines.
This years show was juried by Michael Eastman. Eastman is a world renown photographer perhaps best known for his architectural photography.

Emilio Sanchez art displayed in TheBANK of Edwardsville

Emilio Sanchez art displayed in TheBANK of Edwardsville

The exhibit at TheBANK of Edwardsville
The University Museum, under the administration of Director Eric Barnett, opened an exhibit of some of the artwork of Cuban American artist Emilio Sanchez on Sept. 24 at the main office of TheBANK of Edwardsville, located in downtown Edwardsville. The exhibit was opened in celebration of the newly established collaborative agreement […]

Edna Patterson-Petty: fabric, quilts, community and her creative journey

Edna Patterson-Petty: fabric, quilts, community and her creative journey

One of Edna Patterson-Petty's Fabric Art Pieces, Eye on the Sparrow. "I love it because keeping your eye on the sparrow is about staying focused and not wavering because of many of life's situation," she says about the piece.
Edna Patterson-Petty, a multimedia and fabric artist, art therapist, and SIUE alumna, has recently published a new […]

gallery goers at the Spring 2012 SIUE BFA exhibition

Casting a Wide Net: SIUE BFA Opening In Lemp Brewery

On April 21, 2012, the old Lemp brewery in Saint Louis got a taste of southern Illinois culture when SIUE’s spring BFA students opened their gallery show “Casting A Wide Net.” The show features work from: Rebecca Jerrels, Aaron Holderman, Aurora Bihler, Kim Buettner, Hunter Creel, Elizabeth Hill, and Kevin Tod.
This is the second showing […]

Art from the SIUE Student Success Show

Student Success Gallery Opening

Monday March 12, 2012 SIUE students and faculty gathered for the opening of the fifth Student Success Exhibition. The exhibition series began in 2008 as a way of celebrating SIUE’s 50th anniversary. Intended as a five year run, this year marks the last year of the series.
Each year, students from the SIUE College of Arts […]

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