Tag: "University Museum"

Nardi’s ‘monoliths’ represent solar markers

Nardi’s ‘monoliths’ represent solar markers

While there are few pieces of artwork that are meant to be touched, SIUE’s University Museum offers several. On the southwest corner of the Student Fitness center sits a large henge.  It may be cold outside yet this winter, but this installation artwork on campus begs for human interaction.
The installation is entitled “On the Eclipse” […]

University Museum spans campus

University Museum spans campus

There is art all over the SIUE campus thanks in small part to a French minister of culture. While this idea may seem odd to most people, it has been a focus of the University Museum, and its current director, Eric Barnett, for many years.
Eric Barnett, director of the University Museum (right), examines some of […]

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 […]

Museum art 'abroad' -- at EAC

Museum art ‘abroad’ — at EAC

SIUE’s University Museum broadened its reach in the Edwardsville community this summer.
Keeping in pattern with the idea that art is to be seen and experienced, Eric Barnett, University Museum director, responded to a request from the Edwardsville Arts Center (EAC).  EAC approached Barnett about borrowing an outdoor sculpture from the museum.  EAC is in the […]

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