The camp attracts more than 80 students to the UMSL campus where they learn from trumpeter Dave Scott (pictured), camp founder Jim Widner and other professional jazz musicians.
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Learn the music business from legendary promoter Steve Schankman
From U2 to Maroon 5 to Pope John Paul II, if you’ve been to a major event in St. Louis in the past 40 years, Steve Schankman was probably involved.
Aaron Mann wins graphic design internship with top firm
The senior art major aced an interview to earn a summer internship with Osborn Barr, the leading agricultural communications firm in North America.
Nermin Zimic wins AIGA award for genocide project
After graduating from UMSL in May, he’s already started working as an assistant art director at Falk Harrison, a brand communication agency based in St. Louis.
Kat Riemer walks in to gallery gig after earning art degree
The recent UMSL graduate gets to earn a living in the art world while gaining experience and furthering her knowledge.
Marquis Love wins awards, job for graphic design work
He won the Peoples’ Choice Award from AIGA Saint Louis for this design commemorating United Nations Day and started work at the agency Manifest Digital.
Friends, faculty, staff honored by UMSL Fine Arts and Communication
Priscilla Block (center), director of St. Louis Artworks, won the Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts from the UMSL College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Charlie Nowell turns graphic design awards, internship into job
The newly minted graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis is used to producing art that stands out in a crowd.
Poetry gets wild on UMSL campus
Seventeen spots on the University of Missouri–St. Louis have become miniature art sanctuaries for the summer.
Eye on UMSL: Bad carp
Jackson Suhre (left) helps artist Joe Chesla with the installation of his poetry box, “Ode to Big Muddy Asian Carp,” for Poetry of the Wild/St. Louis Fusion.
Women in the Arts seeks proposals for 3rd conference
This November, the University of Missouri–St. Louis will host a premier event designed to recognize and promote the accomplishments of women in the arts.
Graphic design students collect old cellphones for recycling
Students (from left) Delores-Rene’e Eddington, Nicole Smith, Amy Orban and Kurt Rohan developed the Recharge on Recycling project to help students recycle their old cellphones, rechargeable batteries and laptops.
Sydney Daniels dances for diversity in Peace Walls
The dance concert will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Touhill.
Barbara Harbach receives praise for latest composition
“Music for Strings, Volume 7” received a glowing review from The Classical Reviewer blog.
Student Deanna Monroe turns being an outcast into an opportunity
The media studies major wears her outcast label proudly on her shirt through her own clothing line, Certified OutKast.
UMSL advertising students win gold ADDY
The students had a productive spring, bringing home a haul of medals at the St. Louis ADDY Awards.
WomenArts Quarterly gets attention in the world of literature
Newpages.com, a website devoted to independent and alternative media and literature, recently featured a review of the latest issue of the UMSL-based publication on its website.
Nolan Ebbinghaus revives love of drama in ‘The Laramie Project’
The political science major didn’t plan on getting into theater in college, but while waiting tables, he had a relapse of the drama bug.
Fear might interfere with breast cancer messages, communication researcher finds
Jina Yoo’s research paper won the Frank Prize in Public Communications Research from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
Alysha LeMay presents research on landmark St. Louis sculpture
The senior art history major at UMSL recently discussed her research at the Missouri State Capitol.
Double Date creates international stir
The barbershop quartet is made up of UMSL students and recent alumni.
Eye on UMSL: Celebrating 250
More than 250 sculpture cakes have been placed at strategic historic locations around St. Louis for Cakeway to the West, including two at UMSL.
Concerto competition winner Daniel Kuehler takes the stage with Orchestra
The music student started off as a biology major and has since become a bright start in UMSL’s prestigious piano program.
From skateboards to center stage: Brandon Smith brings baritone to ‘Mikado’
The self-described “long-haired goofy skateboard kid” didn’t think he’d be a candidate for singing in operas.
Tyler Sanguinette makes international mark on world of type
The senior, majoring in fine arts with an emphasis in graphic design at UMSL, hopes to make typography and hand lettering his specialty.
Wind Ensemble debuts Assistant Professor Zachary Cairns’ modern take on a classic
“Refracted Moonlight” is inspired by Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” and will debut March 5 at the Touhill.
Barbara Harbach named Curators’ Professor
She was one of two UMSL faculty members to receive the honor this year.
Touhill makes list of top college theaters
BestCollegeReviews.org named the performing arts venue to its recent list of 25 Most Amazing College Campus Theaters.
Top Toastmasters talk their way through competition
The Triton Toastmasters’ first contest in international speech was held last week.
Gallery 210 hosts sacred, sequined
The show focuses on 16 early- to mid-20th century Haitian Voodoo flags, or drapo Vodou, and also includes sequined libation bottles and photos of contemporary Vodou practitioners.
Comic books from UMSL course to be preserved at museum
The comic books generated by an art class are also available for purchase at the UMSL Bookstore and Star Clipper.
IN UNISON offers performance, mentoring to UMSL music students
The St. Louis Symphony’s IN UNISON scholarship has offered sweet musical experiences to five University of Missouri–St. Louis students this year.
Winning murals make Lucas Hall a little brighter
Two student murals symbolizing the past, present and future of UMSL are being installed in the public spaces of the College of Arts and Sciences.
UMSL students make music for MADCO’s ‘Pulse 2’
Tom Winkler, a senior music major, wrote a composition that will accompany a dance performance by MADCO Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at the Touhill.
Art professor brings his work home
Dan Younger’s photography is the subject of his first solo St. Louis show in more than 20 years. It will be on display Feb. 7 to May 17 at the Sheldon Art Galleries.
WomenArts Quarterly develops influence in short time
Despite just four years in circulation, the journal has found a reach beyond the boundaries of the UMSL campus.
Cosic’s Gallery 210 show examines cultural adjustments
Gallery 210’s first event in 2014 will offer a window into the complexities of identity, culture, immigration and other issues from a member of St. Louis’ art and Bosnian communities.
Mobile web focus of UMSL teacher’s latest book
More people are accessing the web via mobile devices than ever before, but most website design is geared toward desktop computers.
Eye on UMSL: Happy Holidays!
The annual Jazz for the Holidays concert took place Dec. 8 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The concert featured the UMSL Jazz Ensemble, University Orchestra and Vocal Point choral group. The event also served as the finale to the UMSL Jubilee.
Communication graduate launches career at RubinBrown
Allie Jostrand keeps coming back to one word — passion. She’s passionate about the St. Louis Cardinals, she’s passionate about the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and she’s passionate about starting her career in public relations.
UMSL conductor goes from Carnegie to Candlelight Concert with Bach Society
Ask Jim Henry what he did Thanksgiving weekend and the answer is casual, almost an aside. “I sang at Carnegie Hall,”...
Book fair celebrates faculty authors
For several years, María Teresa Balogh attended Friday’s annual Faculty Author’s Reception, always telling herself that she’d have a book out by the next year. As a longtime writer, she’d published lots of her poetry, but her own book remained a goal.
UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert
The weather outside was frightful, but the music inside was delightful to the more than 1,200 who attended the Jazz...
Miriam Roccia strives to enhance student experience at UMSL
Her title is assistant dean of students at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, but to many people who are familiar with her face in the Millennium Student Center, Miriam Roccia has another title.