Alumna Abby Birhanu gives students a voice through art education

Jun 5, 2023

Birhanu serves as a visual and fiber art teacher at Wydown Middle School and recently won MAEA 2022 Middle/Junior High School Art Educator of the Year.

Litmag celebrates campus creativity with largest issue yet

May 15, 2023

About 75 members of the UMSL community gathered in the Millennium Student Center to celebrate the launch of the 35th installment of the student-run literary and art journal.

Eye on UMSL: One last show

May 8, 2023

The Department of Art and Design showcased the work of BFA students Friday during the Senior Studio Art Capstone exhibition at Sculptureworks Ferguson.

Eye on UMSL: Capturing a legacy

May 1, 2023

Artist Nino “Tsel One” Rodriguez works on an interpretive mural conveying the breadth of work in the Department of Psychological Sciences and memorializing Bettina Casad.

Two new exhibitions open at UMSL’s Gallery 210@FAB

Jan 20, 2023

“Hung Together” and “Figurative Fridays” officially opened on Jan. 17 and will run through Feb. 10.

‘Documents: contemporary lens-based art’ exhibition opens at Gallery 210@FAB

Sep 2, 2022

The new exhibition presents the work of four artists who use photographic and lens-based processes to explore different themes.

Litmag showcases campus community’s creative talent

May 9, 2022

About 50 members of the UMSL Community gathered in the Writing Center Friday to celebrate the launch of the 34th installment of the student-run literary and art journal.

UMSL holds gala to celebrate St. Louis Mercantile Library’s 175th anniversary

Apr 11, 2022

The event celebrated the institution’s history and featured a speech by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson.

Eye on UMSL: Chalk it up

Mar 21, 2022

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Artists Anonymous took to the Quad to commemorate more than 100 influential women with chalk art last week.

Jennifer Fisher wins National Art Education Association award

Jan 27, 2022

The organization named Fisher the 2022 Western Region Higher Education Art Educator.

Felia Davenport to exhibit ‘Torn Mixology’ as 2021-2022 Kranzberg Resident Artist

Dec 1, 2021

The multimedia exhibit explores Davenport’s multiracial identity and will feature seven handmade pieces of clothing that represent different points in her life.

Teach in 12 graduate Scott Boyd goes from graphic design, target shooting to teaching

Oct 21, 2021

This fall, Boyd started his first education job as an art teacher at Lucas Crossing School Complex in Normandy, Missouri.

Alumna Delyn Stephenson wins prestigious Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellowship at Saint Louis Art Museum

Sep 20, 2021

During the paid yearlong fellowship, Stephenson will gain hands-on experience in areas such as audience development, curation and public programming.

UMSL faculty and staff bring volunteers to the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s RedCan Graffiti Jam

Jul 26, 2021

Assistant Teaching Professor Dana Klar led a team that created children’s programming, assisted artists and fed the community during the event.

Litmag, campus publications showcase creativity and resilience during extraordinary school year

Jun 7, 2021

The latest edition of Litmag features a variety of creative works that highlight moments of hope and humanity during the pandemic.

Biochemistry and biotechnology student Thomas Perrot finds an unlikely mesh with ceramics

Apr 12, 2021

Perrot created clay models of a bacteriophage, HPV virus and the COVID-19 virus for the Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Terry Suhre retiring after more than two decades leading Gallery 210

Mar 22, 2021

Suhre took over as director of the gallery in 1996, and since then, he has exhibited the work of nationally renowned artists and addressed social justice issues through art.

Jennifer Fisher wins Missouri Art Education Association Art Educator of the Year

Feb 15, 2021

Fisher teaches undergraduate and graduate art education courses and directs a program that combines a BFA with a Missouri teaching certificate in art.

EdD student Britt Tate finds her place inspiring St. Louis students with art education

Feb 10, 2021

Tate is part of the Heritage Leadership for Sustainability, Social Justice and Participatory Culture cohort and splits her time between Bryan Hill and Columbia Elementary Schools.

Gallery 210 features Chicago artist Maggie Meiners’ ‘Revisiting Rockwell’

Sep 4, 2020

The exhibition, which reimagines Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers, will open Sept. 12 at Gallery 210 by appointment.

Business major, honors student Sammy Jacobs embraces UMSL opportunities

Aug 31, 2020

The Homecoming royalty, Honors College intern and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority member remains active on campus, enjoying a robust college experience.

Amela Cikota exhibits art internationally, connects to students through Bosnian heritage

Aug 17, 2020

The Mehlville School District art teacher’s work has been featured in galleries in London and Milan.

Electrical engineering student and lighting artist Ann Johnson combines creativity with technology

Jun 8, 2020

Ann Johnson initially created stage lighting and art projects as a hobby. Now she’s working to turn it into a full-time career by pursuing an electrical engineering degree.

Confronting coronavirus through art

May 22, 2020

Associate Professor Jennifer McKnight and Professor Jeff Sippel guided students, alumni and friends through art making at home in the wake of coronavirus.

Art education graduates take advantage of unique opportunities and unlock potential at UMSL

May 18, 2020

During their time together at UMSL, Shellby Brannam and Maribel Ramirez-Bohenkamp worked on Show Me ART magazine and honed their skills as artists and educators.

High school students learn from UMSL experts at Des Lee Fine Arts Festival

Feb 10, 2020

Fifteen St. Louis schools were represented at an event designed to connect students through band, choir, orchestra and visual arts.

New course aims to expose students to the range of careers they might seek in the arts

Apr 29, 2019

Arts Life, On Site took students on site visits around St. Louis and to New York over spring break to meet with arts professionals working in many roles.

Design students team with UMSL Percussion Ensemble on animated performance of ‘Stained Glass’

Apr 22, 2019

The design students each created one minute of animation to accompany the musical performance April 8 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Old cookbooks, pamphlet binding and Adam and Eve engraving just some of the gems at Mercantile print fair

May 7, 2018

The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL brought the 12th annual St. Louis Fine Art, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair to campus this past weekend.

Artist and mentor: Gallery 210 exhibit puts student, faculty artwork side by side

Apr 30, 2018

The annual exhibition this year takes a closer look at the influence instructors have on their students’ artwork.

Eye on UMSL: Quilting circles

Apr 9, 2018

Local quilting artist Basil Kincaid recently led a McCluer North High School master class at his exhibition “Gates” at UMSL’s Gallery 210.

Quilting artist Basil Kincaid explores ancestral roots, American identity in upcoming Gallery 210 exhibit

Feb 16, 2018

Kincaid’s “Gates” exhibition opens Feb. 24 on the UMSL campus.

Shutter stop: New perspectives

Dec 14, 2017

As international students take in a sculpture at the Saint Louis Art Museum, the moment captured takes on greater symbolic meaning.

Robert Dorr, 68, knows it’s never too late to go back to school

Jan 18, 2016

The retiree graduated from UMSL in December, finishing a college career he started in 1966.

Professor becomes latest UMSL recipient of award from French government

Jul 23, 2015

Jeanne Zarucchi, professor of art history and French at UMSL, received the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Mental health expert discusses art, healing, advocacy on KETC

May 18, 2015

Andrea Purnell shared her perspective on art’s relationship to healing and advocacy.

Comic books from UMSL course to be preserved at museum

Feb 18, 2014

The comic books generated by an art class are also available for purchase at the UMSL Bookstore and Star Clipper.

UMSL alumnus shows off celebrity-inspired caricature art

Nov 25, 2012

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus and St. Louis-area native Matt Hirschfeld has made a name for himself in Los...

Art for AIDS comes to UMSL

Oct 19, 2010

Art for AIDS will showcase new works for sale by University of Missouri–St. Louis students, staff and alumni in the...

UMSL students win national art contest

Feb 15, 2010

Kristen Franke and Matt Grant, art education majors at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, placed second in the German Embassy’s Freedom Without Walls national art contest for their sculpture, “Light Beyond the Wall.”