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‘A grand opportunity’: Business student Jenisha McDonald selected as 2019 Katherine Dunham Fellow

A passion for playwriting motivated McDonald to apply for the Arts and Education Council-sponsored fellowship....

UMSL to award more than 1,100 degrees during fall commencement

Grammy Award-winning soprano opera singer Christine Brewer will join poet Paul Thiel and educator Richard Jung in receiving honorary degrees, and alumna Sheila Burkett is slated to speak....

UMSL alumna brings lessons in composition and rhetoric to broader St. Louis community with FLOW, her grant-funded startup

Amanda Wells credits her graduate alma mater with helping her grow the idea into an achievable dream....

Cultural anthropologist strengthens community through art

For her varied projects and contributions to the community, the Arts and Education Council recently awarded Lewis-Harris its 2016 Arts Collaborator award....

UMSL collaborative brings dance, music to area schools

Merengue music blares out of a boom box as a group of about 40 fifth-graders at Buder Elementary School in south St. Louis walk arm-in-arm into the school gymnasium. The...

Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative honored for enriching St. Louis arts community

The E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative has been recognized for enriching St. Louis’ arts and cultural community....