The event celebrated the institution’s history and featured a speech by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson.
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The event celebrated the institution’s history and featured a speech by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson.
The event celebrated the institution’s history and featured a speech by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson.
The event celebrated the institution’s history and featured a speech by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
For a few brief days this spring, the 11th annual event will transform the J.C. Penney Conference Center into an art, print and book lover’s dream.
For a few brief days this spring, the 11th annual event will transform the J.C. Penney Conference Center into an art, print and book lover’s dream.
For a few brief days this spring, the 11th annual event will transform the J.C. Penney Conference Center into an art, print and book lover’s dream.
The oldest library west of the Mississippi River promises to be among the most kid-friendly places in the whole region on Sept. 18.
The oldest library west of the Mississippi River promises to be among the most kid-friendly places in the whole region on Sept. 18.
The oldest library west of the Mississippi River promises to be among the most kid-friendly places in the whole region on Sept. 18.
Senior Brittany Taylor works primarily in film, but she’s also ventured into oil paints, watercolors, lithography – and now the art of curation.
Senior Brittany Taylor works primarily in film, but she’s also ventured into oil paints, watercolors, lithography – and now the art of curation.
Senior Brittany Taylor works primarily in film, but she’s also ventured into oil paints, watercolors, lithography – and now the art of curation.
The event drew an estimated 750 people to campus two weekends ago, featuring all sorts of treasures plus demonstrations, library tours and free ice cream.
For a few brief days this spring, UMSL’s North Campus will be home to an art, print and book lover’s dream.
One of several major exhibitions leading up to the 175th anniversary of the library in 2021, it showcases one of the library’s largest and most significant collections.
Scott Kerr is president of McCaughen & Burr Fine Arts, where his daughter Sara Kerr, a UMSL art history student, also works full time.
“Lepidoptera,” Plate XXIII from Natural History of the Insects of China by E. Donovan, 1838, is just one example of the art visitors may find at the fair.
Julie Dunn-Morton, curator of the St. Louis Mercantile Library’s Fine Arts Collection at UMSL, holds the framed silver medallion.