The Schoenecker Center, which serves as the University of St Thomas’ new home for its science, technical, engineering, arts and math fields, opened its doors for classes on Monday, Feb. 5. The complex, which cost over 100 million dollars, features new facilities for integrative STEAM studies, including geology, multimedia, robotics and music. Kevin Lynch has the story.
OPINION: Destroying artwork as an activist statement is wrong
Opinions editor Macy Berendsen posits her opinion on the recent uptake of art-destroying protests by Just Stop Oil.
OPINION: The new frame of art is digital creation
The world of art is in transition. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters discusses the development of digital art and the value of its creation.
PODCAST: The Medium – Should we kill the author?
In the season five premiere, hosts Maddie Peters and Song Johansen discuss creator intention when making art, talk about death of the author and catch up on the latest in the art and entertainment world.
Create[space] sparks student engagement and creativity with activity kits
The cancellation of in-person activities at St. Thomas has brought a surge of interest in the create[space] activities after director Manuela Hill-Muñoz developed what she calls “creativity kits”, mailed directly to students’ doors. Reporter Joey Swanson has the story.
PODCAST: The Medium – Art and celebrities during pandemic
In episode five of The Medium, Maddie and Reid discuss the pressure on artists to create while social distancing, and producer Kayla Mayer joins to talk about the irrelevance of celebrities during the pandemic.
News in :90 – Feb. 24, 2020
Iran’s government said Monday that 12 people have died from the new coronavirus nationwide and local artist Alyssa Baguss covered the back wall of the Anderson Student Center Hearth Room with a forest landscape. Reporter Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
PODCAST: The Medium with Kayley Isaacson
In episode six of The Medium, Reid Neeser and Maddie Peters talk with St. Thomas student Kayley Isaacson about her art and St. Thomas’ theater club. They discuss the history and impact of YouTube, along with listing some of their favorite channels and catching up with the latest news in arts and entertainment.
The story of the St. Thomas murals
St. Thomas is home to many different works of art, from the Multicultural celebration mural in Murray-Herrick hall to a 112-foot long fresco on the ceiling of Terrence Murphy Hall in downtown Minneapolis.
St. Kate’s Women’s Art Institute celebrates 20th anniversary
St. Catherine University hosted the Women’s Art Institute’s 20th Anniversary exhibition gallery from Sept. 7 – Oct. 19. Reporter Burke Spizale has the story.
AP: Painting looted by Nazis returned to Jewish heirs in Germany
Officials have returned a painting looted by the Nazis to the heirs of a Jewish French politician and resistance figure who was executed during World War II.
Art history gallery to open first exhibit in OEC
After a push from the art history department to create a gallery space for its art collections, St. Thomas will open an exhibition later this month in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center.
News in :90 – May 10, 2017
President Trump’s defense of firing FBI Director James Comey, a report that the student who discharged a weapon in Flynn Hall will not face criminal charges, outrage over a rainbow-colored sign in the Delano school district and an art program for veterans being offered at St. Thomas lead today’s headlines. Sports editor Carolyn Meyer has …
St. Thomas holds annual Asmat Art gala
The American museum of Asmat Art at the University of St. Thomas held its 2016 Spirits of Summer Asmat Gala on July 20 in Woulfe Alumni Hall in the Anderson Student Center.
Art history department embraces new home
Students in the art history department are starting the semester in a new location.