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.
A black man died in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Sunday after being shot by police during a traffic stop and the St. Thomas Art History department has called on two artists to commission memorial art for two students who died. Designer Liselle Diaz has today’s News in :90.
Local artist Alyssa Baguss covered the back wall of the Hearth Room in the Anderson Student Center this January with a 29 feet wide and 10 feet long forest landscape, cut out to mirror the windows on the side of the room. Reporter Annie Terry has the story.
Outside the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library, St. Thomas students had the opportunity to tell their stories about the Mississippi River in the Elm Tree Story booth. Reporter Mae Macfarlane and photojournalist Sophia Primozich have the story.
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.
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.
Students in the art history department are starting the semester in a new location.
The St. Thomas Board of Trustees decided to auction off the Winton Guest House, the university’s most expensive piece of art.
St. Thomas is home to two regularly rotating art galleries, an exhibit in the first floor of the O’Shaughnessey Education Center and the American Museum of Asmat Art
St. Thomas community members had a chance to experience a wealth of local art while also celebrating a milestone.
