MOORHEAD — The Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium was held on Sept. 19 and 20 and featured three plenary sessions as well as fourteen concurrent sessions addressing the importance and impact of photojournalism. Former Director of Visuals and Immersive Experiences at National Geographic and currently the CEO of CatalinaContinue Reading
MOORHEAD — A new piece of art has been installed in the Integrated Science Center, ISC, made by fifth year art and neuroscience major, Ian Scheele. “Macroscope” is a piece that has been in the works for over two years, Scheele said Although Scheele designed the piece, the idea ofContinue Reading
MOORHEAD — On Friday, Sept. 8, there was a drastic improvement to the look of Cobbers’ dorm rooms. Why? It’s because of the back-to-school event: the poster sale. Every year, the Office of Student Engagement, the Student Government Association and the College Poster Sale Company—who put on similar events atContinue Reading
Quiet, calm and sophisticated, the Rourke Art Museum exists as a tiny backdrop to the Plains Art Museum in Fargo. Despite that, it’s no less interesting. Hidden in this museum exist tiny gems, waiting to be mined: a mixture of African art, postmodernism and Americana. The Rourke Art Museum, locatedContinue Reading
Art students at Concordia are enthusiastic to participate in a local print-screening exchange for the sixth annual year with Minnesota State University-Moorhead (MSUM) and North Dakota State University (NDSU). The schools traded a collection of prints with each other, which were then sent to a curator who mixed the prints,Continue Reading
From the beginning, we are shown in all throughout American culture that art is a thing of elitism. People in movies appear holding crystal wine glasses, women are covered in diamonds and men smoke cigars at parties with large expensive art decorating their mansions. Art bids are seen as aContinue Reading
School is in full swing now, no debate. People aren’t sleeping, stress can be smelled in the air and performances and the first big tests are all on the horizon. And just like any subject matter, art classes are in full panic mode. Today is going to be a rantContinue Reading
New year, new mindset, same walls. Concordia as we all know and love, has the theme of old-timey religious architecture (that’s the technical term). The library is just one example. It is under consideration to be remodeled, but I guarantee many will fight the demolishing of its ancient smell andContinue Reading
Students gathered in the Cyrus M. Running gallery on March 13, waiting in anticipation for Andrew Maus, director of the Plains Art Museum, to announce the winners of the annual juried art show. Shiyang Feng, Siri Berry, and Abbigail Schuyler received merit awards for $75 dollars. Feng won for herContinue Reading
Embroidery, international travel, storytelling, and history all share a common thread for Concordia printmaking professor Heidi Goldberg. On Jan. 12, two art exhibits created by students enrolled in courses taught by Goldberg were opened to the public. One exhibit is titled “Craft and Identity—Summer School in Norway: Learning Weaving TraditionsContinue Reading