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Events surrounding the annual Ruth Sullivan Rally for Autism® this weekend will include activities featuring nationally known savant artist Michael Tolleson. This is the first time that the events surrounding the rally will include art-related activities. Read More

Students and faculty from Marshall University’s School of Art and Design will play a part in “Reinventing and Reinvesting in the Local for Our Common Good” at this weekend’s 51st annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Association at the Big Sandy Conference Center in Huntington. “Art and Life: An Exhibition of Work by Visual Art Majors in Marshall University’s School of Art and Design and College of Arts and Media,” will be on view in the Dogwood Room throughout the conference and will feature work by 10 visual arts seniors: Tanya Abbett, Courtney Childers, Michael Gallimore, Paige Grimaldi, Kaitlyn Hartford, Lydia Lake, Ashley Loftis, Kayla Shapley, Ashley Taylor and Eryn Wilson. The school’s director, Sandra Reed, curated the event, identifying works from senior visual art majors who are currently completing their capstone projects. The artists will be present on Friday, April 8, for a special session, “Talk with the Artists: Life and Art,” scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Read More

Mayor Steve Williams and Huntington in Bloom representatives recognized Marshall University School of Art and Design students who have created colorful street banners for downtown Huntington during a ceremony Feb. 23 at the Visual Arts Center. Read More

The Collaborative, the Marshall University School of Art and Design’s hands-on, student-centered art workshop at the Visual Arts Center, is starting back Saturday, Feb. 20, and will continue for the next three Saturdays. Read More

The Huntington Area Art Society spring lecture series continues with “The Southern Renaissance: Style and Power in Quattrocento Florence,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Cellar Door, 905 Third Ave. Read More

Students in Marshall University’s College of Arts and Media are taking full advantage of the opportunities offered by a local, full-service advertising, marketing and public relations firm. Read More

Internationally recognized multimedia artist Anila Quayyum Agha will lecture at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Room 209 at Marshall University’s Visual Arts Center. Read More

Marshall University’s School of Art and Design will open its creative studios to tourists and travelers from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, during the inaugural West Virginia Craft Week. Read More

The Huntington Area Art Society lecture series will return this fall with “Post-Impressionism to Cubism” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Cellar Door, 905 Third Ave. Read More

The Tri-State Arts Association, in collaboration with Marshall University’s School of Art and Design, will pilot community drawing sessions in the Visual Arts Center’s drawing studio on each second Tuesday of the month during the fall semester. Read More