News & Events

The Empty Bowls fundraiser that Marshall University hosted this month in conjunction with several Huntington organizations raised a record-breaking $17,995 for the Facing Hunger Foodbank. The amount included $15,520 made from selling bowls created by Marshall ceramics students and other volunteers, along with $2,475 raised in the event’s silent auction. Continue reading “Empty Bowls event raises $17,995 for Facing Hunger Foodbank”

Marshall University will host “Dark Matter,” a series of workshops for students and public presentations with artist Carol Prusa, the Edwards Distinguished Professor in the Arts whose work is inspired by the universe. Continue reading “Workshops, presentations, panel discussion to be held with artist Carol Prusa”

Students enrolled in Marshall University’s ART 481, Special Topics: Museum Curatorial Practice, course have collaborated with the Juliet Art Museum at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, to create the exhibition, recollection. This exhibition will open during Art After Dark, planned for 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, following the Downtown Charleston Art Walk.  The opening reception will include free admission to the Juliet Art Museum and the opportunity to meet and discuss the exhibition with students, faculty and Clay Center staff. Continue reading “Juliet Art Museum to host Student Collaborative Exhibition”

Marshall University’s College of Arts and Media joins local nonprofits and volunteers to host its 16^thAnnual Empty Bowls fundraising event from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, at First Presbyterian Church, 1015 5^th Ave. Continue reading “Empty Bowls fundraiser set for April 12”

Marshall University’s School of Art and Design will present a talk with Theatre Professor Mike Murphy at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, at the Cellar Door, 905 3^rd Ave. in Huntington.

Murphy’s talk is titled “Page to Stage,” walking through the process of reading a play and researching it, then scale drawing and painting a full-size backdrop for a theatre production. Continue reading “Huntington Area Art Society discussion to feature ‘Page to Stage’”

Marshall University art students will create a public art project in downtown Huntington that showcases their crocheting techniques while celebrating love this Valentine holiday.

The students are learning textile construction techniques in class with Associate Professor Miyuki Akai Cook, who assigned a “yarn bomb” project, similar to graffiti with yarn, using traditional methods such as knitting and crochet. Continue reading “Art students to warm up downtown Huntington with crochet”

The Marshall University School of Art and Design will present a Huntington Area Art Society discussion featuring photographer Ariel Wilson at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at The Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave.

Wilson, a visiting assistant professor of photography, will reflect on her ongoing body of work, in which she explores the use of value to define boundaries, plays with the limits of human perception, and experiments with photographic technologies. Continue reading “Marshall, Huntington Area Art Society to present photography of Ariel Wilson”

Marshall University’s School of Art and Design will host a steamroller printmaking event from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in the parking lot between INTO Center and Gullickson Hall on the Marshall campus. In the case of rain, the event will be rescheduled for Nov. 11. Continue reading “Marshall to host steamroller printmaking event”

Marshall University, in partnership with local nonprofit organizations and volunteers, will host its 15^th Annual Empty Bowls fundraising event from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, at First Presbyterian Church, 1015 5^th Ave. Continue reading “Empty Bowls fundraiser approaching April 13, teaching service, collaboration”