Art+Design | Missouri State University

10/19/2026

Faculty and alumni research featured in LiveScience.com article:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/birdman-copper-plate-a-700-year-old-depiction-of-a-native-american-warrior-that-may-be-a-woman-holding-a-weapon-and-a-severed-head?fbclid=IwY2xjawVDUJRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAWJyaWQRMWZIWTBhbVF5VTY4VE9aMlVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeUihtlcwgEtV9tma2ajaEU6TKU-U59DHIsQOm0rJBBI8ubuJ8PfPeF0vaH9w_aem_puushyEsTPEOVWLKAQI4Gg

Discovered in an Indigenous grave in Georgia nearly 150 years ago, the "Birdman" copper plate may actually depict a woman ceremonially dressed as a warrior.

10/14/2026

Opening soon: Native American Art from the Mann and Sims-Giddens Collections, at the Museum Studies Exhibition Space, Park Central Branch Library. Featured in this exhibition are highly skilled Native American artworks including Navajo/Diné silver work, weaving, and sand paintings from the American Southwest, Lakota beadwork from the northern Great Plains, and painted ceramic animal figures from different Pueblo cultures of the American Southwest. The artworks were loaned for study, research, and exhibition by Patricia Mann, Susan Sims-Giddens, and other private collections in the Ozarks region, and they were researched by Missouri State University students and alumni. First Friday Art Walk Closing Reception: February 5 at 7PM.

10/12/2026

Coming soon: an exhibition by Mo State A+D emerita Sharon Harper, at Olin Library at Drury University. October 23 (opening reception) through December 19.

10/09/2026

Advance notice, mark your calendars! Mo State A+D's Visiting Artists, Designers, and Scholars Series hosts William Camargo, with a public talk Thursday, October 29, 6 pm at the eFactory Idea Loft. Camargo is an arts educator, lens-based artist, arts advocate, and the founder and curator of Latinx Diaspora Archives.
All VADS talks are free and emphatically open to the public-- come join us!
The eFactory is part of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center at 405 N. Jefferson, and the Idea Loft is above the west entrance to the building.

10/07/2026

Whiteboard Wednesdays! Featuring the best doodles and A+D info dumps, a curated assortment of lovingly-handcrafted ephemera from Brick City.
[students, you understand the assignment]

10/06/2026

More from CONFAB.

10/06/2026

More art coming to the neighborhood! Meg Wagler, Christine Riutzel, and assistants have started working on the re-creation of the mural homage to Robert E. Smith, right across Boonville between Mill and Water. Using Oculus to assist in layout of the design here-- cool!

10/02/2026

Opening this Friday at the Brick City Galleries: Transitions/Translations: The Beginning, an international poster exhibition of multiple themes, including Design Futurism. Opening reception during First Friday Art Walk, TONIGHT Oct. 2, 6-9 pm at 215 W. Mill St.

10/01/2026

Opening this Friday at the Brick City Galleries: Transitions/Translations: The Beginning, an international poster exhibition of multiple themes, including 10 Degrees Cooler: Thriving Arts & Culture Long Beach. Opening reception during First Friday Art Walk, Oct. 2, 6-9 pm at 215 W. Mill St.