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03/06/2017
George Creel and the Propaganda Machine
One week after America declared war on Germany in 1917, President Wilson appointed muckraking journalist George Creel to head the Committee on Public Information (CPI). Shaiman will examine how Creel grew the small agency tasked with promoting positive images of the war to a global advertising giant that helped secure the Allied victory in 1918.
03/03/2017
Two great programs one for public and one for students
Conservation Conversation March 13 10 a.m. Public Program 12-1:30 p.m. Student/Faculty Program 10 am Conservation Conversation
03/01/2017
Art Students present at Annual Symposium
Four Miami University Art Department students recently presented their research papers at the 19th Annual Africana Studies Student Symposium.
02/28/2017
Lecture at the Art Museum by Annie Dell'Aria, Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Picturing Contemporary Warfare: Art in the Age of the Drone Annie DellÂ’Aria, Assistant Professor, Department of Art Thursday, March 2, 5:30-6:45 pm, Miami University Art Museum Contemporary wars are fought at a distance far removed from most Americans. While battles and heroes were central subjects of art history, contemporary artists seek to render visible what we often ignore: the personal experiences of veterans and the remote victims of drone warfare. Co-sponsored with the Contemporary Art Forum.
02/20/2017
Miami art students receive awards at Emerging Artist Exhibition
Three Miami University art students were selected to present at the Summerfair Cincinnati Emerging Artist Exhibition on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center.
02/20/2017
Building Empathy Through Experience
Graduate and undergraduate students in the Art Department's new Special Topics Studio carried out "standard," daily tasks while using wheelchairs, wearing eyeglasses that imitated cataracts, and other tools that simulated different challenges other people may face.
02/14/2017
A Capstone like no other
Students in the Art History Capstone (ART498) with Dr. Pepper Stetler to celebrate with a reception and gallery talk about their research and experiences in the creation of Advance/Retreat: Prints of the Great War
02/07/2017
Winners named in 2017 Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 Yeck Award
Blake Morgan, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, is the winner of the 2017 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William (Miami '36) and Dorothy Yeck Award.
02/01/2017
Over Here! Over Here! U.S. Propaganda and the Arts of WWI exhibition and more
The Spring 2017 slate of exhibitions are a unified exploration of themes surrounding the centennial anniversary of the U.S. entry into the Great War. Visitors are first presented with a study of art from around the time of the Great War with the Art History Capstone exhibition, Advance/Retreat: Prints and the Great War. Moving forward, Over Here! Over Here! delves into the U.S. GovernmentÂ’s multifaceted propaganda machine that used the arts to support American engagement in the war. Finally, Conflict & Resolution: A Student Response, not restricted to World War I, offers a look at original artworks by current Miami University students reflecting on what it means to be at war and the quest for peace.
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