The Museum of Art/WSU is currently staging exhibits of the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate candidates as they prepare for graduation.
The Museum of Art/WSU presents the work of the 2016 Master of Fine Arts candidates Dani Brooks, Alexandra Dockter, Kayleigh Lang, Nicole Nee, Dylan Steinmetz and Kayla White. Each piece is unique to their thesis, demonstrating the artists’ years of hard work. » More …
Eight of the Top Ten Senior Awards presented recently by the WSU Student Alumni Ambassadors and Alumni Association went to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Two graduating seniors were named award winners in each of five categories for 2016. » More …
Artist Peter Christenson will exhibit works showing regional Scottish traditions, stories, and socio-political and geographic landscapes April 15-22 at the WSU Tri-Cities Art Center, room 102 in the Consolidate Information Center. » More …
Joe Batt drew a picture on a brick wall in downtown Olympia about a year ago. It was charcoal, life size—featuring a boy with a satellite attached to his head.
Batt, an artist and instructor at South Puget Sound Community College, has been meditating on the impact of Wi-Fi technology and devices on the culture and daily life. In a new exhibition at The Art Center at WSU Tri-Cities, he uses images like the one on the Olympia wall to provoke thought and inspire conversation. » More …
How a fine arts alum helped solve an old mystery in paleontology.
Paleo-artist and WSU fine arts alumnus Ray Troll’s obsession began way back in 1993, when he spotted what he calls a “strange doorstop” in the basement of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. “It was a beautiful whorl… I thought it was a big snail,” he says now, recollecting the moment when he visited the museum for a book he was working on.
