University of South Dakota sculpture graduate students and sculpture professor Chris Meyer are preparing for another iron pour with their recently constructed cupola. This will be the second pour in three months, with the cupola built by Meyer and Jordan Eaton, sculpture Bachelor of Fine Arts alumni. Since our first pour in July, we have continued […]

Paintings in the Oscar Howe Gallery serve as a window into the Native American way of life. “Red Road” features the traditions, ceremonies, dances, rituals, games and day-to-day events of Native Americans. Senior Rayna Hernandez, who is majoring in English and painting, and graduate student Isaac YellowBank, studying kinesiology, shared their original research as part of […]

Artwork can be a vehicle, transporting the viewer through time and place. In a gallery space, passengers can visit artworks from a variety of artists, cultures and locations, bringing with them their own knowledge and experiences. The audience is transported to different times and different places, finding their own paths of connection. Experiencing an original artwork in realtime exposes the viewer […]

Timing is everything. Shortly after being accepted into the Master of Fine Arts graduate program at the University of South Dakota, I had the opportunity to participate in a grant project overseen by Jordan Eaton, a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate. Eaton wrote and received the grant in 2012 and has spent the past few years […]