Department of Art

Dr. Keith Holz, Associate Professor Art History, Department of Art, presented a paper at Munich’s Institute for Advanced Study (Ludwig-Maximillian-Universität) entitled “Recasting exiled artists groups as transnational diasporic communities.” The Institute hosted a conference “Netzwerke des Exils. Künstlerische Verflechtungen, Austausch und Patronage nach 1933,“ from November 12-14, 2010. Holz’s paper was singled out at [...]

Bruce Walters has published his second article in the series Art in Plain Sight for the River Cities’ Reader.  As the editor explains, This is part of an occasional series on the history of public art in the Quad Cities.
Walters’ article is about the Tower by Sol LeWitt.
In 1984, a site-specific sculpture by the internationally [...]

Vince Palacios has been selected as a finalist for the 2011 Niche Awards.
The NICHE Awards competition is open to professional craft artists over the age of 21 who reside in America or Canada and are actively involved in the design and production of craftwork supplied to galleries and/or craft stores.
He has also been juried into [...]