Unions' Public Art Blog

An display celebrating Mizzou's International Student history is currently on view in the Lower Lair Lounge in the MU Student Center. The exhibit features photographs and Savitar yearbook spreads dating back to the early twentieth-century. This display will be up through the summer, so come check it out! "Celebrating International Students at Mizzou" display in the Lower Lair Lounge of the MU Student Center. For those of you who cannot visit the exhibit in person, I will be sharing some of the photographs and research here on my blog. I thought I would start by highlighting individual international students from Mizzou's early history: Jose Santiago, 1905 Savitar . Jose Santiago was a Missouri medical student from Puerto Rico at the turn of the twentieth-century. Notably, Puerto Ricans were not granted U.S. citizenship until 1917 with the passage of the Jones-Shafroth Act. While at Mizzou, Santiago was highly regarded by his peers for his skillfulness

A Mizzou Traditions display is currently on view on the second floor of the MU Student Center. Traditions display Display detail featuring May Day spread from the 1914 Savitar . The display features tradition themed spreads from MU's Savitar yearbooks as well as material culture objects from the Student Unions collection. Here are a few highlights from the exhibit: Wheelock Porcelain (Austria), Main Building Missouri State University, Columbia MO (Jesse Hall), c. 1900, porcelain plate with stamped image. Graciously donated by Lorah Steiner (retired Director of the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau). The Columns, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO , 1908, postcard. Freshmen whitewashing the stone "M" while sophomores look on ( Savitar , 1936). Showme: Homecoming Issue (Nov. 1960). Graciously Donated by Dr. Saundra McMillan, Alumna (BA English, 1961). Authored by Niki Eaton, PhD student, Art History and Archaeology

An LGBTQ Pride display is currently on view on the main floor of the MU Student Center. This display will only be up for a few more days, so see it today! The display is comprised of notable LGBTQ themed Savitar spreads as well as printed materials on loan from the LGBTQ resource center. Here are a few highlights: In 1978 LGBTQ students gained the hard-won right to form student organizations ( Savitar , 1978). Since the 1990s, MU's LGBTQ Center has celebrated National Coming Out Week with supportive activities and programs on campus ( Savitar , 1999). Authored by Niki Eaton, PhD student, Art History and Archaeology