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Color and Memory in the Square Cases

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The square cases at the first level of the MU Student Center now feature two small but meaningful displays that continue our exploration of art, color, and community at Mizzou.  Exhibition Overview – First Level, MU Student Center Exhibition Overview – First Level, MU Student Center One case extends the spirit of Colors in CoMO , the exhibition on the ground level, by highlighting work by an MFA student from the School of Visual Studies. This display features a series of risograph prints that explore the visual possibilities of color combinations. Each print is organized around a distinct theme, showing how shifts in palette can create different moods, relationships, and visual rhythms. Together, the works invite viewers to think about color not simply as decoration, but as a language of structure, contrast, and emotion.                                    Oswaldo Garcia, Color Chart , 2025, 17...
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Colors in CoMO

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Welcome to Colors in CoMO !  On the ground level of the MU Student Center, an exhibition that celebrates color not only as pigment on a surface, but as a reflection of the energy, character, and shared identity of the town we call home. Located in the heart of the University of Missouri, this exhibition brings together works that highlight different perspectives on Columbia, Missouri, creating a vivid and layered portrait of the community around us.   The exhibition features works by artists connected to Columbia, including Joel Chrisman, Frank Stack, Janice Atkins,  as well as student artists whose works were contributed through our collaboration with MSA. Together, these artists offer a rich and varied exploration of CoMO through painting, printmaking, mixed media, and wearable art. Exhibtion Overview, Ground Level, MU Student Center Drawn from the collections of the MU Student Unions, Joel Chrisman’s artworks transport viewers to the quiet landscapes just beyond Columb...
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Celebrating The History of Tiger Women in 2026!

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March is National Women's History Month and so we recognize the contributions made by women to the development of our university! The Missouri Student Unions invite you to view the annual exhibition, "Celebrating Women's History at Mizzou," in the first level Mort's cases at the MU Student Center.   Exhibition Overview – First Level, MU Student Center Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the Pres...
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From Border War to On-Field Rivalry

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This exhibition is presented in two spaces within the MU Student Center: Mort’s Cases on the first floor and the Tradition Cases on the second floor. Using the “Border War” as its central thread, the exhibition traces how the nineteenth-century Missouri–Kansas border conflict and its violence were remembered, reshaped, and ultimately carried into modern campus sports culture. Rather than simply telling a story about history or athletics, the exhibition offers insight into the historical roots behind today’s competitive sports rivalries. The two spaces reflect this journey: the first floor explores historical violence and the formation of memory, while the second floor examines the continuation of rivalry through athletic tradition and emotion.  Exhibition Overview – First Level, MU Student Center Part I: Mort’s Cases The Violence of the Border War and Its Political Imagery The first-floor display begins with the nineteenth-century conflict along the Missouri–Kansas border. After ...
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