Unions' Public Art Blog

Blind Boone Exhibit on the first floor of the MU Student Center In honor of Black History Month in February 2017, the Public Arts Collection at the Missouri Student Unions is pleased to present an exhibit honoring the house of J.W. "Blind" Boone, a prominent figure in the history of Columbia, MO. J.W. “Blind” Boone later in life. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Missouri (002313). The “Blind” Boone House, located on 10 N. 4th Street in Columbia, was the home of John William Boone. He was born in 1864 to a contraband slave cooking for soldiers in the Federal Camp of the Seventh Militia. “Blind” Boone, whose nickname derives from his loss of vision as a baby, first began playing small instruments and later took up the piano after he went to the St. Louis School for the Blind. Later, John Lange Jr. of Columbia undertook Boone’s education in music and career. Boone had a very important musical career giving over 7,200 piano concerts duri

It is a busy start to the new semester in 2017 as the Public Arts Collection at the Missouri Student Unions welcomes an exhibit of clothing from the 1960s from the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection and an exhibit of baskets made by the Intermediate and Advanced Fibers class of Professor Pazia Mannella. 60s Savitar Style The Missouri Historic Costume Textile Collection and Public Arts Collection teamed up to create an exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection that was begun in 1967 and now has a collection of over 6,000 apparel and textile artifacts. Images from the Savitar, the university's yearbook, illustrate the styles of clothing highlighted in the exhibit worn by MU students during the 1960's. The exhibit will stay up until February 20, 2017 so be sure to stop by and visit it in the Lower Lair of the MU Student Center! Spotlight on Mizzou Student Artwork: Baskets inspire