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Frank Warren, Artist-Lecture Series guest speaker, speaks to the audience about some of the more serious secrets he had received, the one in particular he brought up was a postcard he received with a picture of a door with a hole made in it with a note on the back saying that the hole was from their mother trying to get in to finish beating them. Warren said when he posted this secret about a dozen more photos followed with more doors with holes in it. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Frank Warren shares the secrets of others

Mia Heck January 18, 2018

Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret and the man who knows the secrets of millions of people from all over the world, spoke in Akin Auditorium with a compelling message of the power secrets hold on...

Leslie Picasio, athletic trainer freshman, and Marisa Gomez, radiology junior, are painting their santa ornaments during the holiday decorating class in the Clark Student Center, Kiowa Room on Dec. 5. Photo by Latoya Fondren

30 students explore creative side in holiday art class

latoya fondren December 5, 2017

Classical-holiday music played in the background. Acorns, Santa ornaments, snowflake frames and various paint colors filled the Kiowa Room, as students chose from the supplies to decorate as a part...

Tyler Colley, graphic design senior, prepares for his senior show as he measures and spaces out his posters for a backpack that he design and handmade on December 4, 2017. Photo by Sara Keeling.

Senior art exhibition opening begins Dec. 8

Tre' Jones December 5, 2017

For more than 40 years, graduating art seniors host a senior exhibition show to display their final art pieces for the MSU and Wichita Falls community to see. This year's opening reception will take...

Hasan Elahi, describes each camo style in his  Continuum series in the Juanita Harvey art gallery on Oct. 20, 2017. photo by Shea James

Art exhibit discussed privacy and surveillance

Denush Vidanapathirana October 21, 2017

About 77 people walked through the dimly lit rooms of the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery at 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the opening reception for the exhibit by Hasan Elahi, conceptual artist. Each photo hung...

Theater students took the audience by surprise at the Luna Gale play

Abena Tobin, Reporter October 11, 2017

Luna Gale, By Rebecca Gilman, is a play which questions who is capable of raising a child? A veteran social worker, Caroline, does whatever she can to protect baby Luna Gale. However, her mission is swayed...

James Johnston, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Catherine Prose, professor of art, look at model of Landscapes of Maui on Oct. 6 at Moffett Library. Photo by Shea James

Conservation through art: ‘Landscapes from Maui’

Denush Vidanapathirana October 10, 2017

The murmurs of hushed voices fade away, as the jungle and sand overtake the imagination. The peaceful beauty of the oil landscapes steal away from the reality of shuffling art enthusiasts discussing the...

Cathrine Prose chalk pastel drawing of a landscape in Maui. Photo contributed by Cathrine Prose

Artist who chased Maui landscapes opening reception

Justin Marquart October 4, 2017

The opening reception for "Landscapes from Maui" by Catherine Prose, professor in Jaunita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts, will be held in the Moffett Library at 4 p.m on Friday Oct. 6. Prose...

Ghislaine Fremaux, assistant professor of art at Texas Tech University, discusses the reasoning behind her art at the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery on Sept. 29.

Fremaux exhibit explores nudism and human nature

Denush Vidanapathirana October 2, 2017

Students, faculty and art enthusiasts all listened in silence, captivated by artist Ghislaine Fremaux, as she explained how the artwork that surrounded them explored the ever-shifting nature of the...

Artist Lecture Series to feature Eva Mozes Kor

Judelle Tyson September 20, 2017

Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor will share her message of forgiveness and determination in the face of adversity during the first staging of the Artist-Lecture Series in the Akin Auditorium on Sept. 21...

Downtown art show gives students chance to network

Craig Tidmore September 12, 2017

Local artwork was front-center during the first Ink in The Falls event, held by 9th Street Studios and art senior Erin Marie Harman. Tattoo shops including Human Canvas, Cowabunga Ink, Rusty’s Needles...

Lauren Hamlin

Surviving two jobs and being a full-time student

The Wichitan May 4, 2017

Like many art majors, learning to balance work, non-art course work and life outside of the Fain Fine Arts building can be challenging.  Studio courses meet in three-hour blocks twice a week, which can...

Wrens Larder by Jonathan Sainsbury, charcoal and watercolor

Birds in Art exhibition to open May 4

Natasha Chipangura May 4, 2017

The Wichita Falls Museum of Art will present Birds in Art, a touring exhibition organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum of Wasau, Wisconsin. The exhibition will be on view from May 4 through...

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