Monthly Archives: January 2011

Designing the Museum: Stillwater Connections

Posted on January 31, 2011 by osucurator

Last Tuesday, Shawn Yuan, our associate curator, and I went to visit Jack Allred, a local businessman and artist who was once a student of Grace Hamilton. We wanted to learn more from Allred about the history of Hamilton’s mural … Continue reading →

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Designing the Museum: The Postal Plaza Mural

Posted on January 24, 2011 by osucurator

The renovation of the Postal Plaza will preserve its historic character while redefining it for its new purpose. Old and new come together, however, in the striking mural that has hung in the lobby of the building since 1963. Whatever … Continue reading →

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Designing the Museum: Kristin Schieffer

Posted on January 17, 2011 by osucurator

Author Kristin Schieffer completed a hypothetical design for the new OSU Museum of Art at the Stillwater Postal Plaza as part of her third-year interior design coursework with Professor Theodore Drab. In this post, she shares some renderings of her … Continue reading →

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Designing the Museum: Allison Black

Posted on January 10, 2011 by osucurator

Author Allison Black completed a hypothetical design for the new OSU Museum of Art at the Stillwater Postal Plaza as part of her third-year interior design coursework with Professor Theodore Drab. In this post, she shares some photographs of her … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolution: design a museum!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by osucurator

Welcome to 2011!  This semester we are moving forward with plans for the new OSU Museum of Art in exciting ways, including selecting an architect for the Postal Plaza renovation. As a celebration of that process, the OSU Collection blog … Continue reading →

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