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For some people art is a way to de-stress after a long day, and for some, it is a way to heal during and after a traumatic experience. The Art Therapy program at Millikin University prepares its students to be able to teach all the above.
Creativity and innovation always collide during Millikin University's annual Arts Technology Expo. Presented by the Arts Technology and Administration Department, the Arts Technology Expo showcases student projects from the academic year and introduces the campus community to various student-run ventures.
"The things that we do in the community wouldn't be possible without people like you contributing your times, talents and funds to such a worthy cause," said Cindy Jackson, operations manager of The Good Samaritan Inn, as she addressed a crowd-filled banquet room in the University Commons on the evening of Nov. 22 on Millikin University's campus.
The printmaking artwork of Millikin University auditing art student Amy Stockwell has been accepted into the National Juried Exhibition "Printmaking and Encaustic Painting, Pressed and Waxed," sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists Inc. (NAWA).
Blue Connection, Millikin University's student-run retail art gallery located in downtown Decatur, Ill., is a space that has helped define Stephen Gardner's college experience.
Millikin University's Art Department and Center for Entrepreneurship have named Stephen Gardner the 2019 Robert Harrison Crowder Artist-in-Residence at Blue Connection, Millikin's student-run retail art gallery.
Teams of filmmakers and animators were given a unique opportunity to create and exhibit their work at Millikin University's first "Images in Motion" film festival, presented by Millikin's Arts Technology Department. The film festival was held April 26 on Millikin's campus at Albert Taylor Theatre.
Millikin University Arts Technology and Graphic Design students Elsa Rotramel, Molly McCool, Susan Chang, Kade Nylen, and recent graduate Tyler Clemons, each received 2019 Regional American Advertising Awards (ADDY) from the American Advertising Federation. The students were honored for their artistic designs at the Regional American Advertising Federation Awards Gala on Feb. 28 in Peoria, Ill.