2013 SWIC Student Show Award Winners


Congratulations to all of the students exhibited in the show! Below, see the award winners of the 2013 SWIC Student Show.

2013 High School Student Show – Award Winners


Congratulations to all the exhibiting students of the High School Student Show and Congressional Competition. Please see the award winners below.

Our High School Student Series Returns!


Fall 2012: Still Life Drawing

Fall 2012: Still Life Drawing

Download an application here. The spring 2013 semester begins February 21st; applications are due February 15th.

Sun Smith-Foret, Carol Stewart, & M.A. Papanek-Miller Exhibitions Now Open


Sun Smith-Foret – Art About Film: New Work

Jan. 17 – Feb. 28, 2013

Influenced by a variety of artistic mediums and practices, Sun Smith-Foret joins film and quilting techniques to focus on the relationships between cinema and its universal themes.

Includes collaborators Erica Popp & Dawn Ottensmeier.

Shown: Sun Smith-Foret’s Spike Lee Joints I, (detail)

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Carol Stewart – Light Abstracted

Jan. 17 – Feb. 28, 2013

Characterized by a sophisticated play of color and brushwork, Carol Stewart’s still life and tablescape paintings provide the viewer with a feeling of light.

Shown: Carol Stewart’s Quince, Persimmon, & Shallots (detail)

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M.A. Papanek-Miller – … go forward till you come to a castle

Jan. 17 – Feb. 28, 2013

M.A. Papanek-Miller’s whimsical collages incorporate toys, animals, and other “cultural souvenirs” that allow the viewer to participate in conceptual and intellectual discourse.

Shown: M.A. Papanek-Miller’s Looking for Alice: taking (the) water(s) (detail)

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Now Open: 2012 SWIC Faculty Show & Proctor Puppets: Showcasing Amusement


November 1 – December 14, 2012

Proctor Puppets: Showcasing Amusement

An exhibition created by students from the SIUE Museum Studies Program, featuring selections from the Proctor Puppet Collection at the University Museum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

SWIC Art Faculty Exhibition

Featuring works of the art department faculty:

Don Bevirt

Paula McAteer

Andy Brandmeyer

Brad Eilering

Nancy Friederich

Shawn Niebruegge

Denise Schilling

Cory Sellers

Dale Threlkeld

Dave Woesthaus

Spyros Karayiannis

Guy Weible

Kristina Cipolla

Doug Eskra

Todd May

Becky Peterson

Dawn Schuck

Wayne Shaw

Cheryl Wimmer
For more information, visit swic.edu/SAC.

Welcome Scholarship Students!


The Schmidt’s Scholarship Students

The Schmidt would like to introduce our new batch of scholarship students: (left to right) Stephanie Cuvar, Catherine Worstell, Zachary Lassen, Carolyn Eck, and Paul Pratt.

The students have already been working on a variety of projects, including working on the Schmidt’s collection and archives, installing artwork around campus, and assisting with our educational programming.

Congrats, guys, and thanks for all your help so far!

The Schmidt Welcomes Nicole Dutton, Curator & Facility Coordinator


The Schmidt is pleased to welcome Nicole Dutton, our new curator and facility coordinator.

Nicole Dutton, Curator & Facility Coordinator

A little about Nicole:

Nicole Dutton was born and raised in Olney, Illinois. She attended Greenville College, where she received a BA in psychology with a minor in sociology in 2000.

In 2002, she married and moved to the St. Louis area. She worked as a clinical interventionist at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Granite City, IL, counseling children suffering from acute behavior disorders. It was through this experience that she became more interested in art therapy. However, as she began to paint and draw, her passion turned more specifically to art. She took drawing classes at SWIC with Dale Threlkeld and Spyros Karayiannis. Spyros encouraged her to apply to Fontbonne University’s MFA program, which she was accepted into in 2003, and completed in 2007. During that time she worked at Jefferson College as an adjunct art instructor teaching Art Appreciation and Watercolor.

After graduation in 2007, she began work at Chesterfield Arts – first as Director of Education and Outreach, building an art education program for children and adults, and later as Associate Director overseeing the gallery, off-site exhibition spaces, and an extensive public art collection.

Nicole took her new post as Curator and Facility Coordinator of the Schmidt Art Center at the end of July 2012. She looks forward to continuing the efforts of bringing art and education to the students and faculty of SWIC and the surrounding community.