Visiting Artists and Events
Our Mission Statement
The Visiting Artist and Scholarly Presenters Program (VASPP), brings regionally and nationally acclaimed artists and scholars to Idaho State each year. VASPP invites practitioners in the field of art, design, and art history to share their work and scholarship with ISU students and the local community. Residencies include lectures, workshops, classroom/studio visits, and exhibitions. Visiting artists are also brought to campus through the efforts of individual faculty and student organizations. These events are open to the public, fostering greater understanding of contemporary art and the issues that inspire those who create and reflect upon visual culture today.
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Art Events at ISU
Visiting Artists
Brian D. Collier is a Professor of Art & Design at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont. He earned his MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his BFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His public interventions range across a wide variety of media including websites, video, sculpture, photography, drawing, artist’s books, installation and performance. Through this diverse practice he focuses on ways in which elements of the non-human natural world exist, or have reinserted themselves, in severely human-altered habitats. Through his projects, he disseminates information about these sites, often proposing strategies to re-evaluate the weedy margins of the human-dominated landscape. He is Founder and President of The Society for a Re-Natural Environment and Taxonomic Architect/Head Archivist of The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects Master Collection.
Collier’s work has appeared widely in solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad.
Collier will be at ISU September 30 - October 4 2024
Brian Collier Professor of Fine Arts: Art & Design
Annual Art a la Carte Silent Auction Fundraiser
On November 1, 2024 at 5-8 PM the Idaho State University Department of Art will host its 11th annual Art á la Carte Silent Auction. The event, which raises money for student scholarships, the visiting artist program, department needs and the ISU foundation, will take place at the Pocatello Art Center.
The main event includes a silent auction and sale, which will auction off and sell art made by students, faculty, and alumni. The ISU Fine Arts Club will attend and participate as well. We invite the public to come see what our students and faculty have been creating and possibly bring something home!
Items at auction include jewelry, ceramics, prints, sculptures, paintings, and wearables. Bids will be accepted during the preview exhibition from Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Pocatello Art Center.
For more information, contact the Department of Art at (208) 282-2361 or visit isu.edu/art/.