Portrait of Andy Saunders Unveiled

Friends and family honored man-for-all-seasons Andrew F. “Andy” Saunders III as his portrait was unveiled during a reception October 22. The painting, by Russian-born artist Sergei Chernikov, now hangs in the Dining Hall alongside 10 other portraits commissioned by the Alumni Executive Board to honor faculty members who have made major contributions to Memphis University […]

MUS Drum Corps Instigator Keeps the Beat

When he was a little kid, Ahmed Latif was always drumming – on tables, on desks, on walls, on his knee. He put his inner beat to good use in the fifth grade, when he began taking drum lessons, and soon thereafter, playing with Drums Unlimited Renegades of Rhythm drumline. This fall Latif, now a […]

Luckett/Guinn Artist-in-Residence Mr. Jared Small Brings Vintage Schoolhouse to Life

  By Megan Phillips Memphis artist Mr. Jared Small brushes on a royal blue sky, a stark contrast to his white, one-room schoolhouse – with an owl in the belfry – as he describes its symbolism. “It’s an old schoolhouse, where America’s history of learning began and from which America’s educational system evolved. The schoolhouse […]

Imagination in 3-D

In Mr. Jim Buchman’s fall 2013 Art 7 class, students created three-dimensional sculptures that express their interests – which included horned animals, fish, birds, monsters, and helmeted figures, among other designs. The process begins when the students design and build a corrugated cardboard form, which they then cover with layers of wire mesh, plaster cloth, […]

iPad Lab and Apps Boost Interactivity

Although students in Mr. Grant Burke’s Photography class build archaic box cameras and make darkroom prints, Burke also promotes the latest technology, including taking photos with iPhones and utilizing the school learning management system, Haiku. Burke recently took advantage of a new Hyde Library technological offering, what students call the iPad Lab, to give a […]

Hiltonsmith Has Kept the Tunes Coming, the Students Playing and Recording for Three Decades

Several hundred patrons kicked off their 2013 holiday season with the MUS Winter Concert. For many it has become a holiday tradition. For the director and chair of the Fine Arts Department, Mr. John Hiltonsmith, it has been a 30-year tradition. For the musicians it has offered a chance to perform, highlighting their talent, dedication, […]

Artist-in-Residence Nancy Cheairs Colors Our World

  Memphis artist Mrs. Nancy Cheairs blended paint on her brush – a bit of cerulean blue deep and some cadmium red light – and applied her newly created mulberry shade to figures rushing forward out of an emerald landscape set against a sky blazing in shades of tangerine, pumpkin, amber, and burnt orange. Cheairs, […]

Burke Scores with NBA Photography Gig

by Andrew Millen ’08 Like many young boys, Mr. Grant Burke grew up shooting hoops in his driveway with dreams of playing professional basketball. “I’m sure deep down I knew I’d never really be in the NBA,” Burke, instructor in Fine Arts, said. “But it’s funny to think that, using the talents I already had, […]

Fledgling Sculptors

In Mr. Jim Buchman’s spring 2013 Art 7 class, students create three-dimensional sculptures that express their interests.

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