CANTON, Mo. โ ยายืษ็ว๘ faculty member and award-winning artist Jennifer Bock-Nelson (pictured above), whose public murals are featured throughout Quincy (Ill.), will discuss the inspirations behind her work during an artist talk at ยายืษ็ว๘ Thursday, Sept. 18.
The presentation, โFinding Space in Suspended Time,โ is part of C-SCโs Faculty Research Series and is set for 5:30 p.m. in Meaders Lounge in the Gladys Crown Student Center. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Bock-Nelsonโs art is exhibited nationally and has received numerous awards, including recently being recognized with a $3,000 Midwest Arts grant award in the Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities competition, an individual artist grant from the Illinois Arts Council earlier this year, and Best in Show at the 2018 Rockford Midwestern Biennial.
Since joining the Culver-Stockton faculty in 2024, Bock-Nelson has taught courses on painting and drawing. In 2025, she received the Collegeโs Blue Apple Award for Teaching Excellence. She received her MFA in painting from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Art from Houghton College.
See Bock-Nelsonโs work at . For more information about ยายืษ็ว๘โs art major visit /majors/art/.
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