Limestone University Art Department & Gallery

09/05/2026

Wahhhhhhh!!!! Limestone auctioned off the art equipment. I was only able to score some ceramic buckets and my shop vac. I’m happy a few graduates now own some of our stuff like the kiln. Good memories of good times. The building smells the same. The love notes I left in some places remain.

09/05/2026

Dr. Tuttle hasn’t sent me a formal photo update for her big news; therefore, I’m posting her wrestling with my new pup. Congrats to Emily Tuttle for her accepting a position as Art Historian at Francis Marion University.

09/05/2026

Professor Ford and Dr. Tuttle traveled with Dr. Fee to present papers at the Leeds International Medieval Congress conference this summer in Leeds, England. 3000 scholars attended. We were glad to catch up with LU graduate Tatum Goins.

04/19/2026

A beautiful reunion at Sydney Meetze’s wedding with art students and Tom LeGrand. The Limestone love doesn’t go away.

04/14/2026

Graduates that continue to make us proud:
Emerging Artist Award fur Mika!

We are pleased to present Mika Walters, our second Emerging Artist Laureate! Her piece is Throw Party.

Mika Walters is an interdisciplinary Japanese American artist who primarily works with painting and ceramics, though she enjoys experimenting with a variety of mediums. After relocating to Royal Oak in 2024, she now works in the Ceramics Studio at Oakland Community College. At the studio, she sees ‘community’ every single day, through students collaborating with and helping each other through their artistic practice. Throw Party is an oil on canvas piece that shows the unique community that the studio has brought for so many people.

The Commission for the Arts would like to thank the Royal Oak Civic Foundation for their support of the Emerging Artist Laureate Program. This program works to highlight the art of two artists in our community. Congratulations to both Mika and Sam on being selected as our Emerging Artist Laureates for the year.