Original Japanese manga art, artifacts up for viewing at Booth Library
Melissa Jabek, Contributing Writer
April 10, 2019
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The Eastern community can appreciate original Japanese manga art and artifacts at the West Reading Room of Booth Library in honor of Asian Heritage Month until April 25. Kofi Bazzell-Smith, a junior majoring in studio art, created all of the original manga artwork at the exhibit. Manga is a Japanese s...
Reception held to honor students’ artwork
Leah Goldstein, Contributing Writer
March 28, 2019
Booth Library held a reception for students who created paintings aligned with the theme, “On The Shoulders of Giants: The Moon and Beyond,” on Thursday. The theme was chosen because of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, so Booth Library faculty wanted art to accompany to the exhibit an...
Student art to be honored at reception
Staff Report
March 25, 2019
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A reception will be held to honor Eastern art students at Booth Library on March 28 in the atrium from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The reception will showcase student painters who created a series of artwork inspired by the library’s spring exhibit, “On the Shoulders of Giants: The Moon and Beyond.” The stu...
Landscape of Guitar concert to incorporate animated paintings
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
October 24, 2018
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The Landscape of Guitar, an animated painting concert experience, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Recital Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The show is a combination of the Patchouli and Terra Guitarra projects of vocalist and guitarist Julie Patchouli and guitarist Bruce Hecksel. ...
Families can create art at Tarble Arts Extravaganza
Karena Ozier, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2018
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The Tarble Arts Center is hosting their annual Tarble Arts Extravaganza alongside Family Weekend on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. in Tarble’s atrium. Riley Snyder, a student worker at Tarble, said three activities will be available at Tarble for students and their families to engage with. Model printing ...
Department of Art, Design resurrect, reconfigure BA in graphic design
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
August 23, 2018
The Eastern Department of Art and Design has resurrected and reconfigured the Bachelor’s in Graphic Design program for the fall semester of 2018 in addition to the already present BFA. Department Chair Chris Kahler said the point of bringing back the program was to create more flexibility for tra...
Department chairs looking at how new School of Fine and Performing Arts will be structured
Abbey Whittington, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2018
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Editor’s Note: This story looks at one of two new schools being created under the College of Arts and Liberal Sciences. The next article will look at the new School of Communication and Journalism. Though the chairs of programs that will be in the new School of Fine and Performing Arts said ther...
Senior shares experience through art
Sisi Pascarella, Contributing Writer
November 14, 2017
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Sharing her personal experience with mental illness, senior studio art major Ashley Dick displayed her art exhibit last week. Dick said she has been planning this show for about two years now, ever since she first learned about the show her sophomore year. “Everyday is just dealing...
Students’ past works to be displayed in art show
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
October 17, 2017
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The work of students who created art over the summer or previous years will be on display Wednesday at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Abby Perkins, sophomore art education major and show coordinator, said the event is a welcome-back-to-school show for students to show off their work. “It is to...
Art students get opportunity to view internal organs of cadavers
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
September 21, 2017
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Students in the art department had the opportunity to view and learn about different muscles from the inside of cadavers because of collaboration with biological sciences. Art professor Jenny Chi said her Advanced Level Life Drawing class had been learning and drawing from real-life models and learning...
Students offered 24 hours to showcase art
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
September 14, 2017
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Students will have the opportunity to act out a skit, sing a song or perform anything that they want at the “No Shame” open mic night 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 23 The 24-hour open mic night will go until 7 p.m. the following day. Frank Monier, a senior theatre arts major, said this is an opportunity...
Drawing class teaches about art, life
Chaela Krueger, Contributing Writer
April 5, 2017
When senior psychology major Fallyn Schwake walked into a Life Drawing class her freshman year, she saw an image she might never forget. “At first, I was completely shocked,” Schwake said, as she remembered seeing the nude models used in the class for the first time. “But I was...
