Artist talks provocative, phallic artwork
Austen Brown, Staff Reporter
December 5, 2019
The Tarble Arts Center hosted a guest artist Thursday who is known for his controversial and explicit works. Mike Schuetz, the interim director and chief curator of Tarble, said the program, called “Art Speaks!” features an artist that provides context into his or her works, which are usually on...
FEATURE PHOTO: The finishing touches
Jelan Buchanan, Contributing Photographer
October 13, 2019
Josie Parish, a theater arts major, works in the lab to finish up some details for a pottery project for a class on Sunday afternoon in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
FEATURE PHOTO: Copper weaving
Jelan Buchanan, Contributing Photographer
October 13, 2019
Glover Marfo, an art graduate student, works on finishing up a copper weaving project for a class on Sunday afternoon at Doudna Fine Arts Center.
FEATURE PHOTO: Pottery projects
Jelan Buchanan, Photographer
September 8, 2019
Westin Perrero, a sophomore art education major, works on his pottery project while his other projects dry on the shelves in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Sunday afternoon. Perrero said his favorite part about taking art classes at Eastern is the connection between the teachers and students....
FEATURE PHOTO: Late-night watercolor
Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 18, 2019
Graduate art education students paint watercolor in room 2690 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night. Tara Gorris (right) said the graduate students take online classes during spring and fall semesters but need to finish two classes on campus during the summer semester; this is their weeklong...
Children’s traveling art show on display at Carnegie Public Library
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
June 19, 2019
Members of the community can visit Cultivating Creativity, a traveling art show that highlights student art from local area schools, at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library until July 7. Cultivating Creativity displays 44 works of student art from 33 different area schools, ranging from primary...
Having fun in the summer can be free, affordable
Alyssa Cravens, Staff Reporter
June 3, 2019
Summertime: the perfect opportunity to go on vacation, visit old friends or even take up a new hobby or two. Every year, I look forward to the break of the summer and the free time it allows. Though, after so long, the break can get boring, and I am ready for some fresh endeavors. This season...
FEATURE PHOTO: Spring cleaning at Burl Ives Studio Hall
Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 20, 2019
Leila Malekadeli (left) and Crystalyn Hutchens (right), both art students who graduated in May, discuss a new piece Hutchens worked on at the Burl Ives Studio Hall Monday morning. In the same area, 2018-2019 art graduate students were having brunch and working together to clean up the studios.
Graffiti, while illegal, can sometimes be art
Staff Editorial
April 25, 2019
When we think of graffiti, we usually think of the typically amateur scribbling on the trains we watch cross by in our cars. Or we think about the quick glimpses we catch of the simple nicknames and profanity on the sides of bridges we drive under. While some choose to spray stone and cement walls with vulgar...
Tarble to display graduate students’ artwork
Morgan Bledsoe, Contributing Writer
April 22, 2019
Students can appreciate original artwork that graduate students in the studio art program have created for their master’s theses at the Graduate Art Exhibition at the Main Galleries of the Tarble Arts Center starting Wednesday with a reception on Friday. The work on exhibit is courtesy of 10 gradua...
Original Japanese manga art, artifacts up for viewing at Booth Library
Melissa Jabek, Contributing Writer
April 10, 2019
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...
