Sep 17, 2018
Fun at the Block pARTy
The annual Block pARTy brought together the campus community for a shared pre-game celebration of the performing & visual arts before the home football…
Art
Sep 7, 2018
From Corsica with Love
By Kathleen Parrish Gilles Siméoni, president of Corsican Executive Council, Skyped with faculty and students Wednesday during a reception in Pardee Hall…
Aug 28, 2018
First Day of Class
By Bill Landauer Ed Kerns runs his fingers over the four edges of a rectangle of watercolor paper. “I used to have a teacher,” the Clapp Professor…
Aug 20, 2018
Kung Fu Witch Train
By Stephen Wilson Mention the word “anime” to people and it conjures different images. None more striking than the associations between white and black…
Aug 17, 2018
Site Lines on the Arts Trail
“Site Lines,” artwork by Oklahoma sculptor Rachel Hayes, was installed on the Karl Stirner Arts Trail this week by Jim Toia, the art department’s director…
Jun 20, 2018
The Art of Information Literacy
By Stephen Wilson A student draped in a flowing white smock steps out of Farinon swaddling a raw, bloody roast. Around her neck hangs a chain of hot dogs…
Jun 14, 2018
The Art of First Grade
By Stephen Wilson Giving 7-year-olds sharp tools may not always be a good thing. Yet they sit transfixed as Nestor Armando Gil, assistant professor of…
Jun 1, 2018
Trash to Treasure
By Bill Landauer Silver tags and teardrops ripple on a chain-link fence near the center of Karl Stirner Arts Trail. Each inch-wide drop is hiding something…
Apr 24, 2018
Art Building
9:10 a.m. Kayla Zola ’18 sits alone at one of the long wooden tables on the second floor of the Williams Visual Arts building and works on her champagne…
Apr 12, 2018
Legendary Artist Christo Visits
By Bill Landauer For two weeks in summer 2016, Lake Iseo in the mountains of Northern Italy was born again. People strolled along thoroughfares made of…