Have you heard?
Our Art Department has presented extremely interesting art shows with talented artists before, but the Healing and Remembrance panels that were on front campus and in Blackbridge Hall are not only products of GC&SU students but also from members of the Milledgeville Community.
There were around 300 panels between the ones on front campus and Blackbridge Hall. These panels are handmade and were made in memory of the September 11 attacks. Each person remembers those attacks in his or her own unique way. One of the artists created a series of panels that all say Intolerance Kills. On each of those panels, the artist either stated how many people died on September 11 or another way that “intolerance kills.”
In addition to these creative panels, our art department has had many student shows, but my favorite projects from the Art Department are the projects done by the Three-Dimension Design Class taught by Ursula McCarty. One of the groups, in their most recent project, placed a large purple lion in a cage in front of Mayfair Hall. They decorated the cage and placed a sign on him that stated “Beware of the Lion.” That project was eye-catching. I was just walking by Mayfair Hall on the way to Adams Hall, and after seeing that, I immediately walked into Blackbridge Hall and asked Ainsley Eubanks, the senior administrative secretary of the art department, about the lion. She explained that it was another one of the three-dimension design class’s projects.
Later on, I talked to Diana Hatchett, an art major in the 3-D class, about the rest of their projects. Wow, I was so impressed. One of their main projects is the clay faces on the trees around campus. Most of the faces are on the large tree on the corner outside of Mayfair Hall. The texture and authenticity of the faces are just incredible. The faces give the tree personality and remind me of the Disney character Grandmother Willow from “Pocahontas.” The class also plans to put clay faces on the trees in Lockerly Park. This project will be discussed more in depth in my article on the clay faces.
The 3-D design class recently did a project using boxes, aluminum foil and other objects. This project reminded me of all sorts of geometric shapes. Basically, it was two rectangular boxes connected together with objects glued onto them. These boxes were set outside of Blackbridge Hall during the beginning of the student show. The student show was amazing. Diana Hatchett and Amy Kelly are currently displaying their project on violence against children on front campus. This project was done for Dr. Roxanne Farrar’s, assistant professor of Art, Public Art class. The Battered women group helped them by creating drawings on cotton muslin with cloth markers. Their intent was to “bring out the dirty laundry,” to show the community that this problem exists, and to raise awareness about the loss of innocence and dignity early in life. Next semester the art department will present “Pressed and Pulled X.”
These projects and the other exhibits that are featured by the art department impress me especially because I lack the abilities to express my feelings and emotions through drawing. Most of us who are not talented in that area write instead. However, those panels on front campus really touched my heart just to see how the students and the community expressed their feelings creatively using art. I hope the artwork will touch your heart like it has mine. If you have any questions about the art department or these projects, please contact Ainsley Eubanks at 445-4572.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Nov 30 2001. Filed under Opinion.
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