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second base for the Brevard College team. He has
enjoyed the sport since the young age of five, and
really enjoys the Baseball program here.
But the real reason why he came to BC is for his
love of the mountains and environmental studies. Matt
frequents the Blue Ridge Parkway and hikes as often
as he can. He shared his love of the autumn season,
with its cool nights and warm afternoons, and like so
many of the people that come to these mountains, the
changing leaf colors is an inspiration to Matt.
The West Beam is where he rests his head, but like
most college students he looks forward to being
independent and living on his own some day. To get by
in Brevard, Matt catches flicks at the local Falls
Theater, and plays his guitar with folks at the Celestial
Mountain Music shop downtown.
You can catch up with Matt sometime at The
Essence of Thyme coffee house particularly during
their evening music shows.
Just like other kids, she went to summer camps. One of
which was Camp lllahee here in Brevard North Carolina. Sh(
fell in love with the mountains, and they became an importan
part of her life. When the time came to choose a college, the
aspiring art major took a drive into the mountains and ended
up on the Brevard College campus. One drive through
campus and she knew immediately that this was her school.
As an art major, she has been helped along by her teachf
Joe Pumphrey and Molly Doctrow where she has found kins!
with both. Her medium of choice has been still life paintings,
and this is where she has incorporated her love of nature. SI
takes photos of her subject matter, leaves and flowers, and
then blows up the image, exaggerating its form, until she cat
see right into the small details of the plants in a style similar t
her favorite painter, Georgio O’keefe.
Raiford enjoys natural light and the way it hits organic forr
and expresses this in her paintings by contrasting light and
11/24/2003
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