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Juried Student Art Show exhibits student's art
iome of the winners
Show. The show gave out over $300 worth of awards
Ashe was awarded Best of Show.
Other honorable mentions were: “Live
and Let Live,” by Seaman, “Passage
of Time” by Beth Higgins, “Greed” a
photograph by Marc Newton, and “Static
Harp” by Jacob Liske.
There was a diverse mixture of student
work comprised
of photography,
woodcut,
sculpture and
paintings. A
brief reception
was held after
the pubhc had a
chance to walk
the Gallery.
When I
asked Brooke
what inspired
her woodcut
she said her
love for working with wood and the
significance of graduation being held by
Beam Administration.
by Nabil Aasiya-Bey
Staff Writer
Last Friday, the 26 of February, the
Brevard College Juried Student Art Show
took place in Spiers Gallery.
Brooke
Seaman won
the President’s
Choice Award
for her piece
“Picture This”, a
woodcut of Beam
Administration.
She is a senior
majoring in
Graphic Design
and Sculpture.
Sophomore
Jacob Liske
received the
Students Choice Award for “Static Harp”, a
piece resembhng the natural patina formed
on metals. “Confrontations’ by Miranda
Atmosphsrs, cont. from p. 6
dioxide to the atmosphere each day by
burning these things.
From the ice bubbles, we see a continuous
rise in carbon dioxide levels since the
Industrial Revolution. This “new” C02
assault is overwhelming our forests, in part
because we cut them down unsustainably
in most parts of the world.
Carbon dioxide concentration is higher
today than at any time in the last 800,000
years—the age of the oldest ice core. The
only mitigating effect is that about 40% of
the carbon dioxide reacts with atmospheric
water to form carbonic acid.
Unfortunately, the acid rain falls in our
oceans and is acidifying the upper few
meters, dissolving the shells of the plankton
that live there.
In effect, we are killing off the base
of the marine food chain along with our
forests. We live in a very complex system
Cyanobacteria changed the atmospheric
composition forever, a little bit at a time.
The rest of the planet was able to evolve
and adapt to the slowly changing air
Our carbon-based society is changing
the atmospheric composition at a hyper
accelerated pace.
Life that evolved in a low carbon
atmosphere is threatened by the change;
evolution doesn’t work fast enough to
She also said that she will be the first
in her family to receive a B.S. According
to Liske, his sculpture stemmed from a
poisonous plant, and the green coating
reminiscent of patina.
He said, “It’s like the harp you can’t
play.” The show opened at 5:30 and
presentations were given at 6:00 pm. Tim
Murray, a former Art Professor at Brevard
College, awarded Danielle Burch Second
place for “As Train Goes by”, and Ariel’s
graphite self-portrait. First place.
From what you could see at the exhibit,
hard work and love of ones ’ craft culminated
into procuring works from growing artist.
According to Dr Anne Chapin, who
gave the presentation, it takes a lot time
and thinking to put together lighting and
arrange the work to create a successful
show.
If you haven’t had the chance to see
student juried exhibits, I encourage you
to go to future events to see what our
student body is contributing to modem and
postmodern art.
adapt. This is not good news.
Only a rapid and complete conversion to
renewable energy can ward off the eventual
collapse of the system.
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