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April 26, 2013
Graduating art majors take a final bow
By Kyle Jackola
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Last Friday, the art department held their
final gallery opening for the 2012-2013 year.
Eight seniors from the department displayed
the final products of their semester-long
labors in the Spiers Art Gallery; and invited
students, faculty, staff, and community
members to celebrate with them in their
accomplishments.
The students began by introducing their
work and talking about the broad spectrum of
personal influences that helped inspire their
capstone projects. These influences included
rock climbing, biblical stories, coffee shops
and self-identity exploration. Even Geoffrey
Chaucer was cited.
Chris Lockhart, who found his muse
in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, said that
he didn’t want his painting to depict
scenes, but rather the truths that Chaucer
conveyed through his tales. “Even though
they’re rooted in the middle-ages, they still
continue to speak to the human experience
today,” said Lockhart. “Each one of the
paintings is inspired by one of the tales.
They’re not illustrations, but rather visual
representations—fragments seen through
different angles, like a kaleidoscope.”
Bennett Anderson presented a moving
gallery talk as he reminisced to the audience
SeniorArt Show artists left to right: Spencer Crews, Bennett Anderson, Cameron Kahili,
Rachel Coates, Ariel Muiselaar, Julie Kuykendall, and Carolina Anderson. Not pictured:
Chris Lockhart.
about his life-long love of sculpture and
kinetic art. “When I was a freshman thinking
about my senior show, this is exactly what
I imagined,” he said. “I was introduced to
kinetic sculpture at ten years old, and ever
since. I’ve loved art that moves. “
Professor Bob Bauslaugh was especially
drawn to Anderson’s work, which is displayed
inside and outside the gallery. “The mobile
Bennet created has such a presence in the
space it occupies,” said Bauslaugh, speaking
of Anderson’s sculpted mobile that hung
inside the gallery. “It’s a shame we couldn’t
see it hanging alone and watch it interact
with the empty space around it. It really is a
marvelous piece.”
All in all, the show was outstanding. In the
four years that I’ve been attending gallery
openings, this one was by far my favorite.
The seniors displayed the very best of their
hard work, and it has been a joy to watch these
artists develop and perfect their technique
and style over the past four years. Not only
are they talented artists in their own respect,
but they’re also some of my greatest friends.
When you see them, be sure to congratulate
them on their successful show and wish them
well in their future artistic endeavors. Well
done, seniors!
Earthfest 2013 was a big hit on campus
ByAshlee Greene
Sports Editor
Earth Fest was an amazing learning
experience for Brevard College’s campus and
surrounding community this past Saturday.
The festival took place from 11 a.m. until 5
p.m. in front of the Porter Center, and brought
in much business for our local businesses.
The celebration to help save our environment
showed how much people really care about
our Earth and made the leader of this event,
Beth Banks, very proud.
Earth Fest’s activities included events for
both adults and children. The Kid Village
offered face painting, chalk to draw on the
sidewalks, and a section for art that helped
show children that they could have fun
creating art using simple things around the
house by creating a butterfly from simple and
inexpensive household materials.
Local businesses offered their homemade
and recycled arts and crafts including dolls,
small tin containers, paintings, pet rocks,
clothing, and much more. In addition to these,
there was a swap shop that was the hit of the
day because people learned to trade unwanted
items for something they may want or need,
rather than throwing everything away when
they’re done.
Rain barrels were raffled off, and a booth
was set up to explain how these simple
contractions could help out so much around
the house. If the power goes out, your water
gets cut off, if there is a drought, or you simply
want to use rain water to save your running
water, the rain barrels are an excellent option
because they trap the water for later use.
Freshman student, Zif Clark, dressed as
“Bag Monster” and went around wearing
500 grocery bags tied together to explain
how many plastic bags a person will use on
average in one year, trying to convince people
to recycle their used bags or use the reusable
cloth bags that are available.
All of the entertainment at Earth Fest was
amazing, from the drummers, to the Zumba
exercises, to the music that was played.
Overall, BC Greens did a fantastic job
creating this amazing event this year!