While preparing for his art show, it’s not been unusual for senior Isaac Dell to be in the studio for 12 hours a day. Dell has been working many, many hours to get all of his pieces ready for his senior art exhibit. Dell’s artwork will be on display in the Daughtrey Gallery in the...
Category: Sage Center of the Arts
The art department got my crooked nose, while I got minimum wage
I celebrated the end of my first 15-minute pose by picking up my feet and smacking them against the floor like the limbs of a mannequin, confirming their numbness to the cluster of artists gathered for Sketchy Sunday. In a few months, I’d gone from pretending to model Walmart clothes on Instagram to posing for...
A chance to dazzle
At the beginning of each spring semester, more than 20 students — music and non-music majors — vie for a coveted spot to perform a solo with the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. On Monday the music department announced this year’s winners: Sophomore Keely Rendle, junior Thomas Ryskamp, and senior Susena Finegan will perform in the...
Inside Aaron Zenz’s art and the child’s imagination
Aaron Zenz said he used 119 Prismacolor pencils — taking each from great big pencil to little, itty bitty stub you can’t even hold — and broke 251 pencil tips in the making of his first children’s picture book, “The Hiccopotamus.” Zenz’s casualties stem from his unorthodox use of colored pencils. His manipulation of this...
Reduced Shakespeare Company to perform the Bard’s ‘first play’
The Reduced Shakespeare Company, a touring three-man comedy troupe, will perform “William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)” at 8 p.m. Friday in Markel Auditorium. “It’s kind of an irreverent, accessible comedy,” theater department chairman James Brandon said. Those interested in attending can reserve tickets by emailing or visiting the box office. Brandon said the...