Art honorary Alpha Rho Tau is hosting its first annual art show this Friday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in an off-campus apartment.
“This is going to be our first annual art show,” said junior Elsa Lagerquist, president of A.R.T. “We’re super excited because we are requiring all of the artwork be done outside of class.”
Both honorary members and faculty have pieces in the show. Mediums include photography, watercolor, fabric, digital paintings, mixed media, and charcoal.
The honorary mandates any art submitted to the show be made outside of assignments or class time, a requirement which Lucas said he appreciates.
“I’m almost hesitant to say I’m an art major, because I’m so bad at doing art outside of class,” Patrick Lucas, Treasurer of A.R.T., said. “It’s the first art piece I’ve done in a while that I have a connection with.”
Lucas is submitting both a photography and a charcoal piece to the show.
The honorary, which currently consists of around 40 members, hopes to encourage more art outside the classroom, as well as participation in the arts in general.
“Getting involved in the arts is an important for anybody to do. It doesn’t have to be creating art,” secretary senior Tori Swanson said. “I think it’s cool for people to come and see individually what we make of it, especially for any of us that want to be artists in the future. It’s not an assignment, it’s more personal and individual. You learn about the artist’s personalities from the art that they create.”
The art show will be held at 118 N. Broad St. in Apartment C. Directions and more information about the honorary can be found on Facebook.
