The Hillsdale College Department of Music will host two faculty recitals Sept. 7 and Sept. 9. The first recital will feature Professor of Music Melissa Knecht on the viola, Lecturer in Music Amy Ley on the harp, Lecturer in Music Jaimie Wagner on the flute, and Adjunct Professor of Music Katherine Rick on the piano....
Category: Professors
Professional Artist Series kicks off with ‘The Shape of Color’
Julio Suarez, assistant professor of art, sees the world in a series of abstract shapes and colors interacting with each other. “I’m very interested in color, in mixing,” Suarez said. “Everything is made up of color, a mosaic that makes up our visual field.” In his upcoming art show, titled “The Shape of Color,” Suarez...
Math department teams with Tower Players for ‘Proof’
Jonathan Gregg, lecturer in math, gave the Tower Players’ cast of “Proof” each a sheet of paper with a rectangle and a triangle in the center of it about a month before the play’s opening night, next Wednesday in Markle Auditorium. “Do math,” Gregg told the group. It turned out about as well as you...
‘Repercussion’ exhibits graphic design
For graphic designer Kelly Salchow MacArthur, the digital arts communicate important ecological messages. The art department will be hosting an exhibit of MacArthur’s work from Oct. 20 to Nov. 19. The exhibit combines an array of digital designs printed on paper and metal, highlighted by different lighting techniques. The exhibit’s purpose is to encourage viewers...
Teaching technique
Julio Suarez walked into his blank-walled office and took off his large black painter’s smock. As he sat down, he spread out a few art pieces on his desk. “Those were done by my students,” he said. They were collages made from magazine clippings, modeled after famous works like Johannes Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid.” “They did...




