When Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, most of us could hum along as the scratchy voice sung folk lyrics. If not, we pulled up Spotify, searched the laureate’s name, and familiarized ourselves with Dylan’s poetry in quick, four-minute hits. Novelist and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro earned the prize this year, and I’m guessing plenty of students...
Culture
ArtPrize features students’ work
How did people react to your art? Rachael Reynolds, senior: “The piece is called ‘Textured Soul: Recluse, Rumination and Resolve.’ I used the language of the tattoo on my model to tie the first and third prints together. It tells a story through the texture. At some point, you have to start putting yourself out there and this was my...
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 very well,” Suarez said and...
‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ shines with young cast
Director of Theater George Angell’s last play on a Hillsdale stage has challenged him with a green cast — mostly freshmen — and an unwieldy Shakespeare script. But his young actors have responded with only one thing: excitement. The Tower Players opened Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” Wednesday evening, and performances continue Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with...
