Reagan Linde is a senior from Billings, Montana studying art and politics. She is planning to pursue a Master’s in counseling and hopes to open a private practice. When did your artistic journey begin? My earliest childhood memory was when I was fingerpainting and my mom gave me blue paints to go in the backyard...
If you walk down to the sculpture studio, you might hear it before you see it. Professor Anthony Frudakis, associate professor of art, likes to play music during his classes. “I find music relaxing and very inspiring,” he said. “In the morning, it’s kind of Apollonian, with the classics by Mozart and Beethoven. In the...
Although black bears haven’t been sighted in Hillsdale county in many years, locals had an opportunity to see the black bear statues sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 is creating at her studio space at 42 Union St. The grand opening of Studio 42 Saturday afternoon featured Tritchka’s sculptures of the mother bear and the framework for...
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...
Sometimes, when Hillsdale County sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 is working on a statue, the facial emotions on the sculpture seem to reflect those of of the sculptor, her husband Greg Stuchell said. “If she’s was really joyful that day, the statue’s face would look more like it’s smiling,” Stuchell said. “If she was in a...