Students at Hillsdale College find it worth their time to cultivate their inner artist by working on crafts outside of the classroom. “Freshman year, I didn’t craft very much,” sophomore Lulu Celecia said. “My crafts were more prank related. We made a cardboard cutout of our head RA, and I took a Guess Who game...
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Gillian Ruch’s art tackles the topsy & turvy
For a lot of people, children’s authors like Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and Dr. Seuss form their elementary memories and their budding sense of whimsy and storytelling. For junior Gillian Ruch, exposure to these books formed the basis of her entrepreneurial endeavors, her spiritual life, and her artistic passion. After a successful run selling prints,...
Signed, sealed, delivered: student stationery brand is back
When Kate Vander Wall began exploring watercolors in seventh grade, she had no idea her natural talent would flourish into a business one day. Cheerfully Made Design Co. is a stationery brand that features designs crafted by sophomore Kate Vander Wall. Vander Wall began making stationery in grade school when her mom bought her a...
Student work at Penny’s adds creativity and warmth
As light streams through the windows of the New Dorm café, Penny’s, students flip through pages of homework, laugh with the baristas, and admire the student displays on the wall. Though established recently, Penny’s has quickly become a campus favorite for studying and chatting, and the student art on its walls — paintings and photographs...