2008 Woodie Awards
Art gala paints high hopes for Missouri Hall
Moore, Ryan
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: TruLife
Missouri Hall's lackluster walls soon will receive a little sprucing up.
The Missouri Hall Senate will host its first art gala the evening of March 3 in the Chariton Room of Missouri Hall. This gala will give every amateur, aspiring and accredited artist in the Truman population a chance to shine.
The festival will feature works from Truman students, which can consist of any two-dimensional media. From photographs to paintings to framed works, any submission within the limits of imagination and public decency will be on exhibition.
Spearheading this fledgling project, Missouri Hall Director Zac Burden said he is optimistic about the result.
"This is one of the issues I brought to the [Missouri Hall] Senate, letting them know the educational aims behind it," Burden said. "There's been buzz about it all year. ... We're hoping that this serves as the foundation for a program that will continue from year to year."
Burden said he sees many benefits to Missouri Hall's art expo.
"The idea is twofold," he said. "One - to be able to have that art show basically to get students excited about student art and to recognize it on the whole, and then the second part is then to recognize those three top winners and to make that part of our permanent collection to display in the building."
The festival not only will be a chance for students to display art to the public but to recognize the popular pieces in the gallery. After the public carefully combs over each piece, viewers support their favorite pieces through by voting. The three pieces that receive the most votes will be honored in a reception in the days following the gala.
These three artists will each receive $100 in prize money funded by the Missouri Hall Senate and will have their works displayed in Missouri Hall next year.
A Missouri Hall resident, sophomore Nathan Jeffors, plans to submit one of his abstract paintings to the art gala. What's original about his piece, is the way he produces them - he paints to movies.
The Missouri Hall Senate will host its first art gala the evening of March 3 in the Chariton Room of Missouri Hall. This gala will give every amateur, aspiring and accredited artist in the Truman population a chance to shine.
The festival will feature works from Truman students, which can consist of any two-dimensional media. From photographs to paintings to framed works, any submission within the limits of imagination and public decency will be on exhibition.
Spearheading this fledgling project, Missouri Hall Director Zac Burden said he is optimistic about the result.
"This is one of the issues I brought to the [Missouri Hall] Senate, letting them know the educational aims behind it," Burden said. "There's been buzz about it all year. ... We're hoping that this serves as the foundation for a program that will continue from year to year."
Burden said he sees many benefits to Missouri Hall's art expo.
"The idea is twofold," he said. "One - to be able to have that art show basically to get students excited about student art and to recognize it on the whole, and then the second part is then to recognize those three top winners and to make that part of our permanent collection to display in the building."
The festival not only will be a chance for students to display art to the public but to recognize the popular pieces in the gallery. After the public carefully combs over each piece, viewers support their favorite pieces through by voting. The three pieces that receive the most votes will be honored in a reception in the days following the gala.
These three artists will each receive $100 in prize money funded by the Missouri Hall Senate and will have their works displayed in Missouri Hall next year.
A Missouri Hall resident, sophomore Nathan Jeffors, plans to submit one of his abstract paintings to the art gala. What's original about his piece, is the way he produces them - he paints to movies.
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