How should we tackle art within the context of self-care or self-help or the art we create for ourselves rather than the world? Art – more specifically, written art – within my coursework is frequently alluded to less as a self-edification practice specifically because we are not focused on the creation of…
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Photo Feature: Quilter’s Cavern
Photos taken by Mykala Crews.
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Where to start with digital art
While there are some who try to claim that digital art is not real art, the truth is that a great deal of the pieces shared by both professional and hobbyist artists online is created digitally. It isn’t the same as traditional art, of course, but digital art can be…
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Where to start with art supplies
The sheer variety of art supplies that are available can be daunting to the artist who is strapped for cash. For me, entering an arts and crafts store means preparing to wistfully gaze at the aisles and aisles of things I know logically I would rarely – if ever –…
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Arts Collide in Stocksdale Gallery at event fusing poetry, music and dance
Professors, students and members of the community showcased their talents as various art forms were unified at the popular Arts Collide event held at William Jewell College in the Stocksdale Gallery Aug. 24. After a short delay, as more chairs had to be fetched to accommodate a larger than expected…
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Nano Nore: Decades of Teaching and Creating
Some individuals can trace the moment they realized what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives. For William Jewell College art professor Nano Nore, this moment occurred when she was 17. Nore had spent the summer between her junior and senior years of high school attending an…
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Inaugural Art Brings New Meaning to Ceremony
On Oct. 21, 2017, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls was officially inaugurated the 15th president of William Jewell College. The Inauguration began at 10:00 a.m. and included a performance by the William Jewell Concert Choir, the reading of an inaugural poem and a speech by President MacLeod Walls herself. Unlike past Jewell…
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Senior art students host final show
The culmination of a studio art major or minor at William Jewell College is the exhibition of paintings, photographs, sculpture and other pieces of art at a senior show. Brett Jackson, Drake Burdette and Samantha Bond, interactive digital media majors and studio art minors, will be displaying their artwork in…
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Backpack the world and time travel all in one day
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, located in downtown Kansas City, is stuffed with rooms of art and artifacts spanning from ancient India to 18th century Europe. Visiting the museum is like backpacking the world and time traveling at the same time—no passport or time machine necessary. But that is not even…
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