For many currently self-isolating at home, art has been a wonderful – and some would say necessary – comfort during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of this week, there is more local art to enjoy. Inscape, William Jewell College’s literary magazine, announced its 2020 release via Moodle April 22. The student-run…
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Holly Anne Schenk: “Connecting the Dots”
“Connecting the Dots” by Holly Anne Schenk presented by the Liberty Arts Commission is currently being exhibited at the William Jewell College Stocksdale Gallery of Art. Schenk’s exhibit in Stocksdale contains varying paintings of abstract, objective, traditional and nontraditional form, but her focus on color, as well as formation from…
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Self-Exploration: Art Within Self-Help Space
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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