Art Club Exhibits New Sculptures Every Few Weeks
By: Sean Ryder
Issue date: 5/3/10 Section: News
Every two weeks, the Art Club decides on a new material to make sculptures for an exhibit, and anyone in the college can create a sculpture to participate.
Materials range from tinfoil to steel wool to dryer lint. Students interested in making a sculpture out of the selected material can bring a sculpture in and put it in the section of the gallery reserved for the sculpture project. The Art Club puts up fliers around the college to let people know what the new material will be for the next two weeks.
Samantha Minter, a student in the Art Program at MWCC, believes that the sculpture exhibit helps sculptors creatively. "It helps people explore new materials and learn how to use them," Minter said. "It forces people to learn new materials and what you can do with them."
All sculptures from past weeks are displayed, mixing sculptures made of dryer lint and those made of steel wool. Though the deadline for new sculptures made out of the chosen material is two weeks, it is not strictly enforced. "There is no official deadline," said Minter.
Jason Kotoch, also a student in the Art Program, believes the exhibit enables artists to think outside traditional mediums such as clay. "If it's not about the material, you're free to explore ideas and concepts that are not traditional sculptures."
The Art Club decides on new material every two weeks mostly at random, said Minter. "People throw out ideas, and we just toss ideas around," she said.
Minter believes the program will endure at the Mount. "I think it will run as long as Thomas Matsuda is here," said Minter. "He's thinking about incorporating it into his classes." Matsuda, Assistant Professor in the Art Department at the Mount, already made it part of his Sculpture 2 class, according to Minter.
Materials range from tinfoil to steel wool to dryer lint. Students interested in making a sculpture out of the selected material can bring a sculpture in and put it in the section of the gallery reserved for the sculpture project. The Art Club puts up fliers around the college to let people know what the new material will be for the next two weeks.
Samantha Minter, a student in the Art Program at MWCC, believes that the sculpture exhibit helps sculptors creatively. "It helps people explore new materials and learn how to use them," Minter said. "It forces people to learn new materials and what you can do with them."
All sculptures from past weeks are displayed, mixing sculptures made of dryer lint and those made of steel wool. Though the deadline for new sculptures made out of the chosen material is two weeks, it is not strictly enforced. "There is no official deadline," said Minter.
Jason Kotoch, also a student in the Art Program, believes the exhibit enables artists to think outside traditional mediums such as clay. "If it's not about the material, you're free to explore ideas and concepts that are not traditional sculptures."
The Art Club decides on new material every two weeks mostly at random, said Minter. "People throw out ideas, and we just toss ideas around," she said.
Minter believes the program will endure at the Mount. "I think it will run as long as Thomas Matsuda is here," said Minter. "He's thinking about incorporating it into his classes." Matsuda, Assistant Professor in the Art Department at the Mount, already made it part of his Sculpture 2 class, according to Minter.
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