LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Reader, Welcome to the second issue of Acropolis, the only art and art history magazine on campus. Many changes differentiate our final product this semester from last semester; in the fall our magazine was entitled: Spirit of the Living Watching, which we decided to change to Acropolis. The fall semester was certainly a learning experience, and we gleaned a lot from producing “Genesis,” our first issue. We became familiar with the process of creating a magazine, and gained a feel for what content our readership responded to. This semester we received funding from the Publications Council to publish our magazine in print, and we were inducted into the Publications Council, which will mean more stability in the future in terms of funding. In order to utilize the advantages of both print and online publishing, we decided to have an abbreviated print version and an extended on-line version of this issue (which can be found at issuu.com). The print version will give the reader a rich glimpse of our publication. It includes a calendar of events, articles, photographs, profiles of students and professors, contemporary art exposés, information for art and art history students, scholarship abstracts and a comics page. The online version will have all of the same content, except it will include extended versions of almost every section, and helpful links for interested readers. This semester we chose the theme “light” because light is such an integral element in all of art. It is in fact so integral that it is often forgotten as a formal element when considering the merits of a work. We wanted to bring this element back to the conscious critical mind. How can light define a work? How does light help a work realize its full potential? These are the questions we want you to ask when looking through the pages of the Spring 2012 Acropolis. We could not be happier to present to you our first ever print issue: “Light,” and we know that there will be many more print and online magazines for you to look forward to in the future. Happy reading!
Michelle S. Repper Class of 2013 Majors: Art & Art History/ South Asian Studies Editor-in-Chief