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Faculty Advisors

Maggie Adams

Stacey Herron

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Fall 2022 Capstone Designers

Eryn Anderson

Jesse Gonzales

Anthony ILacqua

Chi Luu

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MULTiMEDiA GRAPHiC DESiGN

MULTiMEDiA GRAPHiC DESiGN

MAGGiE ADAMS

MAGGiE ADAMS

SHARi DUE

SHARi DUE

STACEY HERRON

STACEY HERRON

DANiEL MAW

DANiEL MAW

DAViD ROBERTSON

DAViD ROBERTSON

JON WRETLiND

JON WRETLiND

ViSUAL AND MEDiA ARTS

ViSUAL AND MEDiA ARTS

CRAiG ANDERSON

CRAiG ANDERSON

MAKENZiE DAViS

MAKENZiE DAViS

ViCENTE DELGADO

ViCENTE DELGADO

KARL DUKSTEIN

KARL DUKSTEIN

RYAN EMBRY

RYAN EMBRY

LAURA GROSSETT

LAURA GROSSETT

JUSTiN PRiCE

JUSTiN PRiCE

COLiN RUFF

COLiN RUFF

MARAGRET SHARKOFFMADRiD

MARAGRET SHARKOFFMADRiD

ELEANOR WiLSON

ELEANOR WiLSON

THEATRE

THEATRE

DANA FORMBY

DANA FORMBY

LANGUAGES

LANGUAGES

PAOLA ALLANi

PAOLA ALLANi

MiRiAM CARRASQUEL

MiRiAM CARRASQUEL

LiLiANA CASTRO

LiLiANA CASTRO

LUCiLE LUNDE

LUCiLE LUNDE

AUDRA MCCORKLE

AUDRA MCCORKLE

MUSiC

MUSiC

RYAN ADAMS

RYAN ADAMS

ADAM BUER

ADAM BUER

WiLLiAM CURLEY

WiLLiAM CURLEY

TESSA ESPiNOSA

TESSA ESPiNOSA

KYLE GRiFFiN

KYLE GRiFFiN

CRAiG HULL

CRAiG HULL

SETH LEWiS

SETH LEWiS

KRiSTOPHER MALOY

KRiSTOPHER MALOY

HEiDi MAUSBACH

HEiDi MAUSBACH

GABRiELA MERiWETHER

GABRiELA MERiWETHER

iVANA MUNCAN

iVANA MUNCAN

JESSE PiERSON

JESSE PiERSON

KATARiNA PLiEGO

KATARiNA PLiEGO

ANN SCHNAiDT

ANN SCHNAiDT

LESLiE STEWART

LESLiE STEWART

DEBRA THROGMORTON

DEBRA THROGMORTON

DAViD WiATROLiK

DAViD WiATROLiK

SUKYUNG YANG

SUKYUNG YANG

PHiLOSOPHY

PHiLOSOPHY

ERROL BALL

ERROL BALL

DOUGLAS GRATTAN

DOUGLAS GRATTAN

CHARLES KERST

CHARLES KERST

JEFFREY WARSHAW

JEFFREY WARSHAW

HUMANiTiES

HUMANiTiES

PETER BEAL

PETER BEAL

ELAiNE DiFALCO

ELAiNE DiFALCO

BENJAMiN JACOBSON

BENJAMiN JACOBSON

STEVEN KLEiN

STEVEN KLEiN

MARGARET SHARKOFFMADRiD

MARGARET SHARKOFFMADRiD

PROGRAM HIGH LIGHTS

The MGD department offers a variety of A.A.S. Degrees and Certificates in Graphic Design, Digital Animation, Web Design and Video Production & Editing, Digital Imaging, Fundamentals in Multimedia Technology and Multimedia. We have passionate industry experienced instructors, a student-led design agency, design and social media internship opportunities, honors options, a student exhibit every Spring and a tight community of students and instructors. The MGD program prepares students for their next step, whether that is planning to get a job after graduation or pursuing further education. Our program teaches software skills, design basics, communication, and problem-solving conceptualization. Graduate with a portfolio and interview practice. MGD social media engages students yearround. Get the skills you need to have a creative career in design.

VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS

The Visual and Media Arts program at the Larimer campus provides a wide range of mediums for students to explore. We offer a mix of traditional and digital technologies in our classes in order to provide students with the latest in studio art practice. We have four large studios including a digital arts lab, 3D ceramics/sculpture studio, printmaking and foundations as well as a traditional darkroom. The faculty are graduates of some of the best graduate art schools in the country and are also practicing artists. Students have opportunities for internships, exhibiting work and participating in special workshops.

LANGUAGES

Opening the door to new opportunities, breaking barriers, and gaining a deeper understanding of speech as a whole is at the core of learning new languages. At FRCC, one can take a variety of avenues in learning Spanish or French, as well as achieving A.A. Degrees in either. Whether you’re an advanced polyglot looking to further develop your knowledge or just a native English speaker looking to expand your horizons, our department is full of experienced instructors ready to guide you along the journey. It’s never too late to learn a new language, and there’s a whole world of nonEnglish cultures and arts waiting to be seen, understood, and appreciated.

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is for everyone who wants to have fun thinking about interesting ideas while becoming a more critical and creative thinker. In FRCC philosophy classes you will explore engaging issues and ideas in ethics, religion, and politics, and about the environment, death and dying, and the nature of reality itself. Philosophy students read and analyze arguments and debate worthwhile ideas through discussion and writing. In FRCC philosophy classes, you won’t be told what to think–you will be challenged to take your own ideas seriously! Any philosophy class at FRCC will help you gain intellectual skills that will support your success in college and support your future career and life goals whatever they may be.

MUSIC

Recording, performing, producing, composing and collaborating. All of this is bubbling in the Music Program at FRCC. When you walk by the music rooms in Red Cloud Peak at Larimer campus, listen and look for our students mastering their craft on an instrument or refining their music through recording software. What you see and hear at Larimer Campus is just the surface. Underneath, there is a web of student projects that connect high school concurrent enrollment students, online students, professional community partners, and local music organizations.

THEATRE

Theatre is still an essential part of a liberal arts education. Front Range Community College offers many classes that build towards an associate of arts degree. Theatre builds confidence using creativity, design, and collaboration, which exercise critical thinking skills. The Production Class is a fantastic example of how an arts curriculum develops skills through a live performance. The students write, direct, act, design, and run the technical aspects of the show. We are currently working on the fall show of Student Written 10-Minute Plays. Be sure to look for these every Fall semester. Support your peers by attending theatre performances.

HUMANITIES

In Humanities and Art History, we take a deeper look at some of the most enduring and valued creations of humanity across millennia and from around the world. The purpose is to consider the ways in which people have responded to the challenges of living as human beings in a complex and confusing world. Studying visual art and architecture, reading literature, philosophy, history and drama, to name but a few examples, and discussing the implications of what they tell us, all in the contexts of the history of their time is at the heart of the enterprise. As Mark Twain is rumored to have said, “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” The poetry that human history creates makes for a vital and fascinating exploratory journey.

Illustrations by Tashina Torres

IntheLiberalandCreativeArtsDepartment wecelebratethediversityofthinkingandcreativity ofourfacultyandstudents.Whetherit’sastudent writtenanddirectedplay,innovativeforeignlanguage program,musicrecitals,philosophyworkshops,or theartswestrivetochallengeourstudentstothink

VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS

KARL DUKSTEIN

Yamel Alfaro

Everyone Says Hello on Rabbit Mountain

Jesse Gonzales

Everyone says hello on Rabbit Mountain under dead pine branches–their limbs litter the dirt. Dried leaves make waves in bramble pits, ditches and dust clouds aloft a sea of green nails. Their voices chip the rocks, crack the twigs and brittle the earth. They make the weeds tumble, the snakes rattle and deer poke their heads, swimming through morning dew as bushes crackle awake beneath tired feet as the sun rises. With trees their umbrella, they sing hello.

Travis Geist

Lea Louscher Lea Louscher

When I photograph, what I’m really doing is seeking answers to things.

–Wynn Bulock

Aiyanna Gonzales

Robert Worthen

Giovanni Gurrola

Sam Anderson

Preston Smith

Aiden Johnson

Andrew Sinclair

Elizabeth Hyde-McFeely

Sage Alexander

Lea Louscher

Beatrice Sullivan

Drawing is not what one sees but what one can make others see. –Edgar Degas

Damon Green

Ron White

Rise Keller

Ron White

Ronnie Kammerzell

Thirty Brush Stroke Project Painting I

Courtney Stevens | Gabriella Gattanella | Avery Botinelly |Fulvia Serra Tyra Brown |Justine Reed | Jay Beard

Courtney Stevens | Gabriella Gattanella | Avery Botinelly | Fulvia Serra | Tyra Brown | Justine Reed | Jay Beard

Bug Karplus

Robert Worthen

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.

–Maya Angelou

In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.

–Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Tashina Torres

–Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

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at FRCC you can earn an Associate of Arts degree with Philosophy designation and transfer as a junior to CO public four-year schools

Collaboration with Jesse Pierson and students:

D’Anna Fields, Jon Kittleson, Robby Latimer, Josh Norris and Steven Speier

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Jesse Pierson Music Program Lead, Front Range Community College

An interview with

Dr. Jesse Pierson is the Music Program

Lead at Front Range Community College

Larimer Campus, as well as college-wide Online Lead for Music and the Recording Arts and Technology program. He is active as a collaborative and solo pianist in the surrounding community and a dedicated pedagogue in piano, and music theory.

What is the future of the music program at Front Range Community College? What is your part in it?

What is your formal music training?

Was teaching something you studied to do?

I received his Doctorate of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado in 2020 with a focus in Piano Performance and a secondary emphasis in Music Theory. While it is not directly reflected in my degree, I took classes in Piano and Music Theory Pedagogy and have always been involved in teaching-focused organizations. Teaching was always the goal. My dissertation (and many presentations thereafter) revolve around a teaching index that I created for music instructors to tie music theory and beginning piano pedagogy together through standard repertoire.

In a nutshell, what is your teaching philosophy? What specifically do you want your students to achieve?

Reinforcement. It’s all about reinforcement and music has centuries of content to do it with. We have a unique program here in that students vary dramatically in their music pursuits. It is my passion to show students that the fundamental aspects of harmony, melody, and rhythm transcend genres. As a class, we can reinforce every concept within music with examples from wildly different genres, geographical locations, and compositional approach. Why is Selena Gomez on the Top 40 radio station and Johan Sebastian Bach is not? That might seem like a ridiculous comparison, but you’d be surprised how many threads there are that you can tie together after my classes, and that is exactly my goal.

What is the one absolutely imperative class our music students to take?

The music program has two tracks: 1) A.A.S. in Recording Arts Technology, which is what students pursue if they want to become audio engineers, music producers, etc. 2) AA in Music, which is a traditional track that sets them up to go to 4-year institutions and study, performance, pedagogy, music therapy, etc. That’s important to understand because our audio engineering students need performers and our performing students need audio engineers. The beauty is that there is tons of overlap, which is not something that I saw when I was going to school (and I’m not THAT old). We have always had performances and recordings within our program, but we are now refining our ability to livestream with high quality audio and video. That allows us to make connections with organizations in our community, which makes for a very positive cycle. My part in this is to support instructors in the creation of innovative assignments. I’d dare say that the assignments that meant the most to me were the ones that took place outside of the walls of our classroom. It is my goal to have assignments that roll over each semester so that we have a constant stream of student performers and audio engineers that are participating in our events and, therefore, raising the standard of those events.

Are there some music performances coming that you want to tell us about?

All of these events will also be livestreamed: Community Cello Recital - 10/8 @3 in RP106. MTNA Fall Festival Honors Recital - 11/12 @3 in RP106. FRCC Choir Concert - 12/1 @7 in Harmony Library. FRCC Studio Recital - 12/8 @6 in RP106. Cello Recital CAC event–TBD.

What is the one music class you’d recommend for us non music student at Front Range Community College?

As much as I’d like to say Music Theory, it is already required for all music majors, so, that feels like a lazy answer. I want every music student to take Music Audio Production I. Regardless of what career a musician is pursuing, they need to have an understanding of how to handle their audio in an increasingly digital world.

Sing with us in Choir (MUS 1051)!!! While experience helps, anyone who has been in any kind of an ensemble in high school, or even sings comfortably at church would be successful in this group. Someone looking for a more academic leaning should take Music Theory or Music Audio Production. People that are curious about music usually want to get a better understanding of how music works (Music Theory) or understand the recording process (Music Audio Production). At twenty years old, Vestal Review is the oldest-running flash fiction magazine on the planet, which gives us a depth and breadth that a lot of other magazines lack. Check out our archives.

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A.A. Degree in Music

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Pursue a Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Music

A.A.S. Recording Arts Technology

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MUSIC at FRCC LARIMER

Background illustration by Connor Dunn

FRCC Music students have a unique opportunity to perform in The Health and Wellness Community Orchestra

Conversation with Dana Fromby Theatre at Front Range Community College

My favorite type of theatre is new plays. Theatre can respond rapidly to our changing world because it is written and produced relatively quickly. New Plays can be local, regional, or national. Each play responds to our world in a unique way that addresses the world we live in today. This aspect is why I champion studentwritten work, so students can explore the narratives they are interested in telling.

I plan to develop our fall production into an annual new play event for Northern Colorado. We are in our second year of this plan. As the annual event continues, I see staged readings of one-act plays and full-length works written by our students. This vision would support student writers, designers, and actors collaborating on work throughout the year. It would be presented to the public for two weeks during the fall semester.

The Greek Renascence class looks at the development of theatre history through the advancement of communication technology. From this organizing principle, the course examines how theatre is ultimately linked to the deeply human need to tell stories. Looking at theatre history through a communication lens encourages students to analyze how ideas are shared through performance. Theatre is one of the oldest forms of communication; students get to investigate how theatre is still relevant and impacts newer forms of communication today.

Enticing more students to theatre is a great question. I think the answer lies in collaboration with other departments. As I mentioned earlier, the practice of doing theatre develops communication skills, creativity, and critical thinking. Our automotive technology, early childhood development, and nursing candidates could benefit from the theatre's critical thinking challenges. I have participated in a cross-discipline collaboration between a school of medicine and a school of theatrical arts. In 2018 I collaborated in developing a joint theatre and nursing course for Ohio University. The class invited nurses to write different outcomes or scenes of patient interactions with healthcare providers. This collaboration used theatre skills to help nurses become better communicators with their patients. I believe finding ways for theatre to share its communication skill-building potential would be great for many students at Front Range Community College.

Drew Diamond

A

An Evening of Student Written Ten Minute Plays

This eclectic collection of 10-minute plays, written in the spring 2022 playwriting class at FRCC, features the plays of six student playwrights from the Boulder, Westminster, and the Larimer Campus. Front Range Community College Theatre Department is honored to produce these works because they are written by the students and ultimately for them. We want to welcome you to be one of the first audiences to hear these new plays.

This eclectic collection of 10-minute plays will have you laughing, questioning reality, and remind you what it is to be alive!

10-dollar admission. 5 dollars for students. Reservations available. Email: dana.formby@frontrange.edu.

Performed

Fall and Spring semesters

Statues ...........................................................................................................................

Christa Jaber-Hill

After Blythe, and her husband Remi, move to the suburbs to escape city life, she begins questioning her marriage and their move after noticing an unsettling trait about their neighbors.

The College Advisor

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Joe Brucker

A nontraditional student at Lower Pinnacle Community College is mistaken for an advisor and goes along with the charade while interacting with two eccentric younger students.

The Game of Life and Death

Maggie Schleppy

When Signe and her best friend, Kolette, are given the opportunity to live forever, they discuss the ups and downs of immortality and mortality over a game of chess to determine whether they will live eternal or impermanent lives.

This Haunting Red ......................................................................................................

Mitchell Hartcroft

Haunted by a powerful poltergeist, Luke Rosemont enlists the help of two paranormal experts who, refusing to take him at face value, may just convince him that there are things scarier than his past self.

Please Pass the Cheese ..............................................................................................

Nazario Ph. Caceres

At home from college on break, Kidd wants her overprotective parents to stop micromanaging her in this absurd comedy that rips at the seams of its own reality.

Trauma Team 6

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Shane Tavares

In an overpopulated post-apocalyptic world, Tessa joins a team of rescue workers forced to make morally tough decisions that cost people their lives. Over dinner with her team on her first day, she questions the nature of their lives.

Starring: Amaryllis Ashford, Olimpia Carrillo, Victoria Carrillo, Westin Hess, Christa Jaber-Hill, Erin Kwiatkowski, Genna Santaquilani, and Erik Sokolowski.

Designers: Lindsey Stavile and PJ Miller.

Directors: Dana Formby, Erin Kwiatkowski, Luke Bazor.

Crew: Erin Kwiatkowski and Sydney Crowe.

An

Interview with

Peter

Beal Art History/Humanities Lead Front Range Community College

Resident of Colorado for 30 years, Peter earned an art history degree not long after moving here and started his tenure at FRCC in 2004. An avid climber and trail runner, he lives near Boulder with his family and an assortment of animals.

What is the history of the study of Humanities? Why is the study of humanities important in higher education?

The study of the humanities first emerges in ancient Rome as a foundation for educating future leaders and orators. The word “humanitas” is created around this time by the author and statesman Cicero, whose writings profoundly influenced many cultures including that of the founders of this country. Studying the humanities is important for understanding the diverse ways in which human beings have confronted the challenges of finding meaning and purpose in the world. The problems of the distant past bear a striking resemblance to those of the present.

Do you have a humanities tidbit that can entice us? Something small that will challenge the way we think?

Watching student’s eyes light up as they realize that Plato’s cave is a remarkably specific depiction of our skulls and brains and the limits that structure imposes on our understanding of the world. What we “know” as the real world is only a small sliver compared to what is actually there.

How does inclusivity fit into humanities? Does inclusivity play a part in the design of your curriculum How can humanities represent many cultures, world views or different people?

What is the future of the humanities program at Front Range Community College? What is your part in it?

The future of the humanities at FRCC is potentially bright as students begin to realize the power of this vital aspect of preparing for their futures. No other area of study has quite the breadth and depth of topics for students to explore that has such relevance to their daily lives. My job is insisting on the importance of this subject to the college and students.

What is the one absolutely imperative class all students need take?

I don’t have any imperatives but any HUM or art history courses are a great introduction to an entirely different (for most people) view of the world.

Inclusivity is at the heart of the humanities. Diverse voices abound throughout history representing a wide multiplicity of perspectives and enable students to more easily understand the complex world we live in. The humanities are in a constant process of adding new sources and interpretations.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

–Dalai Lama

Design is intelligence made visible.

Owen Collins

Tashina Torres

Alina Wheeler, author

Something

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Jesse Gonzales is a senior student at Front Range Community College

practicing multimedia graphic design. With an affinity for technology, he graduated in 2019 from CU Boulder with a degree in computer science before shifting his focus to both digital and printed art, currently with a strong preference towards illustration and layout. During his time at Front Range Community College, Jesse has worked on print media for Boulder campus’ design agency, creating signage and poster ads, and assisting with the publication of a student art journal. When Jesse is not making art or learning new things, he enjoy skiing, hiking, listening to music, doodling in his notebook, and gaming with friends.

Erica Montgomery

Monica Lindley

Kaelyn Jens

Ellie Lemberger

Erica Montgomery

CAN WE FRCC Faculty

stop hibernating stop blaming others stop blaming Covid stop avoiding people stop hiding behind email and black rectangles stop being offended by every little thing stop letting the inner voice out stop overthinking everything stop making excuses stop being rude stop acting entitled stop avoiding daycare, seriously stop thinking the worst of people

COVER ART CONCEPTS

socialize again be problem solvers again be kind again forgive others again be respectful again be attentive again find the good in others again invest in ourselves again control ourselves again learn from our mistakes again support our communities again take responsibility again be adults again please, can we

Left to right: Tashina Torres, Justin Perry, Anthony ILacqua, Stacey Herron (Instructor), Katie Ryan, Arianna Chinda, Chi Luu, Chi Luu (yes, he did two designs), Anthony ILacqua

August 6, 1979

Anthony ILacqua

I climbed the fence the soles of my bare feet on chain link to get at the prickly pears

Even at my young age, this was a sensitive operation

The chain link, already burdened by the cactus was not anchored to much and neither my great grandmother nor her neighbor took kindly to me climbing it

I could hear the hiss of the BART several seconds before it came several seconds after it past above us carrying people through Oakland to San Francisco

Those passengers never cared about a kid or a fence or a cactus

In the basement platoons of plastic army men played out events of WWII mix of our imagination and papa’s stories events of WWII because Vietnam still secreted her stories in Johnny Walker and divorce

I knew she was in the basement among her washing and our plastic platoons Three chain link rungs and a stretch the reddest pear was mine It didn’t sound like the BART more like a train it felt like a big big train like when you stand next to one and it makes you dizzy when it passes but there was not a train and the sweetest, sweetest pear just in my reach

My fingers were almost on it she screamed my name fear gripped me, I was on the fence against the rules to get at the prickly pears

I jumped to the ground bare feet in the dust afraid I was found out I waited the worst as she met me in the garden

My adults were unpredictable loud, scornful, quick to violence but she pulled me to her fabric like roses and yeast dough she grabbed my face, turned it to hers zippering our eyes together Did you hear that? she said panic in her voice made me fearful It’s past now, she said the garden surrounded us she squeezed me too hard I hugged her because she needed it I looked atop the cactus the pear was still there

I heard the shouting in the streets

Evie Vega

Chi Luu is a senior graphic design student at Front Range Community College. Although Chi goes to school in Boulder, Colorado, he is originally from Vietnam. He aspires to become a graphic designer as it’s his longtime dream to work in a creative field. He has experience in working with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, and After Effects, and his strength lies within illustration and visual communication. Besides that, he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

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Lucas Saenz

Chi Luu

Travis Geist

Angelica Salazar

Brandi Ginn

Henry McLees

Dillon Redmond

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Eryn Anderson is a senior at Front Range Community College. They have a background in Psychology and would love to combine Illustration and Psychology in their art. They will be pursuing Freelance Illustration postgraduation. Eryn loves to spend their past time hiking, skiing, listening to music, reading, spending time with friends and family, playing video games and spoiling their cats.

Angie DeBellis

Jillian Wentzel

Kaelyn Jens

When you’re a light instead of a dim switch, your brightness radiates in every direction.

–Author: T.F. Hodge

Connor Dunn

Dillon Redmond

Casey Trickey

Casey Trickey

Casey Trickey

Madeline Bush

Erica Montgomery

Lynn Givan

Juliana Webb

I am from their single choice. They did not hesitate and my life was decided. Red brick, towering oak. Streets of Scotland, sweltering heat.

I am from your single choice. As you stood there Not quite alone Wind blasting through the city, Goosebumps under a pale blue hospital gown, Where did your mind wander?

Was it meant to relieve the dread, or did you love me? Some say you did. If not love, what was I to you?

I am from a lifetime of wondering if you had chosen different, would I be

Maybe here would be Snow glistening on the hills, Cramped walls of white wood. Maybe here would have been Not at all.

Choices

Those choices, the answers I will never get

I wonder

avant ART

solar eclipse

your eyes resemble a solar eclipse, when the moon kisses the sun’s golden light, where night meets day when the darkness feels almost explosive a once in a lifetime moment i look into your eyes and see the sun’s eternal warmth, the moon’s haunting darkness and feel the explosion when the two meet

Kaelyn Jens

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Janet Sandoval

A toy camera aficionado and a lover of fountain pens, Anthony ILacqua

co-founded Umbrella Factory Magazine and remained the editor-in-chief for 40 issues. His short fiction has appeared most recently in Red Fez, Ethos Literary Journal and Five on the Fifth. After becoming an out of print author of two novels, he decided to pursue graphic design. He has been a MGD student at Front Range Community College since August 2020 and will graduate in December of 2022.

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3D Animation 1 | MGD 1053 Spring Semester

Encompasses all major aspects of creating 3D characters using animation software.

Dave Robertson, Instructor

3DRogue

Flesh Tress

Kickstarter: The Dreadgrove

Game Design 1 | MGD 1067 Fall Semester

Introduces game design from conceptual development and functionality, through production of a virtual world prototype. In Dave Robertson’s course, you will explore character registration, in-betweens, inking and clean up used for creating real-time game environments. Storytelling and visual metaphor development are emphasized.

STAMP COLLECTION

Eryn Anderson

Laura Bailey Jaxon Wagner

Chantarelle Champignon

Dillon Redmond

Tashina Torres

Kaelyn Jens

Angie DeBellis

Sara Brooks

Lynn Givan

Karena Adams

Laura Bailey

Madeline Bush

Hannah Perez

Jesse Bates

Tashina Torres

Connor Dunn

Maggie Adams, Instructor

Butterflies

Gillian Cathcart

“Did you see that guy earlier?”

“When earlier, Ality? You’re gonna have to be more specific.”

“Fine.” Ality sighs, drawing out the word dramatically. She flicks her auburn hair from her shoulder. “Did you see the guy that would not stop staring at us at the campus earlier. Like, at 10 a.m. or so. Tell me you at least looked at him, Lyne.”

Lyne smiled a bit at her friend’s antics, earning a glare in return. “Was he the one with the butterflies?”

Ality quirked a brow.

“What butterflies? Lyne, are you an idiot–”

“Hey–” She tried to interrupt, but Ality continued.

“It was still raining when we saw him. You didn’t even notice the rain?”

Lyne crosses her arms and leans back in her chair a bit. “I noticed the rain.” she says indignantly. “And I definitely saw the butterflies.”

Her friend gives her a weird look, but soon enough the conversation is changed and the butterflies in the rain quickly forgotten.

Until of course, she sees them again.

This time she’s alone; Ality has already gone to work after class, and though they agreed to get together for drinks later–being a perfect Friday and all – Lyne still has nearly five hours until then. She’s finished her work for the day, and she works mornings, so with not a cloud in the sky she sits her and her journal on the damp lawn of the campus square. It’s comfortable, nice even, to be able to sit for a little while and write. She finds inspiration she hasn’t had in a while in the slightly faster pace of the creek beside her. Lyne watches the small water bugs flit across the surface and recalls the crimson color that once stained its crystalline surface. Then, elegantly and gently, a butterfly landed on her outstretched knee.

Shaking herself out of her memory, she turns to the beautiful creature. It is large, well fed it seems; its wings a glossy shade of orange and yellow, with veins of black and spots of white, marking it with the

that guy’s back.” She whispers, pointing with her pinky as she raises her glass to her lips.

Lyne sputters for a moment, eyes nervously flitting about. Ality gives her a weird look over the rim. “You good?”

“Y-Yeah,” she replies. “It’s just– I thought I saw…”

“Saw what?”

Ality watches her friend take a shaky breath. “There’s a butterfly.”

The red head cocks her head, trying so very hard to not say anything offensive.

“Um… Where is it?”

she finds the man staring right at her. But, no. Not her, she realizes, but at Lyne.

The man is shrouded in shadow, and none of the other patrons seem to notice him. It’s raining, she didn’t realize that before now. It must have just started, even though there’s no sound of water trickling off of the roof and pelting onto the windows. The only thing she can hear is music. More of a soft melody though, sort of cryptic. It’s clashing with the rock tune playing through the bars’ speakers.

And then Lyne is choking. Ality jerks out of her stare, as if waking from a dream, as her friend falls out of her chair. Ality doesn’t know what’s going on, and neither does Lyne. Ality doesn’t hold back her sobs as Lyne stops moving, eyes blank and glossy as they stare blankly at the ceiling.

Ality calls an ambulance. They arrive in record time. There’s nothing they can do.

They take the body of her friend away. They pull her in for questioning.

title of monarch. Its wings flutter in the slight breeze, and for a moment Lyne hears something. It’s a soft melody almost, every time the creature’s wings flutter back and forth and back and forth. She blinks. There are two butterflies now. The first one seems frozen in place, and the second is writhing in pain…?

This butterfly is thin and weak looking. It’s a violet ombre to black; one-fourth of the left wing is all black with dots and a strip of white. Then, just as suddenly as it appeared, it stops moving. Lyne blinks again and both the insects are gone. The melody ceases as well. Lyne can no longer feel the breeze that rustled her notebooks’ pages, that caused a sway in her coiled curls.

At the bar towards the end of her night out, Ality sees a man outside the business.

“Hey, Lyne. Don’t be weird about it, but

Lyne looks more scared than she’s ever seen her, dark eyes wide and unblinking. “It’s in my drink.”

Ality looks down. There’s nothing in the glass beside the fruity drink ordered nearly an hour ago. The glass isn’t even half empty yet. Ality looks back towards the front of the pub, startling a bit when

Though her eyes don’t stray from the man outside in the rain, she sees something else. A dark, feathering thing, flying down and landing on the shoulder of the man. Then another on the crown of his head. And another on his hand, slowly stretching out to point into the building. He’s pointing at her, at the–

There’s a butterfly in Lyne’s drink. It’s purple with an ombre that fades to black towards the base of the wings. One-fourth of the left wing is completely black, with white spots and a strip in the center and edges. It’s dead.

Ality sits with a styrofoam cup of disgusting coffee in hand in a blank room with too bright lights.

The lights are almost too bright for her to notice the large and full orange and black butterfly sneak through the crack in the door.

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