Ice, ice baby Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Anna Pope News Editor Rolling a large 2-by-2 feet block of ice out of the Student Union freezer in front of Chi- O Clock, Erin Owen, a fine arts senior, sat on the ice for a project merging art and awareness. Q:Why are you sitting on a block of ice? A: I am an art major here at OSU and then I am also an environmentalist, so what project we’re working on right now is strictly performative. So for mine, the concept is as this ice block is melting, I’m just going to be completely ignorant as to what is going on. I am not concerned with this ice. I don’t care that I’m sitting on it - it’s whatever. And then, as it’s melting into a puddle and breaking a part, I’m going to start to panic and get people to sign a petition to save this ice block or try to sweep up this puddle to build an ice block. Just mirroring how humans will ignore the problems until it’s way too far gone. It doesn’t even have to be environmental on how
Abby Cage
Painting the present See Ice on 2
Erin sat outside the Student Union for more than six hours.
OSU’s art museum is showcasing the old and creating the new
Provided by Kristen Duncan, OSU Museum of Art communication specialist.
Mak Vandruff Staff Reporter
group is inspiring kids to create art, too. In the museum there is an art lab where kids can go and interact with different activities and books, or create Oklahoma State’s art museum is things of their own. full of history. There are around 5000 “When families come in, this is works in their vault which houses paint- the place they try to go to,” Holguin ings by artists like Andy Warhol and said. Keith Haring. Other pieces of interest Every second Saturday of the are sculptures, prints, and even ancient month, the museum will have an event coins predating the common era. Pieces where kids can come and pick up a of history can be found throughout the free art kit to create their own works. entire building. For Oct., they are making homemade However, the art museum is also ghost stamps and small shadow puppet interested in creating art and giving studios out of soda boxes. others the opportunity to as well. One OSU’s art museum is a place that of the interns at the museum, OSU allows kids to enhance their creative senior Samantha Holguin, tells how the side and become interested in art at a
young age. They can grow their minds and become visionaries while they’re little to see the world in a brand new light. Different exhibits cycle in and out of the museum often, so going to look at what it has set up is also fun. Catching sight of ancient Greek and Roman coins is just as exciting as watching the kids make their own visions come to life. If going to an art museum with no knowledge seems scary, don’t worry. It has paper guides set up as visitors go through so they can write down what they are thinking and feeling. The interns are also there to help onlookers process what is going on in the exhibits and show what the artist’s were try-
ing to do. No one needs to be lonely at the art museum, because interns like Holguin are always delighted to have someone to talk about art with. Some people may be more interested in the deep history of the museum and the classic paintings it cycles through, and some people may want to try and become creative themselves. The museum is a place that offers both for people of all ages. This month showcases an exhibit by a retired teacher from OSU, so be sure to stop by and be artistic.
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