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Writing, digital media collaborate By Audrey Spencer STAFF WRITER
Pen and Pigment, a collaborative project between advanced digital media and intermediate fiction creative writing students, was held last Tuesday in the Griffith Art Gallery. The exhibit will be on display through Saturday. The show features visual art inspired by flash fiction stories and flash fiction stories inspired by visual art. It was organized by digital media professor Christopher Talbot and intermediate fiction professor John McDermott. Flash fiction stories are stories written with 500 words or less. The first round of stories and artwork was a “totally open� assignment, according to McDermott. Fiction students and art students started to write v at the beginning of the semester, and around mid-February they switched. “I let my students choose the picture that spoke to them,� McDermott said, while Talbot said he “printed the stories, passed them out to the students and told them they couldn’t exchange.� After trading, media students created a visual piece inspired by the story they were given and fiction students wrote a story based on the art they chose; pen to pigment, and pigment to pen. “Some students took it literally and some just used the story as a starting point,� Talbot said. Pen and Pigment was the “big project students worked on this semester,� Talbot said. “It definitely wasn’t an option.� The idea of collaboration between art and English students is in its third year of “forcing them out of their comfort zone,� McDermott said. Pen and Pigment is intended to remind audiences “of the lively exchange between art forms and the unexpected places it can take craft and imagination.� Fiction and art students had no contact with each other during the project. The whole goal is to“instill a spirit of collaboration� between students in different departments, according to Talbot. “I got a sense from students that it’s something they really enjoy,� he said. All 20 students in McDermott’s fiction class
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read at the event Tuesday. “Reading in front of people is something you don’t get to do often,â€? Brady Rice, Splendora junior who wrote “New Arrivalâ€? and “Superman in Traction,â€? said. “Both tasks (of writing) were equally difficult, but it was fun to base a flash fiction on a piece of art.â€? Donald Loving, Tennessee Colony junior, illustrated Rice’s “Superman in Traction.â€? “It took me two weeks,â€? he said. “It kind of got difficult to think of ideas, but I had fun doing it.â€? Loving also created the piece that inspired The Price of Prayer by Becca Smith. Adam Dodds, League City junior, wrote “Lost Gardenâ€? and “Just a Fish.â€? “It was a surprise for the fiction students and the art students,â€? he said. “We had no idea what the art looks like that matches the stories.â€? Most writers and artists agreed that Pen and Pigment was a fun assignment and wished there were more opportunities to collaborate with different departments. “I really liked the collaborative aspect of it,â€? Dustin Parrish, Pineland senior, said. “I think that the artists can only benefit from working together.â€? Parrish wroteâ€?Dollar Burgerâ€? andâ€?Stay Away from Jazz and Liquor.â€? Kat Goins, Austin junior, created artwork for “White Elephantâ€? by Justin Davis, “DustLaden Photographâ€? by Kathryn Watson, and “To Be Five Againâ€? by Suzanne R. Tarlow. “We should do more stuff like this‌ communicate as artists in different mediums,â€? she said. “I couldn’t tell if it was a guy or a girl‌ It’s really cool because you’re taking someone’s totally different concept and making it your own. I like the anonymity of it. You get to meet people you probably never would have met.â€? Esther McClure, Nacogdoches junior, wrote “The Red-finned Fishâ€? and “the Gold Oneâ€? and “Bullet-hole in the Window.â€? “I really wish the university did more of this type of thing. It’s a big challenge,â€? she said. “I had to tweak my story four times to do the art justice.â€? The exhibit runs through Saturday in the Griffith Gallery, room 208 of the Fine Arts Building. Hours are 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Board of Regents elects new board officers, establishes Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award By Marie Leonard EDITOR IN CHIEF
The SFA Board of Regents met Tuesday morning in their regular general session to discuss the election of new board officers and to draw attention to the new regents professor and board committees. One of the first orders of business involved recognizing the new board chairman, Melvin White. “I’ve been a part of sports teams my whole life, and the good teams are ones where everybody knows their role. I can see it is already going to be like that here,� he said. The board members also established the Stephen F. Austin State
University Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award, which will be presented to each speaker at the Archie McDonald speaker series beginning this week. The regents approved a $760,000 construction budget for improvements to the Juanita Curry Boynton House, which increased originally from $640,000. A textbook rental program with Barnes and Noble is also in the works, which will be aimed at reducing the cost of classroom materials. The new Regents Professor for 2010-2011, Dr. Hans Williams of the College of Forestry, was also announced at the meeting. Williams has been teaching at SFA since 1993. This May’s commence-
ment speaker, Sen. Kevin Eltife, was also announced at the meeting. Eltife represents the citizens of Senate District 1 in Tyler. ceremony on May 7. The regents heard from current SGA president Courtney Harvey, Plano senior, about what SGA has been up to this semester. One of the main things Harvey discussed was a possible community service project in the works for SFA and Sam Houston students to do together before the Battle of the Pineywoods in Houston this fall. Harvey also let the regents know the SFA iPhone app is in the final stages of development, and will be ready in the next few weeks. mleonard@thepinelog.com
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