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MARCH 1, 2018
Clubs engage with wide diversity Story by Anna Karkalik Viking Staff @AKarkalik
LBCC sponsored Join-A-Club Day on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the LAC in the Central Quad and Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the PCC on the Lawn. Students were encouraged to attend and discover new clubs and organizations at LBCC and meet student leaders as over 60 clubs were be represented and offered free food, giveaways and music throughout the day. The clubs represented a wide range from all different aspects of student life on campus by featuring different cultural clubs and organizations. Stephanie Kozac, 19, a business major said, “This is my first semester here at LBCC, I would love to get involved with the college by joining some clubs. Kozac also shared that during high school she never really participated in any clubs or sports but thought this might be a good way to meet students with the same interests. Students connected with the cultural affairs committee that plans and organizes cultural events and focuses on engaging students with all cultural experiences. Jesus Karam, 23, undeclared, said “I’ve never heard too much about the clubs here
Photo by alberto Nunez CONNECTING: Students check the clubs in attendance at Join-A-Club day on the LAC Central Quad on Thursday, Feb. 15.
but I usually go to the Quad for the free food.” Larry Martinez, 22, a political science major said, “I’ve tried to join clubs in the past, but now I feel as if I have no time for them as I have work and other things that I’ve already committed to.”
Students can also check out all clubs and organizations at LBCC by creating an OrgSync account at OrgSync.com, which lists all student life activities at LBCC and what days and time clubs meet. Students can then access and view any future activ-
ities that a particular club may be hosting. Students are not required to RSVP to the events but are always encouraged to bring friends and sign up for clubs.
Contemporary art shown in gallery Everyday household materials used to create beautiful pieces for display at the LAC until March 8. Story and photo by Steven Matthews Viking Staff @SMatthewsTFI
The Plumbline Art Exhibit is showing in the Art Gallery in the LAC K Building. The collection has been curated by LBCC art professor and head of jewelry-smithing Kirsten Beeler. One of the goals of the exhibit is to introduce viewers to the idea of contempo- MIXTURE: Bracelet and sculpture pieces created by Mary Donald are on display in rary art jewelry in an area where one may the LAC art gallery. She uses a mixture of plastics, silver and copper. not encounter it often as well as introduce express who they are as artists and people. and he combines it with industrial metals them to a few artists in California who You can really see that as you look at each like steel, titanium, or brass to make jewspecialize in the art of jewelry and met- piece.” elry that has a distinct hand-crafted vibe. al-working. The exhibit featured four artists whose Mary Donald is another Los AngeSandra Estrada, 25, a business admin- work is united partially by the themes on les-based designer who used a range of istration major who has helmed the recep- display in the gallery, but they stand apart many household materials, like latex, nytion desk for the gallery likes the individual in their style, materials and vision. lon, plastics and oxidized silver to make expression on display. “I like how these artEric Silva is a Los Angeles-based jewel- her jewelry. ists took objects from around them in their ry designer who uses a combination of natHer pieces stand out because they chaldaily lives and crafted them into pieces that ural materials, such as elk or deer antlers, lenge the notion of traditional jewelry with
exaggerated shapes and material, but yet never leaves one wondering if they could find a way to include a piece into a fashion ensemble. Suzanne Pugh maintains a studio in Oakland and her work on display at LBCC stands apart because it isn’t distinctly jewelry, but it still boasts some of the strenuous manipulation of metal needed to create and appreciate this form of art. In addition to some water-color pieces, she also has brought fabricated and hand-engraved copper pieces. Alex Hopp, another artist based in Southern California, displays work that is difficult for some to describe. Hopp herself describes it as an exploration into how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder relates to the identity and practices of her profession. Many of her pieces consist of book pages pressed and sealed to form jewelry pieces, or other books with the pages painstakingly cut in increasing or decreasing discs (1000’s of them) and then arranged on a ribbon to form a necklace. The Plumbline Art Exhibit can be found in K100 until Thursday, March 8.