Friday, Jan. 17, marked the opening of the Wriston Art Center Galleries Winter Exhibitions. Starting at 6 p.m., the upper floor of Wriston was bustling with people enjoying refreshments and wandering the gallery to take in the new installations. One of the featured artists, Maeve Jackson, gave a talk to honor the opening. Jackson is…
Upcoming: Student climate art show
What began as just a vague idea by seniors Amos Egleston and Christina Sedall to unite Lawrentians is now a student-run art show series called Uncovered that accepts submissions of art in any medium. In the winter of 2019, the two friends expressed to each other their concern that art is not always an accessible…
Visiting artist talks printmaking and Black experience
Artist Ben Blount took the spotlight Nov. 7, in the Wriston Auditorium to present his work in a presentation called “See Something, Say Something.” Blount is a visual artist specializing in books, type and, as he put it, “putting ink on paper.” As a child, Blount was an “art kid,” and started out his journey…
Senior theatre majors collaborate on capstone
Last weekend, the theatre department presented their show “Into a Void, Out From the Light” to four separate audiences in Stansbury Theatre. The show was devised in collaboration with several seniors — Flora Aubin, Samantha Torres and Illyana Yates — for their senior capstone projects, as well as the J. Thomas and Julie E. Hurvis…
Open Movement Jam continues
The Open Movement and Music Jam is a hidden gem among events at Lawrence. The most recent of these monthly events was on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Esch Hurvis Studio in the Warch Campus Center. The jam opens up with everyone sitting in a circle on the floor of the…
Students “pop the bubble”
Many, if not all Lawrence students have heard of the colloquialism “the Lawrence Bubble.” The campus is small and can feel like a vacuum of internal events and concerts. It can be easy to slip into familiar routines without ever engaging with the communities that surround the school. This constitutes “the bubble.” Last year, a…
Visiting artist speaks on his past and art’s future
Salvador Jiménez-Flores introduced a captive audience to “An Imaginary World of Rascuache-Futurism” on Oct. 11, in the Wriston Auditorium. Looking back at his childhood, Jiménez-Flores never expected that he would become an artist. All he knew was that he wanted to be like his dad; he also knew that he was into horses and soccer,…
Comedian entertains on Blue and White Weekend
Mandal, a comedian from Atlanta, Ga., visited Lawrence last weekend intent on making his audience laugh, and he left that goal achieved. On Friday, Oct. 4, in the Warch Campus Center Cinema, a crowd gathered to see him. Among the events of Blue and White Weekend, some of which were canceled due to poor weather,…
Review: “The Good Place” returns for a final season
The newest season of “The Good Place,” a comedy by Michael Schur (“The Office,” “Parks and Recreation”) delights fans with even greater plot twists and character growth. The premise of the show is that Eleanor, played by an ever-snarky Kristen Bell, wakes up to find that she has died and she is now in The…
Artist lectures of a lifetime of creation
Photo by Taylor Blackson. Before the audience heard her speak, they heard her sing, and it showcased the sheer presence of Joyce J. Scott. In the Warch Campus Center Cinema on Thursday, Sept. 19, Scott spoke with members of the Lawrence community about her art and her life. She chatted with and greeted people as…