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Enrollment Services displays multicultural student artwork as part of a new office design by Sarah R. Buchholz, Chronicle staff
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Services has a new look this year thanks in large part to student
artwork. The office now sports the efforts of a multicultural mix
of junior and senior Art majors."It's so much fun to walk in every morning because of all the artwork," said Amy Glynn, director of Publications and Marketing for Enrollment Services. "Students come in and say, 'Wow! This is cool'" said Patty Gorman, director of Educational Talent Search. During the planning stages of redesigning the office last year, Joseph Marshall, assistant vice chancellor for Students Affairs, asked Glynn to look into getting something new for the walls. When Space Planning coordinator Ruth Levine suggested using student art, Glynn said, she got excited. "We asked for art from ALANA students," she said. "We didn't pick the art or where it's placed," said Joseph Marshall, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs. Instead, Lisa DeBastiani, a graduate student who interns with Levine, contacted Art professor Paul Berube and associate professor Michael Coblyn to coordinate turning the newly rearranged, carpeted and painted space into a gallery. Berube and Coblyn selected works by six students from pieces entered in the Department of Art Junior/Senior Awards of Excellence competition. "It is a broad cultural look at some of the students in the department," Coblyn said. "They're all very proud to have their work over there. They liked the idea of featuring a multicultural group of students." Leida Montanez, '00, from Lawrence, who is scheduled to get her BFA in ceramics this semester, contributed a bust made of ceramic and plant materials that stands in the lounge area of the office. James Stanley, '00, from Waltham, who has a BFA in painting and won several major prizes at the junior/senior competition has three large, dramatic oil portraits of men on the walls. Joseph Hung, '00, from Beverly, who has a BFA in sculpture and received two awards in the competition, created what Glynn calls a "circle of life box" in response to losing a family member. Maya Castellon, '00, now of New Haven, Conn., a Commonwealth Scholar who was born in Colombia and has a BFA in printmaking, has eight earth-toned rectangles throughout the office. Five are maps, and three are leaf prints. Yujin Kawaga, '00, who has a BFA in painting, contributed an early evening urban architectural scene. Kawaga's mother flew from Japan for the competition's awards ceremony, and he has since returned there to work in his family vineyard and winery. At home in a variety of media, Sze Goon, '01, from Brighton, who is working on a BFA in computer arts, is displaying a clock, a lamp, a computerated design and a larger-than-life cardboard zipper. "Several of the artists came in after they were hung," Gorman said. "And they were just so happy to have it displayed - as we were," Glynn said. "It was neat to meet them because they were so personally connected with all their pieces." "I think this is a nice way to connect us with the University community," Gorman said. "I love having the artwork around," Glynn said. "I've gotten rather attached to it." |
