10 I Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Everyday objects inspire Penn State artists
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
For most Penn State students,
Arts Fest is a chance to return to
State College. For some student
artists, it's also an opportunity to
proudly display their work on cam
pus.
Nadia Wilson. Class of 2010. is
one artist featured in the HUB-
Robeson Galleries' Art on the
Move program.
Her artwork is currently on dis
play in Old Main in the Office of
the Vice President of Student
Affairs. Room 206. according to
the HUB-Robeson Galleries web
site.
■•l've done a few events on cam
pus and I'm very happy to be a
part of any art movement or week
end." Wilson said.
Her two featured pieces
■Violet" and “New Orleans
Fhneral" are both large paint
ings that feature flowers and
instruments. Wilson said.
“Nature and music are two of
my primary concerns.” Wilson
said. “I was thinking, ‘What if a
flower and a instrument went on a
date?' "
“New Orleans FUneral” specifi
cally focuses on the beauty and
sorrow of a post-Katrina New
Orleans, Wilson said.
The University Health Services
Building showcases some of the
artwork that is a part of the Art on
the Move program. Liz Pasqualo
A worker stands and observes his handywork after setting up rotating and dumping water buckets. The interac
tive display is part of Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, which will run from July 7 to 11 in downtown State
College. The festival showcases hundreds of artists interacting with visitors and selling their creations.
“I was thinking ‘What if a flower and an
instrument went on a date?”’
(senior-drawing and painting)
said.
One of her large paintings,
“Splenda,” is currently on display
there, Pasqualo said.
The Art on the Move program
features student-created artwork
at various locations around cam
pus, HUB-Robeson Galleries
Assistant Carol Brooks said. The
artwork includes oil paintings and
photojournalist pieces, and is con
stantly being rotated between
buildings, Brooks said.
Patrons can even view the art
work of Roy Baker, the director of
Fraternity and Sorority Life,
whose weaving is featured in the
HUB.
Located in the glass cases by
the HUB lounge outside of
Heritage Hall, the gallery displays
Baker's numerous and complex
"Celtic cross-stitching" pieces,
Baker said.
"In Celtic cross-stitching,' you
actually start from a blank can
vas," Baker said. "It's a little bit
harder to do."
Baker’s piece. "The Last
Supper," is currently on display
and is one of five identical copies.
Baker said.
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artist," Baker said. “It’s mainly a
hobby.”
Each exhibit on campus will
hold extended hours during the
Central Pennsylvania Festival of
the Arts this weekend, according
to the galleries’ website. The art
work is constantly in rotation, with
most of the pieces currently on
display set to change in the begin
ning of September.
And while current students do
not participate in the downtown
portion of Arts Fest, some alumni
have gotten their work onto South
Allen Street.
Jake Johnson, Class of 2008, is a
local artist from Bellefonte who
was invited to participate in Arts
Fest this weekend.
His booth will feature different
works including ceramics, porce
lain, stoneware and sculpture,
Johnson said.
Interacting with other artists
and patrons at Arts Fest is one of
the benefits to the festival,
Johnson said.
“It’s a great way to meet the
community,” Johnson said. “I
never get to meet the people, and
that’s the best part.”
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Wilson’s piece “New Orleans Funeral” sits in Old Main.
Artists sometimes
avoid hotel stays
Because of rising prices, traveling artists skip
conventional hotels and sleep in dorms,
campgrounds and at friend’s homes
For many of the artists at the Central Pennsylvania Festival
of the Arts, State College is just one stop in a flurry of summer
festivals, hotel rooms and road trips.
Their travels can be exhausting and non-stop, often featur
ing nights in motels. Mends' apartments and campgrounds.
Motels in most towns playing host to similar festivals offer dis
counted rates to artists, and State College is no exception.
Staff members from State College hotels like the Nittany
Lion Inn, Atherton Hotel and The Penn Stater said each
offers discounted rates for artists, as do many local chain
hotels.
But some artists feel the discounts aren't legitimate. Bob
Richey, a pastel artist from Bucks County, said prices are first
hiked up to nearly double their normal rates for the weekend
before the discounts take effect.
“They raise their prices for the festival just like they do at
the football games,” he said.
Richey, who set up an artist's booth at Arts Fest for the 14th
consecutive year, said he discovered a more convenient and
affordable place to stay.
Since his annual return to Arts Fest is also a trip back to his
alma mater, he chooses to take advantage of a service the
Penn State Alumni Association offers to members he stays
in West Residence Halls instead.
Richey calls his stay in State College a “homecoming
event,” since it’s the one festival where he stays with fellow
alumni rather than fellow artists.
With West Halls located on Burrowes Street, Richey wakes
up only a few blocks from his booth, parks for free and gets a
free breakfast in the dorms every morning.
Diane Troxell. a potter from Oxford, N.Y., had similar things
to say about her accommodations
Hotels in State College are abnormally expensive for the
weekend, she said. Troxell only stays the first night in town,
when she needs to be close by to set up her booth.
Starting Thursday night, she instead makes a 45-minute
drive to Mill Hall, Pa., where she stays with friends a couple
she met after the pair visited her store in New York.
Though in the past years she's stopped traveling to as many
shows as she used to cutting down from nearly 30 to 12—
Troxell continues to make an appearance at Arts Fest every
year, partly because of the organizers' efforts.
“The organizers know what they’re doing,” she said.
Arts Fest Operations Manager Carol Baney even offered
Troxell a place to stay at her parents' house for the night she
spends in town, Troxell said.
“State College is our best show of the year,” she said.
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