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has a top notch collection both in handweaving and costume. I believe their assistance will greatly raise the bar on our collection, since storage is a key factor in the preservation of textiles.” In its fifth year, R2R partners with Seattle-based Art Work Fine Art Services, a full-service company of experts who handle artwork, to bring together a team of trained museum professionals to volunteer on a special collections project in Washington state. The program aims to help meet the needs of the

Seven PLU Faculty Artists, One Incredible Show Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 30, 2013 Image: Steve Sobeck, ceramics instructor, displays cones tests that represent one kiln firing. January 30, 2013 PLU art and design faculty display recent work Opening in the University Gallery on Wednesday, February 5 is PLU’s “Faculty Exhibition,” an exhibit featuring work from current faculty of the Department of Art and Design. Participating faculty include JP Avila, Craig Cornwall, Spencer Ebbinga

Generous donation creates Ingram Hall’s Boge Library Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 21, 2012 January 21, 2012 A treasury of graphic design and typography books This fall, students will welcome a new resource in Ingram Hall. The Boge Library will reside in Ingram 118 and is chock-full of graphic design resources. The library’s namesake and sole contributor, Garrett Boge (pronounced “Bogie”), donated his collection of more than 1,200 books and publications in the summer of 2013 to be used by

transmission and perpetuation of music, dance, costume, and theater during the Carnival season and throughout the year. Students learn the deep history and meaning of what appears to be a joyful event such as Carnival through many lectures, field trips, performances, and other activities. They also experience other aspects of society such as the re-emergence of the cocoa industry as a boutique bean-to-bar movement, as well as learning about the lives of subsistence fishermen in a small village. One of the

the program – Matt Leslie, Jack Rubenkonig, and yours truly. We spent two full days in each National Park, and the rest of the time in transit. Along the way we also stopped through the four corners to play a quick game of four square before the hordes of tourists forced us from our jovialities. Amongst belly laughs and hobo dinners, we rafted the Colorado river, hiked in full costume on one of the Grand Canyon’s most populated trails, and adventured through self-proclaimed strenuous trails in an

hangings, rugs, tools used in the preparation of these pieces, and several costume artifacts. As a special feature, Swedish tapestry weaver, Cecilia Blomberg, will display several of her exquisite tapestries. “Textiles are a huge part of the Scandinavian culture. Not only were/are they an essential part of a household in many areas, but also serve as an identity to the people,” said Linda Caspersen, one of the curators of the exhibition. “Clothing is worn for protection, status, and adornment and these

lost language of the time around the region. In answer to the obvious question – yes it was hard to learn the song, much less a song in a language that died out about 700 years ago.  “You have to do your research,” she said.  Amilyn Hill will be singing Mozart’s “Queen of the Night,” arias from the Magic Flute, complete with costume. “I plan to make it as close to an opera performance as I can,” she said. “I’ll probably be wearing a black dress, maybe a crown.”  Around the age of 12, Hill

First-year student athletes share their experience at PLU Posted by: vcraker / October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 PLU student-athletes Sarah Midimo and Chloe Froeschner share their experience as first-years. Froeschner is from Iowa City, Iowa, and is majoring in graphic design and communication.  Midimo is from Tacoma and is majoring in psychology. Read Previous Get involved with PLU Clubs Read Next Around the PNW: Evening hike to Mt. Rainier LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride

than just the setting up scenes. In between the rush to set the new scene while the curtain is down, Rud and the other supers, as they’re called, are making numerous costume changes from their running crew blacks to their on-stage attire. “The supers get off[stage], change right behind the stage, on set, into our black clothing so we can change the props for the next couple of acts, change again for Act Three, Scene Four, then change back into blacks-we do that very very quickly, there’s about a

Results & Photos of Juried Student Art Exhibit 2021 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 15, 2021 November 15, 2021 The Department of Art & Design congratulates all students whose art was included in the Juried Student Art Show! The juror, Lauren Boilini, selected a variety of works to be included in the show and called out several for prizes and honorable mentions. Lauren’s comments are included below in italics. The Juried Student Art Show is open 8am-4pm in Ingram Hall through December 8, 2021