Carolina Collects — which opens on Sept. 9 — is a compilation of art works donated from six decades of UNC alumni. Including about 90 diverse pieces, the collection brings together both contemporary and modern sculptures, paintings and photography.
In an environment riddled with slashed budgets, new classes can be hard to come by. But the culture/isssues committee — a subset of the Carolina Scholars Program at UNC — is helping to keep honors students’ schedules diverse by allotting part of the honors program budget to create a new course each fall. This fall, with the creation of HNRS 356, “Art and Social Change,” students will have the opportunity to broaden their understanding of art and its impact on social change on an interactive scale. The committee created the class in order to demonstrate to students that art often precedes major social changes and revolutions. “It seems that the arts kind of have the freedom to say a lot of things that you can’t say as a politician, or the president of a company,” said junior Amanda Ziesemer, a student on the committee board.
When it comes to reality, nothing is ever as it seems. At least not for John “Scottie” Ferguson, an ex-detective who is hired to follow the mysterious wife of an old acquaintance in “Vertigo,” a Department of Communication Studies adaptation of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name.
The thought of transforming a cinematic masterpiece into a live stage performance is a daunting task, but Lucius Robinson takes it all in stride. A senior in the Department of Communication Studies, Robinson is responsible for taking Alfred Hitchcock’s famous flick “Vertigo” and adapting it to the small stage for the department’s second performance of the year.
Scrap metal isn’t junk. It can be an animal, a fountain — anything that sparks the artist’s imagination.
Reuven Fields, like his artwork, might not be considered typical in any way, shape or form. A 49-year-old Israel native, Fields is a recycled metal artist, using anything that he can find in the local junk yard to sculpt. His works have been featured in competitions and festivals across the state.
elin o’Hara slavick won’t capitalize her name. But for slavick, a UNC professor and visual artist, her creative capitalization choices aren’t nearly as important as the subjects addressed in her work.
elin o’Hara slavick’s latest projects — “Hiroshima: After Aftermath,” and “Protesting Cartography: Places the U. S. Has Bombed” — are part of an exhibition titled “Aftermath” currently on display in the lobby of the FedEx Global Education Center.
In the WXYC radio studio on the second floor of the Union annex, freshman Elizabeth Morris’s first night as a DJ has just begun. Photos, posters and stickers line the walls of the station, promoting eclectic bands and boasting snarky phrases. A stuffed figure of Father Christmas is strapped by his arms next to a CD rack, surrendering to the continuous stream of music.
