Brooke Pearson and a group of her friends spend their Sunday nights hitting the books — the coloring books.
On Monday, Feb. 20, guest curator and JMU art history professor Laura Katzman unveiled the masterpieces housed within the gallery that will remain in Duke Hall until April 5.
Jorge Escobar and Nico Penaranda took a different spin on the “traditional” love story.
A female student walked into the room, confused by all of the deer heads hanging from the ceiling.
That’s where great art comes in, particularly in books, movies and music — elements that force us to think and feel about our current reality in ways that pulse multiple muscles and pathways in our brains.
“You live one life,” Hobson said. “So if you enjoy something or you think something will look good, a tattoo or whatever, you should get it.”
Lent is a common, annual practice among many Christians.
The primary reason for exhibiting these photographs of the Mardi Gras Indians was to show people who they are.
“For a lot of artists, painting illegally is a big adrenaline rush.”
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After pursuing federal work study for a job in the costume shop, largely because it paid more than any of the other jobs on campus, Lustig quickly discovered her passion.
A calendar of upcoming events in Harrisonburg and at JMU.
“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve,” reads one of Moon River Print Co.’s newer pieces, quoting J.K. Rowling. And the woman behind it all, Sydni Brawley, is proving it to be true with her business endeavors.
The exhibit opened on Oct. 19 as the art students of JMU invited renowned artist and collector John Foster to put his creative mind on showcase.
A calendar of upcoming events in Harrisonburg and at JMU.
In order to keep up with the latest seasonal trends, brands and colors, a myriad of students are relying on various online resources.
“If you look at our collection of art as a museum, you could say we’re putting the first museum on the moon,” Baskinger said.
What started as a seed in the mind of Eleanor Held is now a growing fair trade clothing shop housed on South Main Street at the entrance of downtown Harrisonburg.
As it prepares to publish its 20th issue, Gardy Loo is making a shift toward a more design-oriented magazine.
As a yearlong planning process, some events that are a part of International Week include an international bazaar, which is an open-air market, a World Cup-style soccer tournament and the study abroad fair.
MU’s Destination Imagination (DI) is a club that uses critical thinking skills, creative problem-solving methods and a lot of teamwork.
“I think in general Harrisonburg has been pretty conservative when it comes to the idea of public art, it’s simply not the kind of thing 30 or 40 years ago people would have felt comfortable with,” Ehrenpreis said.
Betts will be giving his poetry reading today from 4 to 5 p.m. in Madison Union 405.
Design majors get a brand new, state of the art fabrication shop alongside the graphic design and industrial design majors in the Studio and Design Center on Grace Street.
