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Art Student Profile: using art as an escape

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago06 mins

  As a pre-med student who is busy studying for the upcoming MCAT and preparing for medical school, being able to work on her art minor has been a great outlet for her creative side. Olivia Harrison, a senior at the University of Rhode Island, said that while she chose to pursue a career as…

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Art Student Profile: Rendering nostalgia and comfort

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago07 mins

  Nora Nuzzolo, a fourth-year art student, takes a novel approach to her material, both subject matter and physical medium. She is a printmaker with a focus in relief printing and botanical and floral imagery, “flowers, and the things to put them in,” she said. Since starting with papermaking last year, she even makes her…

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Art Student Profile: Remembering your roots

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago17 mins

  Pablo Youngs, nicknamed “Picasso” in preschool, has more in common with the famous artist than a shared first name. Not through his artistic style, but he does have a similar passion and drive to be a great artist. Youngs’ artistic talent has been encouraged from a young age, and almost all of his art…

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Art Student Profile: Art belongs to its viewers

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago07 mins

Unlike many art students at the University of Rhode Island, Lila Barber did not begin to explore her artistic side until coming to the university. Because so many art majors have been interested in the subject since they were children, or at least for many years, Barber’s perspective as an artist is quite unique among…

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Art Student Profile: creating art without digital technology

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago06 mins

Despite constant advances in digital photography and digital editing tools, one senior art student has shown true dedication to the time-tested methods of printmaking. At first Maya Stern, a student at the University of Rhode Island, said that she “wasn’t a big fan of”  printmaking, but over time she gained appreciation for it as a…

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Art Student Profile: Unifying nature and humanity

Joseph Essig9 years ago9 years ago06 mins

  While many students and artists alike may stray from conflict, one student at the University of Rhode Island uses it to enhance her work. Senior art major Amanda Perry is a printmaker and a painter, and said that the the bulk of her work consists of combining the two mediums to create a more…

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Philosophy student plans for acting career

Chelsea Opong-Wadeer10 years ago10 years ago07 mins

University of Rhode Island sophomore Derek Colantuono plans to continue his writing and acting career throughout next year. Colantuono, originally from Cranston, Rhode Island, found his love for acting when he was between the ages of 3 and 5. When he was between 6 and 7 years old, he said he started performing on stage…

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