On Friday, The BFA art classes had their end of the semester art shows. BFA stands for Bachelors of Fine Arts. The BFA program is an especially rigorous art program so the students who get accepted to it are the cream of the crop. I went to the Photography show with my friends Michele and Rachel. It was cool to get to see what the BFA students had been working on this semester.
"There is just such an eclectic mix of styles it is really interesting. Especially when you compare their individual work to the collective project" Michele said. At the show each student presented their own series of work. The whole class also did a series together that was based off a deck of playing cards. Each student was required to do a photograph involving each suite and then all their photographs hung together on the main wall. It was really interesting to compare the students different styles across the one project.
The painting program had their show the same night, and I wish I could have made it. There are always so many different art events going on it is nearly impossible to catch them all. I was glad to see the photography show and be able to support the amazing work my fellow students are doing.
Last Saturday there was an impromptu dance-off in the dinning hall at Collins. Early that morning signs appeared all over the building that read "Break Dance Competition: Dining Hall 4 p.m. NO JOKE!!!" I thought I would wonder down there and check it out. I didn't expect there to be many people there, but I was wrong. The room was packed. There were even people crowded in the hall outside dinning room peering in.
Each "dance-off" featured two teams of two. One person performed at a time switching back and forth between teams. At the end of each round the three judges voted. The emcee would point to each team and if the judge didn't like them they would cross their arms to make an X. The crowd would cheer and boo for the different teams. The competition got pretty intense and the dances became increasingly acrobatic. I was quite impressed "NO JOKE!!"
