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Best Buddies Audrey Wixted The purpose of this organization is to encourage inclusion in our community for all, but especially the intellectually/developmentally disabled community. We are planning to have virtual…
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“Pigments and Plastics” McDaniel art honors exhibit
On March 1, the McDaniel College Art Department had a new opening in the Rice Gallery. This exhibit, called Pigments and Plastics featured three seniors with departmental honors in their…
Putting the ‘Art’ In Liberal Arts
We go to school on a beautiful campus. The buildings and landscaping are pleasant to look at, and they’re complemented by elegant installations, like the new fountain in front of…
Alternative Cartographies: A New Perspective on Space
On Nov. 5, McDaniel’s Rice Gallery unveiled its most recent exhibition: “Alternative Cartographies: Artists Claiming Public Space.” This exhibition explores the idea of space and map-making in a variety of…
SKEPSIS: Where Science and Art Meet
In McDaniel College’s Rice Gallery sits an exhibition that encourages investigation and an eye towards discovery: “SKEPSIS” by Breon Gilleran. The investigative aspects of the exhibition are noticeable from the…
Modern Daedalus
Kyle J. Bauer’s exhibit of various geometric, mixed-media sculptures, titled “don’t fly too close to the sun,” referencing the myth of Icarus, currently inhabits the Rice Gallery on the top…
Undergrad Art Show: A Photo Essay
The Kathryn E. Wentz Juried undergraduate art show was on display in the Rice Gallery from April 7 to April 18, with an artist’s reception on April 9. The show…
Honorable Discharge: An Honors Art Exhibition
Photographs of body parts with phrases in black sharpie on them. A comic panel in the style of a video game. A colorful mandala. A tiny beaded horse—all these and…
BLACK: An exhibition of darkness in the Rice Gallery
Darkness abounds on the top floor of Peterson Hall. “BLACK: Paintings by Brian Cirmo” is the current exhibit in the Rice Gallery, featuring 13 pieces almost totally covered with black…
Rice Gallery Exhibits: Hidden Colors at McDaniel
Dozens of faces splattered with bright colors greet you as soon as you walk on the top floor of Peterson Hall. The Rice Art Gallery features works by various artists…
Creative Time Summit Conference Fosters Global Connection with Local Participation
Nov. 17 and 18 were special days for McDaniel’s departments of Art and Art History, Political Science and Sociology, as well as the Honors Program and the Global Fellows Program….
Creating Poetry with Film: Visiting Artist Margaret Rorison Explains Unique Techniques
Margaret Rorison, a Baltimore filmmaker with a M.F.A. from The Maryland Institute College of Art, seemed just like any other young, passionate artist as she stood in Peterson Hall before…
Common Ground on the Hill: Traditions Weeks
Traditions Week is run by Common Ground on the Hill every summer at McDaniel. Artists, musicians, and others come from around the country and even around the world to perform,…
Pressure/Heat/Time: Paintings by Evan Boggess
Kicking off the new semester with memorable forms and splashes of bright color, the first artist’s exhibition to don the walls of Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall is definitely one…
Amazing artwork displayed at Senior Honors Exhibition Show
This March, McDaniel’s College Dept. of Art and Art History presented its Honors Exhibition Show in Rice Gallery featuring the works of four senior honors art students: Jordan Beans, Hannah…
McDaniel’s Art on Display: “amuse-bouche”
McDaniel’s College Dept. of Art and Art History presented its Honors Exhibition show, entitled “amuse-bouche,” featuring the works of senior art honors students Jordan Beans, Hannah Mathews, Kara Owens, and…
Chaos meets Control in New Art Exhibit: “Slurry: Paintings by Katherine Mann”
Characterized by large watery marks and shapes, with intricate designs patterned over top and around them, Mann’s paintings are unique abstracted landscapes of organic shapes combined with recognizable patterns and…
Visit “Lairs”: Drawings and Paintings by Ryan Browning Before it’s Too Late
“Lairs”: Drawings and Paintings by Ryan Browning, after 3 weeks on display in Rice Gallery, the upper level of Peterson Hall, has just closed. Ryan Browning’s work is both thought…
Vaginas FTW!!
“You can’t love vaginas, if you don’t like hair!” shouted Sophomore Emily Sanders, performing the piece “Hair“ at the Vagina Monologues last night. The Alumni Hall was packed for the…
Posters of Privilege
I never expected to be dabbing glue onto magazine cut-outs in college, but Dr. Julia Orza was offering extra credit. Dr. Orza, through the use of arts and crafts, led…