A&H@Home: Spring ’20

Dear IU: I feel I have much to thank you for. I’ll start with your good looks: thanks for your many trees, your spring tulips and flowering dogwoods, your winding waterways. Thanks for being the best place to take an aimless wander. Thanks for the stairs in Ballantine, how they’re the best at making me…… Read more »

Art reflects our dense history in any given moment. Illustrating human experiences, our world would not be interconnected without the existence of art. It allows us to learn about people and places that we would have never known otherwise. We are then able to see the world through different perspectives, allowing us to understand people,…… Read more »

When most people think of art, the first that comes to mind is probably not a video game. However, when in production, thousands of hours go into 3D design, illustration, graphic design, musical scores, and so much more to create a piece of intricate art that the average person can interact with, enjoy, and make…… Read more »

While I have not consumed art through the forms of virtual exhibits and recorded performances yet, I have had the chance to make my own art throughout quarantine more than I typically would while having in-person obligations. It started out small scale, sketching and coloring like I typically do in my free time. A few…… Read more »

During the start of quarantine, I decided to challenge myself with something I have never done before: writing letters to myself. As a visual arts person, I do not always think about the written arts and how they could be beneficial in times of high stress and uncertainty. So, what better time than this present…… Read more »

For me, the creation of art is important always, but particularly now. Art is one of the best ways we can remove ourselves from the intensity and stress of reality and the news. My creative outlet has always been music. I have been playing the clarinet for more than 10 years, and playing music has…… Read more »

Hello all! My name is Ollie Caldwell, and I am a current senior earning my BFA degree in graphic design here at Indiana University. If you are unfamiliar with what a BFA, or Bachelor in Fine Arts, degree is, it is a more intense and prestigious degree that is concentrated on a particular area in…… Read more »

Creating anything that is highly influenced by the current moment is significant because it is a way to preserve the thoughts, the feelings, and the events that are happening now. It provides a picture of today, no matter how big or small, and it is always good for future reflection. I think documentation of this…… Read more »

Friends are with us through all the different stages of our lives. Even at the toddler stages, we are aware of what a friendship is and feels like. As we mature through the years, the relationship changes and develops. However, when that friendship is real, no matter the changes in our lives, we manage to…… Read more »

The difficulty of this moment lies in the disjuncture between the new smallness of our worlds under stay-at-home orders and the enormity and incomprehensibility of the coronavirus pandemic. If you let it, the magnitude of it can consume you. But art—and creative acts in all their forms—can serve as a corrective when anxiety and worry…… Read more »