With the new semester comes new members of the Arts and Humanities Council. Since you’ll be seeing all of us not only post on the blog but at events throughout the year we wanted to take a chance to introduce ourselves. Now, while we could have done the usual three interesting facts about ourselves like… Read more »
Songs to Describe a Semester
Despite the once-in-a-lifetime pandemic that continues to shape our lives it seems that this semester marks a milestone for many of us as we trickle back into normalcy. In many facets of life, from beginnings to ends, we often turn a focus to arts for expression, and in that same vein, I decided to ask… Read more »
Welcome Back to the Arts & Humanities Student Perspectives Blog!
Hello all, and welcome back to the Arts & Humanities Student Perspectives blog! We’re excited for the start of a new year—and most importantly, the return of in-person classes and on-campus events! In fact, you may have already interacted with the Council at our recent September First Thursday festival. If you weren’t able to make… Read more »
Reflections from a Graduating Senior: Collins LLC
It’s hard to believe that my time in undergrad is almost over, these last four years has really flown by. During my time at IU, I have been a part of the wonderful Collins Living-Learning Center community. My experience with this community has been transformative to say the least. I have formed lifelong friendships… Read more »
Reflecting on the College Experience
Now that the semester is wrapping up and many of my friends are getting ready to graduate, I have thought a lot about the advice I received when I first started looking at colleges. I have a pretty niche major so my options were relatively slim, with only one in state option, much to… Read more »
Advice From a Graduating Student: Try Something New
As the end of the semester approaches, I find myself to still be in disbelief that four years have already passed by and I am graduating from college this semester. Some semesters felt unbearably long while others seemed to have been over way too fast. In preparing to graduate, naturally I have been reminded of… Read more »
Word of Honor: TV Show Review
I recently finished watching a Chinese television show called Word of Honor. It began airing at the beginning of this year and is still coming out with English subtitles on YouTube, but I couldn’t help myself and bought premium access to watch all 37 45 minute long episodes in one go. Finishing it in 8… Read more »
K-drama Review: “The Tale of the Nine Tailed”
In between working on final projects and papers, I found myself searching for a light hearted, but interesting TV show to binge in my free time. So I turned to a K-drama I remembered hearing good reviews about late last year. “The Tale of the Nine Tailed” is a fantasy, rom-com story that follows the… Read more »
Artist Lecture with Marcia Lausen
The McKinney Visiting Artist Series, through the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, + Design, brings in prominent artists every semester from a variety of practices. The artist leads a workshop or critique for students within that practice and gives lectures open to the campus and community. However, because of COVID-19, everything is now on Zoom…. Read more »
Review of: “Wasteland”
(Image Credit: Vik Muniz Studio) Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker, is a documentary about artist Vik Muniz and how he creates art using garbage from a landfill just outside Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. In 2010, Muniz traveled to Jardim Gramacho which at the time was the one of the largest landfills in the… Read more »