Art – The Daily Evergreen

Voices: ‘Angels and Sunflowers’

EVELYN KRAFT, Evergreen contributor

October 16, 2019

I feel you. The way you show me how you care, I feel you. Trusting me with every fiber of your being, I feel you. When your words hit dangerously close to home, I feel you. I’ll take it in This may be the last sunset I see with you But I’ll take it in This may be the last night I’m wit...

Director of ‘Nightfall’ wants to give Poe his happy ending

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter

October 16, 2019

Actors at the Pullman Civic Theatre will perform Eric Coble’s play “Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe” starting Friday. The play is comprised of four of Poe’s most popular stories, “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,”...

Choreographer brings dancers together

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter

September 18, 2019

In April, three local friends joined forces at Etsi Bravo to showcase their unique style of ballroom vogue dancing for the first time. Now they’re looking forward to more performances together. “We’re just a group of friends having fun, expressing ourselves as queer men,” said Bryan Ramirez,...

Faculty’s art collection comments on obsession with technology

MADDY BEAN, Evergreen reporter

September 4, 2019

Hyper Combines, a new intermedia exhibit from a WSU artist, will be shown in Gallery 2 of the Fine Arts Center until Sept. 20. The exhibit comments on how phones and technology have snuck into every part of our lives, said Joe Hedges, creator of the exhibit and painting and intermedia professor. Last...

Coug Gala will feature fashion designs, speakers

CARSON HOLLAND, Evergreen reporter

March 28, 2019

The Student Entertainment Board is hosting Coug Gala — Facets of Fashion from 7-9 p.m. today in the Compton Union Building Gallery, featuring two guest speakers from the International Women’s Week Committee. The Gala will be a celebration for the opening of the “Facets of Fashion” gallery...

Separation of art and STEM affects students

MILA WIDMAYER, Evergreen columnist

March 7, 2019

As college students, we are focused on learning a specific set of skills to get hired after graduating. The goal of attending a university is to widen the breadth of opportunities we can achieve in terms of employment while learning how to be an adult along the way. We have been told — overtly or oth...

Use art, multimedia to relieve stress during midterms

MILA WIDMAYER, Evergreen columnist

March 7, 2019

With midterms sneaking up on the student body like a predator to prey, the stress in the air is almost palpable. Students and professors alike are checking emails hoping for classes to be canceled, in the end having to trudge through two feet of snow to get there. Tensions are high, and while drinking...

‘Photographs from the Gay Rodeo’ showing at UI

ANNA YOUNG, Evergreen columnist

February 7, 2019

With an opening reception Tuesday evening, Seattle-born photographer Blake Little’s “Photographs from the Gay Rodeo” exhibit kicked off at the University of Idaho Library, to be continued through April 30. The rodeo is a series of events across the country headed by the International Gay Rodeo...

Local theatre debuts ‘Cabaret’ musical

CARSON HOLLAND, Evergreen reporter

February 7, 2019

The Regional Theatre of the Palouse (RTOP), located in downtown Pullman, will be performing the musical “Cabaret” starting Valentine’s Day. “[‘Cabaret’ is a] really showy, edgy, thought-provoking theater piece … it was kind of a no-brainer,” said Michael Todd, associate director of...

Lack of art on campus could impact students

MILA WIDMAYER, Evergreen columnist

January 31, 2019

After almost three years of living in Pullman, a question has come up over and over again: where is the art? Looking around in lecture halls, classrooms and labs, there is a blatant lack of visual stimulation around us. While the CUB may be full of televisions and murals advertising one thing or another,...

Art museum to host Michael Schultheis reception

CARSON HOLLAND, Evergreen reporter

January 24, 2019

WSU alumnus Michael Schultheis will showcase his artwork during a reception and performance from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Schultheis wants to keep the details of his performance a secret, though he did give a few hints as to what he will do. His exhibit showc...

New exhibit displays must-see art for variety of viewers

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen mint editor

January 17, 2019

I recently had the opportunity to visit “Venn Pirouettes” and “Social Space,” two new installations at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The two exhibits consist of a series of paintings, sculptures and works in other mediums that opened to the public Jan. 15. Michael Schultheis, a WSU...