Phabulos Photo Essay

Here is a little photo essay that was created for the online journalism class this whole blog sprung from! The photos feature staff and students from the Dominican University Art Department. Below are captions with more information! Enjoy!

Sophomore Jess Myers critiques a classmate’s work in her Introduction to Design Applications course last Tuesday night. Myers, along with others in the course, describe the art and suggest the meaning behind it. All students take turns sharing their art and receiving criticism.

Jasmine Samuels works on her sculpture quietly and focused. She is also using a roller blade as the object of her work. Samuels along with the ten or so other students in the class, talk only briefly in between hammer strikes. The whole class is committed to their work, often coming after class is over to continue their projects.

Juniors Ashley Boyd and Kacey Hahn look over their negatives last Tuesday night. Both photography students, Boyd and Hahn put in hours of time outside class working on their art. Hahn enjoys photography but laughs, “I don’t know what I want to do with my life.”

Professor Hannah Jennings listens quietly and sips her soda as her students critique each other’s work in Introduction to Design Applications last Tuesday night. Jennings gives her input and helps leads a discussion, but allows time for each student to give his or her opinion.

Jennifer Raplan-Ortiz continues her Polaroid camera sculpture. She wears an old t-shirt over her clothes because the plaster dust can be quite messy. She carefully angles the chisel and hammer to get just the right chip. These projects have just been started, but are already taking shape.

Junior Kacey Hahn takes a short break from staring at negatives last Tuesday night. Her latest assignment features all kinds of cracks on the human body. She is working far beyond class time and wonders about the other homework that waits for her.

Student Jennifer Raplan-Ortiz asks for assistance from professor Noelle Allen Wright in her 3D Design course last Wednesday in the basement of the Priory. Raplan-Ortiz is making a plaster sculpture of a Polaroid camera and needed help getting the right angles. Allen offered a few pointers, but allowed Raplan-Ortiz to finish the bulk of the work herself.

Several paintings wait on the floor of the hallway on the fourth floor of Lewis. These paintings are to be hung on the first floor, near the Dean of Students Office. According to Jeffrey Cote de Luna, the university often purchases or shows student artwork. Several photography pieces can be seen just off of the Parmer Atrium.

Ashley Richardson works on her plaster sculpture of a roller blade. She wears safety goggles to protect her eyes from the plaster chips. Midway through class, Richardson is asked to remover her headphones, much to her dismay. Richardson continues to hammer away, hoping that a roller blade will soon form.

Junior Ashley Boyd takes a much-needed break from her photography work. She has been looking at her contact sheet for some time and is getting tired. Boyd is also a graphic design major and spends much of her time here on the fourth floor of Lewis.