MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor The Butler Collegian spoke with senior composition major Hannah Varnau about her upcoming senior recital. BC: Talk about you, your major and your senior recital. HV: I’m a composition major, and we have lessons and classes about writing music. This recital is a culmination of what I’m most…
Indianapolis insists on innovation
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter The entire Indianapolis arts community is about to undergo a makeover. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is preparing to start the first event of the new Innovative Museum Leaders Speaker Series this Thursday. It will bring in an assortment of leaders in the art field to talk about their work…
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BREANNA MANLEY | Staff Reporter A bag of Fritos, a bottle of Gatorade, a computer and a pencil make up the ideal workspace for graphic designer Joel Fuller to produce some of his best artwork. In fact, the sophomore Art + Design major still has his very first childhood comic book and sketch pad, complete…
Students share Sondheim with “Little Night Music”
MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor The curtains opened last weekend to reveal a different kind of show on the stage of Butler University’s Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. Three students presented “A Little Night Music,” a musical. Instead of a traditional or original play, the students collaborated to bring the musical to the recital hall…
REVIEW: Try out “Terminal”
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter Am I living to my full potential? Will I regret this life when I’m in the afterlife? Is there even an afterlife? All these questions pervaded the play “Terminal,” beautifully conceived by Susan Yankowitz. With the audience watching from both sides of the stage, the production portrayed different stages of…
Beyond the runway
VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter The Butler Collegian sat down with Butler University senior Arnetta Shade after the Black Student Union fashion show to talk about BSU and the fashion show itself. What is your role in BSU, and what are some of your responsibilities/duties? I am the co-president of Black Student Union, and…
The Bush years, through the eyes of the First Lady
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor One of the first things former First Lady Laura Bush did when she took the Clowes Memorial Hall stage Monday was place a bobblehead doll of herself on the podium. She said a friend gave her the bobblehead after finding it in a gift shop in Washington, D.C., on…
Opposites Attract
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter Two local artists are giving Butler University and Indianapolis community members two very different looks into the world of art. Doug Arnholter and Cole Pierce are showcasing their dissimilar pieces in the Schrott Center. On Friday, they opened their showcase with a gallery talk and tour throughout the building. Arnholter,…
Art above you below
BRITTANY GARRET | Staff Reporter Looking for some great artwork around Indianapolis this year? It’s all around the city. One only has to look up. The Arts Council of Indianapolis is hosting a citywide public art initiative called “High Art,”occurring throughout the year. Ten artists were selected to have their work enlarged and printed on…
Masquerade: Paper faces on parade
BREANNA MANLEY | Staff Reporter Butler University’s Reilly Room was filled with masks, mystery and music Saturday night thanks to the Student Government Association. SGA’s late night committee, part of the program board, hosted a masquerade ball for the student body, which featured a disc jockey, an hors d’oeuvres buffet and an ice sculpture. “If…