2008 Woodie Awards
Art displayed at the Michigan Capitol
By: Sarah Fortino
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: News
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It may be a dream come true or it may be a nightmare.
Nichole Lockman and Michelle Snay interpreted dreams for ART 239: Digital Imaging I. The results are on display near Lansing's Capitol for the rest of the year.
"It's exciting because I've never had a piece of art displayed anywhere besides the halls of Wightman," said Lockman, a Grand Rapids senior.
Students' work has been on display for three years in Lansing, said Kathy Wilbur, vice president for government relations and public affairs.
Not only does it put students' artwork out for everyone to see, but the it looks great on a résumé, Wilbur said.
"The exposure that this brings students is great," said Al Wildey, art department chair.
Wildey said his criteria was simply that the pieces be interesting and engaging on some level.
"I'm flattered. I've never been recognized for my art before, so it feels really good," said Snay, a Brownstown junior.
Lockman's father was an artist and she has been surrounded by art he whole life.
Her photo shows a woman with a blue cloth spinning with a forest in the background.
Lockman said she drew inspiration from the colors in the forest behind the abandoned mental hospital in Mount Pleasant.
"I thought about people and the way we perceive dreams," Lockman said.
She said she wanted to illustrate how many people end up in one place without knowing how they got there in their dreams. She said she also was intrigued by more vivid and saturated colors in dreams.
There is a personal element involved in both students' drawings.
"Every one of my art pieces is a self-portrait. I'm in it or something that represents me is in it," Lockman said.
Snay's illustration of a dream shows the moment when a person wakes up just before something bad would happen. Snay's work shows her driving a car as a large semitruck is coming right at her.
Snay describes her style as organized randomness.
Lockman wants to work for a music magazine and Snay would like to layout magazines or work in Web design.
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Nichole Lockman and Michelle Snay interpreted dreams for ART 239: Digital Imaging I. The results are on display near Lansing's Capitol for the rest of the year.
"It's exciting because I've never had a piece of art displayed anywhere besides the halls of Wightman," said Lockman, a Grand Rapids senior.
Students' work has been on display for three years in Lansing, said Kathy Wilbur, vice president for government relations and public affairs.
Not only does it put students' artwork out for everyone to see, but the it looks great on a résumé, Wilbur said.
"The exposure that this brings students is great," said Al Wildey, art department chair.
Wildey said his criteria was simply that the pieces be interesting and engaging on some level.
"I'm flattered. I've never been recognized for my art before, so it feels really good," said Snay, a Brownstown junior.
Lockman's father was an artist and she has been surrounded by art he whole life.
Her photo shows a woman with a blue cloth spinning with a forest in the background.
Lockman said she drew inspiration from the colors in the forest behind the abandoned mental hospital in Mount Pleasant.
"I thought about people and the way we perceive dreams," Lockman said.
She said she wanted to illustrate how many people end up in one place without knowing how they got there in their dreams. She said she also was intrigued by more vivid and saturated colors in dreams.
There is a personal element involved in both students' drawings.
"Every one of my art pieces is a self-portrait. I'm in it or something that represents me is in it," Lockman said.
Snay's illustration of a dream shows the moment when a person wakes up just before something bad would happen. Snay's work shows her driving a car as a large semitruck is coming right at her.
Snay describes her style as organized randomness.
Lockman wants to work for a music magazine and Snay would like to layout magazines or work in Web design.
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