Hey, this is Ebert Art Center at The College of Wooster, let's go figure out what goes on inside.
I love Ebert
I think that we have such a great fortune - Art History and Art Studio to be dually housed in this building.
Ebert Art Center is my favorite building on campus. It is absolutely gorgeous inside and out.
I love walking to class through the Studio Art rooms and seeing everybody's work on the walls.
Seeing them kind of progress through the studio classes over the course of the semester
it's really really cool
As a senior you get your own studio on the third floor track in Ebert and
that is something that you don't really get in other institutions, I would say.
My studio is my second dorm room.
So, the student basically undertakes a year-long or basically a two semester
Studio Art investigation and it spans, like I said, for two semesters they work on creating a unique and
independent intensive Studio Art project that culminates in a solo exhibition.
From day one on The College of Wooster campus we're preparing students for that I.S experience
you know that is our hallmark, our kind of calling card and it impacts
the way we think about education in every class.
And it's definitely a process catered towards you, and how you work, and
what you need from your advisor, and it's definitely a collaborative relationship you have with your I.S advisor.
It's a real opportunity for the students to exercise their own invested agency as creative, active,
responsible participants in the historical narrative.
I think The College of Wooster is a great place to study art specifically because of the liberal arts aspect
you have a lot of resources, I know people who work between departments
That's one of the amazing core tenets of Wooster is that you're really allowed to kind of pursue
what you want to pursue and I knew that coming in I wanted to do science as a major
but I also know that I really like art and I really wanted to keep up with it and
to kind of push it further.
The programs are structured in a way that
allows me to pretty easily
go back and forth in between the two
I can honestly say I have more double majors than I have single majors
Art History by its nature is
incredibly interdisciplinary,
it intersects with History, Ancient Art History also intersects with Classics and Archaeology often time
And I think it's also one of the reasons why I love teaching here is the fact that they're getting this well-rounded
education and taking courses in a lot of different areas
it's really exciting to see a lot of those students want to apply some of that information whether consciously or subconsciously
Well, that was the Art Department at The College of Wooster. Hope to see you around in Ebert Art Center.
