The Spectator
Current Issue The Spectator The Green Apple
Contact Information
The Spectator

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THE SPECTATOR

October 30, 2009
 

Wait, So What Does an Art Major Do?

An inside look into the mind of one of Hamilton's own budding artists

by Louisa Savage '13
Arts and Entertainment Writer
October 30, 2009

    So just what does it take to be a studio art major? We've all probably walked by the List on their pieces. But how many of us, unless you're a studio art major yourself, really understand what goes on behind the mysterious concentration of "Studio Art"studios and glanced inside at the diligently working artists so intently focused? More...
 

New Group Seeks to Increase Variety in Campus Culture

by Anthony Mathieu '12
Contributing Writer
October 30, 2009

    Merely starting out as a radio show last semester, Blue Vinyl is Hamilton's newest organization catering to artistic expression of the Hip-Hop variety.
    The group features DJs KB (Kadahj Bennett '12), Lady Trace-Y (Tracey Ogagba '12), ATM (Anthony Mathieu '12), Grandmaster Benji (Benjamin Pena '12), and Artemis J (Jennifer Hightower '12). More...
 

Musician and Entrepreneur Takes the Stage

by Taylor Coe '13
Arts and Entertainment Writer
October 30, 2009

    When he got up on stage at last Thursday's acoustic coffeehouse, Greg Holden did not know what to say. He explained this to the audience between almost every song as he awkwardly stood behind the mic. "You guys are pretty shy," he told us and, smiling, asked if anyone had questions for him. There was a classroom-quality silence before someone in the front row asked where he hailed from in England and he laughed. He noted that he was born in Lancashire, which would explain why he "[doesn't] sound anything like Mary Poppins" and then he compared the relation of his accent to a London accent to the hardship that Texans must face in the United States. More...