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Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
 Active Image | Bryan Tarnowski | The Appalachian
Jordan Pickett, a sophomore biology major, was one of many who stopped to take a look at the artwork for sale at the Student Art League’s booth in the Wilcox Emporium, located off Howard Street.
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by TREVA CARTER
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
The Appalachian Student Art League saw its biggest turnout to a meeting Monday night, since its creation.
The club members used the meeting to focus on changing the reputation as a silent organization.
Sean C. Matthews, an Appalachian alumnus and current art instructor, has seen changes throughout the club.
As a graduate student at Towson University in Maryland, he obtained a master’s of fine arts in sculptures.
“While at Towson, I was talked out of making a student art league. I stand behind this group 100 percent,” Matthews said.
When he was a sophomore at Appalachian, he described himself as a
reclusive, edgy guy. He believed the Student Art League helped turn his
attitude around.
“[The group] took a kid like me, a little rough around the edges, and now look, I’m back here teaching,” Matthews said.
The group’s newly elected presidents, Sara G. Cottrell, a freshman
apparel and textiles major, and Erin Dobbins, a sophomore art major,
hope to bring awareness and a new sense of appreciation to art.
“I believe that this club is not just for those art majors. We want everyone to be welcomed,” Cottrell said.
The club has an open-door membership policy. Anyone is welcome to come to meetings or join the club.
The league focuses on community service with a special concentration on students getting involved through the use of art.
The Student Art League’s work can be found at Wilcox Emporium located
on Howard Street and is shown in a gallery at the back of the store,
Kara Needham, a junior studio art major, said.
One goal of the Student Art League is to team up with Habitat for
Humanity in a fundraiser where they hope to paint old doors and have
Habitat auction them off.
Louis C. Martin, a sophomore environmental biology major, is a new member to the club and is excited about getting started.
“Art, believe it or not, is a help to biology,” Martin said.
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