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Sagar Jain: New circumstances allow a traveller to consider the larger perspective in relation to culture by keeping one’s eyes open to criticism and change. In this regard, with the intention of taking full advantage of the English culture, I came to London with very few expectations! A crucial element of the culture in London…
Yizhen Hu: My favorite British cultural event so far is a British ballgown exhibition in V&A Museum—British Glamour Since 1950. The exhibition highlights the style, textures and colors of ballgowns from mid-20th century to 2012. Some of the vintage ballgowns are made with luxurious fabrics and very fine jewelry as decoration, which tell the prosperity…
Mahdi Majbouri: I did not know how lucky I was when I went to Michele Oshima’s office almost by accident on that Wednesday afternoon. I was heading back to my office with a couple of colleagues, when one of them said that he wanted to go to Michele’s office. In the art center, there were…
Bessy Tam: Since my first ballet lesson, it took me 6 years to discover my passion for dancing Hip Hop, 8 years to find the courage to choreograph a dance, and 9 years to establish my leadership position within the dance field. I’ve also become skilled in 2D/3D art, playing the clarinet and organ since…
Megan Osinski: Now three months into my study abroad experience in Florence, Italy, I can say with certainty that everyone has their own reasons for taking a semester away from what they know, and spending a semester in their unknown. My reasons revolved around art. While I had studied “The Masters” for years through textbooks,…
Maria Jose Paiz: Have you noticed the different pieces of art that are in your building? In Sorenson Center for the Arts we have a collection of different pieces of art by some recognized famous artists. In the halls of each of the buildings at Babson College you can admire some of them. We are…
Susanna Kroll: This semester I have been fortunate enough to be a part of a collaborative sustainability bas-relief ceramic mural project led by Stephanie Osser (Babson’s Ceramics Studio Manager) between Babson and Wellesley College. Each school created a 4’x4’ clay mural to creatively promote its sustainability efforts. Included in my design for Babson’s mural are…
Mercedes Encarnacion-Mandez ’12: You’ve probably experienced the power and energy that is transmitted through the weather. Nathalie Miebach, an artist based in Boston uses her art to express the cross between science and art. She does this by tracking data from storms, ecological and astronomical events. Her collection, “Changing Waters” has a mix of colors…
Danielle Krcmar: If I say the word “ceramics” the first image that comes to your mind is probably someone sitting at a potter’s wheel and throwing a pot or bowl or mug. While Jody Burr is an accomplished potter, her most recent work in the Hollister Gallery is neither functional nor is it thrown on…
Michèle Oshima: The staff at the Sorenson Center for the Arts will be curating different community member voices to share the rich diversity of arts opportunities available to students. We’ll be covering the full spectrum of the arts: literary; performance (comedy, dance, film, music, theater); and visual arts (ceramics, comics, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture)…
