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These MU artists have a new lease on life — for now
Jessica Cherry
Boasting a roomy interior, high ceilings and a neighboring cafe, the modern studio space at Orr Street Studio' is already home to the five MU graduate students.
November 5, 2009 | 12:00 a.m. CST
Editor's Note: For profiles and descriptions of each artist's work, see the "more to the story" sidebar on the left side of the screen.
Related ArticlesRelocation should be considered part of the course load for MU’s Master of Fine Arts Program. Whether they have been shuffled from previous locations or just moved to campus from overseas, five graduate students now have a chic new space at Orr Street Studios’ warehouse to call their own — at least until their one-year lease is up.
Using money from the Tate Hall project fund, MU rented a two-room studio for the painting and drawing students, said Karlan Seville, MU’s campus facilities communications manager, in an e-mail. Unlike other artists, painters and those who draw do not rely on stationary equipment, so they are moved more often than other students in the program, explains William Hawk, associate professor and director of graduate studies for the art department.
Boasting a roomy interior, high ceilings and a neighboring cafe, the modern studio space is quite a change from the low ceilings and poorly ventilated basement of McReynolds Hall, a former studio space. After only one month, the students say they could not be happier. J. Sloane Snure Paullus, a third-year student, says the best part of working in the studio is being surrounded by other artists and their creative energy. The art department might not be a big money generator for the university, says Jacob Johnson, a second-year, but the new space gives the artists an opportunity to show the community what they are made of.
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