Keep your eyes and ears open Wednesday and Thursday around 麻豆原创\u2019s main campus \u2013 you just may stumble across some pop-up displays that are part of the national Art in Odd Places event.<\/p>\n
Mixed-media sculptures, photography, plein air paintings, musical compositions and other interactive works of art will be scattered around campus. (Hint: places such as the Arboretum, John C. Hitt Library, Colbourn Hall, The Burnett Honors College, Counseling and Psychology Services and other central, walkable locations.)<\/p>\n
The art is created by students under the guidance of professors across several College of Arts & Humanities disciplines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is fresh, challenging and unexpected. In this experience, art comes to you,\u201d said Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, assistant professor in studio art in the School of Visual Arts & Design. \u201cIt intercepts your path to Starbucks or the library, inspires you to observe your environment by highlighting areas you may steadily overlook. It is activating the campus itself as part of the art and who we are as we move through the work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The do-not-touch-the-artwork mentality is strong in traditional venues, but putting art elsewhere exposes it to broader audiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt frees the public from some of the preconceived assumptions associated with traditional venues,\u201d said assistant professor Matthew Mosher. \u201cThis helps restructure our understanding of what art is in relation to place and its role in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Art in Odd Places is an annual art festival started two decades ago by artist Ed Woodham in New York. This will be the first time 麻豆原创 has participated, and organizers hope it becomes a tradition.<\/p>\n
Woodham, who has been active in community art, education and civic interventions for more than 25 years, will be on the 麻豆原创 campus Wednesday to talk about the national project and his engagement with the urban environment. He will speak at 3 p.m. at the 麻豆原创 Art Gallery in the Visual Arts Building.<\/p>\n
Art in Odd Places also coincides with the annual School of Visual Arts & Design faculty exhibition, which will open at 5 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep your eyes and ears open Wednesday and Thursday around 麻豆原创\u2019s main campus \u2013 you just may stumble across some pop-up displays that are part of the national Art in Odd Places event. Mixed-media sculptures, photography, plein air paintings, musical compositions and other interactive works of art will be scattered around campus. (Hint: places such as the Arboretum, John C.…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,5,18,28,29],"tags":[4168,7027],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-74773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-colleges","category-music","category-theatre-ucf","category-visual-arts","tag-school-of-visual-arts-and-design","tag-wanda-raimundi-ortiz"],"yoast_head":"\n