As you’ve walked around campus the last few weeks, have you noticed any new artistic additions in the windows? Maybe you’ve seen the dozens of eyes staring back at you under the outdoor staircase near Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building, or the bee kind sticker on a study room window in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. These subtle artist pieces were created by dozens of ART 100 students, assigned to design and fabricate vector-based art. The art can be found all over campus, with some outside on unique structural features. Most art pieces are scattered throughout the Jot Travis Building, Church of Fine Arts Building, University Arts Building and the University Libraries Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
This assignment prompted students to consider positive and negative space, and how their art can be integrated into the public sphere. Students utilized Adobe Illustrator…