thing that surrounds you is beautiful, from the warm sunlight to the surreal understanding that you are above the clouds (but not wedged between strangers on an airplane). Next, you are able to capture this moment with your camera and you have no idea with whom to share it.
Amy Cornell is a UNH senior Biochemistry student who is making plans to attend medical school next year. Though committed to her future in medicine, Cornell maintains her love for art with photography, and jumped at the chance to enter the University's student art show, "Expressions."
"Expressions" comprises art contributions from UNH students who aren't majoring in its Art program, and will run from Feb. 16 through April 17 in the Dimond Library's University Museum. Much like the "In the Company of Artists" faculty and staff art show of last semester, "Expressions" celebrates appreciation for and expression through art without qualification (so to speak), and thereby attracts artists of a broad spectrum of focuses, tastes and mediums. Cornell's photograph from Mount Katahdin is featured on advertisements for the show and captures what Cornell explained as "undercast" -- one's perspective from above the clouds. "I like photography because I can do it on my own time," said Cornell.
Dale Valena is curator of the University Museum and said that when she started receiving entries from students for the "In the Company of Artists" show, she realized there was a need for non-art students to have a venue to display their work.
"Students are excited by their work but have nowhere to share or put it," said Valena.
As there were not as many entries submitted for "Expressions" as for the staff show, Valena reasoned that perhaps students were simply busy. The pieces that were submitted to the show are primarily two-dimensional, unlike many in the staff show that integrated more interactive formats. However, Valena finds that the art to be displayed in "Expressions" is generally more youthful, with different styles, subject matter, and mediums.
UNH sophomore and Music Theory major Ben Tibbetts has been involved with computer art for about seven years. He submitted two pieces to the "Expressions" show, both of which consist of layered images that create one aggregate image.
In the past, Tibbetts has submitted his work to an online art community called Renderosity, an experience that has served to inspire and inform his role as an artist. Tibbetts said that as he continues to publish his pieces, he is starting to take his artwork more seriously.
"I have a newfound love interest in animation," said Tibbetts. "It's a hobby but I would like to put these images in motion." UNH junior Amanda Whitten was among two other students who tried to enter artwork for "In the Company of Artists", and upon learning that she did not qualify for the show, joined a team to organize a similar show for students. While studying zoology, Whitten, like Cornell, uses art as a balance to her studies. "Art is so different from zoology," said Whitten. "I can express myself and I don't have to be a scientist."
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