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VOL. 40
NO. 31
@themetonline
May 2, 2018
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Student art showcase displays voices and perspectives The artworks were chosen by
By Nataleah Small nsmall1@msudenver.edu
Kaitlin Maestas, the exhibition’s juror and a curatorial assistant
A black and gold, child-sized
at the Denver Art Museum. The
ceramic chair sat upon a pedestal
pieces were curated by members
in the southwest corner of the
of the Art Guild, all undergraduate
gallery and two large canvases
art students from MSU Denver.
painted to represent pages from a
Hillary Frey, secretary of the
child’s coloring book hung against
Art Guild and the exhibition’s
the back wall. They were part of a
coordinator, said the artworks
wide variety of student artworks
on display were a survey of the
that were on display in the Auraria
art being created on campus.
campus’ Emmanuel Art Gallery. The artworks were part of the
“I just like to pick pieces that I think look good together
“Metro Now” show presented
or have some sort of dialogue
by Metropolitan State University.
with one another,” Frey said.
Approximately 60 pieces were chosen
The winning artwork, the two
from 140 student submissions for
large coloring book paintings, were
the university’s annual showcase.
created by Justas Marcinkevicius.
The pieces ranged from ceramic
The pieces were named “Untitled
works and paintings to life-
I” and “Untitled II.” Marcinkevicius
sized cardboard figurines and
stretched white canvases across
photograph prints. The exhibition
wood panels to keep them from
was on display from April 12-26.
warping. He used paint markers
“Metro has an amazing
to draw the outlined characters
program, excellent faculty, the
and acrylic paint to add detail.
students are top notch,” said Jeff
Photo by Isaac Banks | cbanks17@msudenver.edu
Sean Reifman kneeling in front of his work “Chair” on April 26 at Emmanuel Gallery. This piece was part of the “Metro Now” art show.
Lambson, director and curator of the Emmanuel Art Gallery.
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Semester work pays off at research conference
By Isaac Banks
disciplines, from history to biology. For
explore a little bit more out of the classroom,”
cbanks17@msudenver.edu
students to participate in the conference, they
said Salina Biea, undergraduate research
need to have a faculty or staff member mentor
program coordinator. “So I mean you are in a
and a research idea. The conference ran all day,
classroom writing research papers sometimes
Conference: Symposium of Scholarly Works
in two sections. The oral presentation section,
you are in a lab but you don’t really get to grasp
and Creative Projects took place on April 27.
where students presented their findings, and
it on your own. So this is a chance for a student
the poster section, where people could wander
to just really own the research, to be able to
around looking at the researchers poster.
pursue something that they are curious.”
INSIDE
NEWS
The 7th annual Undergraduate Research
The Applied Learning Center puts the conference on once a year for undergraduate students. Research topics covered all
“We want to give students a chance to
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OPINION
| pg. 4
FEATURES
| pg. 7
SPORTS
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Undergraduate research
Is there such a thing as
Changing of the guard: New
Softball lands emotional sweep to
conference, continued.
originality anymore?
leadership reflects on year.
end regular season.