I am an art major here on campus, which often times means that what I am working on is strange and uncomfortable to other people. Beyond that, I am a figurative painter. I paint and draw people and those people are usually nude. This puts me in a very strange position in Covenant’s community because, as Christians, we often have a hard time being sure of what to do with images of nudity.
Read moreInterstellar Review
Here’s the bottom line about Interstellar: It is grand science fiction, conceptually brilliant and entertaining. However, because of its flaws, especially in the ending, it lacks the cohesiveness necessary to make it a classic for a wider audience outside its genre.
Read more1989 Review
In 2008, Taylor Swift released “Love Story” and quickly got her first taste of crossover success. Looking back, Swift’s swift climb to super-mega-stardom, which started six years ago, seems like it must have been inevitable, but it is more likely a result of the compelling brand and style Swift has created for herself and how she rigorously controls every aspect of her music and her career. With 1.287 million copies sold in just the first week, the best-selling week in the industry since 2002, 1989 is a fantastic example of what Swift has done and can do. It is also a fantastic album to listen to.
Read moreBehind T Swift's Latest Breakup
At the beginning of this month, Taylor Swift announced that she was totally over Spotify. Or rather, that was the message she sent by removing her entire back catalog from the popular music streaming service, a move that caused an outcry from the 15 million subscribers–one third of Spotify’s total user base–who actively listen to her music through the service.
Read moreThere Are Things Here Not Seen In This Photograph
“In a way, I’ve always been at war with what the still photograph did,” says artist Duane Michals. Over the past few years, as social media platforms have risen to everyday prominence, and photo-centric apps like Instagram permeate our existence on an hourly basis, I have experienced a growing, nasty discontent with my own life, as I compare it to the lives and images of others. Comparison indeed has proved to be the thief of joy.
Read moreWhy Sing Hymns
Recently one of my friends asked me why we don’t have hymnals in the chapel. This question saddened me greatly because the fact is–we do. But this begs the question,why didn’t she know that? Clearly we haven’t picked up the hymnals that line the backs of our chairs in years if we have come to a place where we aren’t even sure if they exist. Sure, we sing hymns occasionally in chapel but we always have the slides to project the words for us. So why do we, Covenant College, have hymnals if we have a projector? And why even sing the hymns at all when we have so many other types of worship songs?
Read moreMother-Artist Review
About a week ago, I was asked whether I might want to write a piece or two for the arts section of the Bagpipe. “Sure,” I said, figuring it would be a simple task. I had taken a few art classes and been to a few gallery shows in high school, and it seemed like I could just throw down some artsy words about the use of the brushstrokes in the works or something. Couldn’t be that hard.
Read moreIn Flux
It’s 8 AM on a Thursday morning, and as the fog starts to burn off the students of the Advanced Painting class shuffle in to Jackson Hall. After hanging up their work, coffee is made and chairs are rearranged to create space for a critique. Along the walls of Jackson, each student has five to eight paintings that they have completed or are working on in class. Though some of the paintings are incomplete, they are still required to be displayed to receive constructive criticism from each other and from their professor. Throughout the critique the class moves through the groups of paintings asking questions, explaining ideas, and listening to Professor Morton’s wisdom and tangents.
Read moreWe Keep Having This Conversation Review
Buzzwords like “belonging” and “ideal” surround viewers as they enter UTC’s Cress Gallery, all in today’s best shades of gray, orange, tan, yellow and pink, using vinyl panels separated by metal zippers. Professional graphic designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller blur the line between design and fine art in their collaborative exhibit we keep having this conversation.
Read moreThe Circle Project
In History and Theory of Photography with Dr. Weichbrodt, Lynae Rockwell and I have been learning about early photographic processes and the types of cameras used when photography was still a new medium.
Read moreA Midsummer Night's Dream Review
If love triangles and fairy spells interest you, or if you just want one more summer night before fall gets here, Covenant’s Theatre department has the show for you. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is showing this weekend, with shows at 8:00pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, as well as a matinee performance at 2:30pm on Saturday. I got the chance to sit in on a dress rehearsal to get a feel for the show and ask Director Professor Kirby a few questions.
Read moreBeyond First Impressions
“That’s art? It looks like a five year old made it!” This was a fellow Kilter-goer’s opinion on a series of abstract drawings. Had he looked closer, he would have seen the nearby text labeling the drawings as some of sculptor Mark di Suvero’s preliminary sketches. But because he glanced at the drawings and made a snap judgment, he both missed learning about an artist’s working process and scoffed at a fellow human who had put time and thought into his work.
Read moreApothecary Review
Art is often “left open to interpretation”, especially in our day and age. Apothecary, the UTC student-led gallery in downtown Chattanooga, took the act of interpretation a step farther at the Gallery Hop sponsored by AVA on Saturday, September 6.
Read moreHunter Invitational III
The Hunter Invitational III opened this summer to a warm greeting from the Chattanooga community. Featuring eight artists from the Southeast region of the United States, this exhibition includes various themes and mediums in order to bond these artists together through locality. On a personal note, this exhibit is all the more dear to Covenant students, as our own Jeffery Morton has several paintings and drawings featured in the show along with other friends to our community like Phillip Andrew Lewis and Jered Sprecher. The show will be at the Hunter through October 19th.
Read moreBanks "Goddess" Review
Although she’s not necessarily a household name at this point in her career, 26 year old Jillian Banks has already made quite a name for herself in the music world. Leading up to the release of her first LP she has already checked more boxes than many of the leading artists within her unique genre of alternative R&B.
Read moreAlbum Review - Tennis: Ritual in Repeat
“History repeats itself” is a mantra the husband and wife indie-pop duo Tennis must have taken to heart when they decided to conquer the sounds of three iconic decades within their young 4-year career. Their debut and sophomore albums, Cape Dory (2011) and Young & Old (2012) are guitar-driven, spring reverb-indulging throwbacks to California’s surf music of the 1960s.
Read moreSite/change/process
If you haven’t heard, the art barn is being leveled this Fall, and bringing with it tears and anxieties about the coming years of art at Covenant. For many, the barn’s demolition was devastating news, especially for many of the seniors who looked forward to creating their SIPs in the space that has had an impact on generations of Covenant College art majors. The art department held a wake to mourn the loss of the beloved barn, which with all its kinks and cracks managed to inspire attendance from faculty, students, and staff from almost all of the departments in the college.
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