Students got into the Halloween spirit as they painted ceramic magnets on Thursday, Oct. 16. The University Art Association gathered with other students to paint Halloween themed magnets, including ghosts, witches, scarecrows, and more. Students enjoyed this event as a time of art and socializing.
UAA has done this over the years and normally uses them towards art sales. This year they chose to do it just for fun.
“We typically do this and paint ceramic molds and things for art sales,” Isabella Huskey said, a junior majoring in art education and president of UAA. “This year we decided to do it just for fun. But it is something we do each year.”
Hunter Hughes, a senior majoring in illustration and secretary of UAA, worked on painting ghosts at the event. The people and connections are what make UAA and his Thursdays in Porter Hall special to Hughes.
“UAA gets everyone together to work on art and for me, it’s important, because I get to meet people around campus I would not have otherwise gotten to meet,” Hughes said. “I mean, everyone’s so busy and nice. It’s nice getting to meet them, because throughout the week everyone is all over the place and not really talking, but then Thursday everything comes around and we get to chat and that kind of thing.”
Huskey’s appreciation for UAA comes from her future goals. She considers this opportunity beneficial to her goal of being an art teacher.
“UAA is important to me because I feel like it really carves into my future, as I’m wanting to be an art teacher,” Huskey said. “This is a lot of good practice, and I did a lot of stuff like this in high school. I really enjoy building a community as well.”
As everyone was in the Halloween spirit; Huskey said her favorite part about Halloween is the costumes and the creativity that comes with them.
Hughes finds Halloween to be a magical time, which is his favorite part about Halloween.
“Around Halloween, nighttime feels so much cooler,” Hughes said. “I feel like everyone’s kind of looking at the moon a little more. It’s kind of like some more magic in the air.”
Coming up for UAA, there is an art show next month. It will be installed on Nov. 8, and be up until Dec. 5. It will showcase student artwork, and they recently stopped taking applications as of Oct. 24. The event is the third annual and open to students, regardless of their major. This is also a juried exhibition, which means students will have the chance to be recognized.
UAA also has a vision board-making night coming up, as well as many random craft nights and projects. The vision board night will be Nov. 13, in Porter Hall, room 303, at 5 p.m.