Talking Stick - November/December 2008 - (Page 58) 43 CONTINUED Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places cards with photos of art pieces, CMU has initiated another alumni campaign to continue its support for the art program and other academic initiatives. What does the future hold for art in the residence halls? It appears that the sky is the limit. Many residence life departments attest to the importance of a program that supports art education, connects students and faculty, beautifies residence halls, and innovatively raises funds for programs. More and more art students are interested in displaying their work in exhibition areas, and more faculty members are seeing the benefits of partnerships – and in a small way these programs also appear to be improving the recruitment and retention of students in a market that will become more competitive as the number of high school graduates decline. Bringing art into the residence halls can become a point of pride for any housing or residence life program. The arts affect our lives in immeasurable ways, forcing us to raise questions and to see things in different ways; they are an important resource for any community, and they provide a common language for all members of a diverse population. Art enriches and inspires. In the words of American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Art should exhilarate, and throw down the walls of circumstance on every side, awakening in the beholder the same sense of universal relation and power which the work evinced in the artist – and its highest effect is to make new artists.” ts For more information about the CMU res life art program, go to reslife.cmich. edu/art.edu/art. Joan M. Schmidt is the associate director of residence life at Central Michigan University. E-mail: schmi1jm@cmich.edu. is the Kulhavi residence hall director and the creator and manager of the CMU Art in the Residence Halls Program. E-mail: Armen1dg@cmich.edu. Darell Armentrout the object oF art is to give liFe shape. – jean anoUilh http://reslife.cmich.edu/art/ http://reslife.cmich.edu/art/ http://www.map-works.com http://www.map-works.com
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