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The Shield

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The Shield

University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield

“Baby Bottles” by Jade Young sits on a shelf Saturday in the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Don’t be afraid to ‘Grow Up!’ and embrace ceramics

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor November 18, 2024

The artists’ reception for “Grow Up!,” an art show by Ashley Banks and Jade Young, was held Saturday at the New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Art. Banks is a senior studio art and PK-12 art...

Annual exhibit comes to New Harmony gallery

Annual exhibit comes to New Harmony gallery

Susanna Fravell, Staff Writer February 11, 2020

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art’s latest exhibit is Residence IV, an annual event that features artwork from resident artists from the New Harmony Clay Project. The project is a non-profit...

Professors showcase creativity

Professors showcase creativity

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor August 23, 2017

Alisa Holen said one-third of her job is being an active artist. “One-third of our job as professors is teaching, one-third is service and one-third is being active in our field of study,” the associate...

USI alumna, Katie Ewers searches for the perfect “cereal bowl” with her daughter Samantha at Empty Bowls Saturday morning. Ewers said she took Al Holen’s ceramics class last summer and said she would love to do pottery again. “It was a fun class,” Ewers said.

Empty Bowls raises money, awareness

Megan Thorne, Opinion Editor November 9, 2016

Bowls clinked together as volunteers unloaded the last few boxes at Sauced before the restaurant’s doors opened Saturday morning. “One minute left till doors open,” Al Holen shouted. The room...

Empty Bowls fills stomachs, hearts

Gabi Wy, Features Editor November 3, 2016

After losing the use of his arm in a wreck in 2005, Jarrod Fawks faced a challenge last year in the university ceramics studio. “The ceramics wheel only spins one way,” the 2015 alum said. “It was...

Potter to discuss art as career

Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief September 7, 2016

Al Holen said she loves everything about ceramics. “70 percent of the Earth’s surface is clay,” the assistant professor of ceramics said. “It is renewable and constant resource and I love that...

Largest crowd yet helps fill empty bowls

Largest crowd yet helps fill empty bowls

James Vaughn November 8, 2014
Hundreds crowded into Kirby's Fine Dining Saturday morning to fill their own empty bowls, as well as those in needs.
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