Former student paints for the cats
Emma Corry, Features Editor
April 27, 2020
River Kitty Cat Cafe has a fresh coat of paint. The cafe, located on Main Street, is home to drinks, snacks and cats up for adoption from the Vanderburgh Humane Society and it now has a new mural right at the entrance painted by a former USI student. The mural depicts a group of cats floating do...
Galleries showcase artistry of wood
Emma Corry, Features Editor
September 24, 2019
A wooden dresser with a flower on top sits in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries. John McNaughton, a professor emeritus of art, made the piece titled “Reliquary” for a woman named Ann Lannert. The dresser was made to store the ashes of her and her children. The two leaves of the flower repres...
Crafting art to craft a business
Jeana Everhart, Staff Writer
August 27, 2019
Carli Murkve sat in her great aunt’s green room and felt inspired to draw her aunt’s German Shepard. Focusing on the dog’s brown eyes, Murkve said the calm scenery of the room helped inspire her to craft the piece. She gave the dog’s image a textured fur with a clean and simplistic figure tha...