The Northwestern Art Society’s 2021 art show is pictured. This year’s show will begin March 6 in the J.W. Martin Library. Entry forms are due Feb. 23, and artwork must be turned in March 2. Art show leaders said they hope more students will enter this year’s show.
By DEVYN LANSDEN, Senior Reporter
The Northwestern Art Society and Student Government Association will host the 19th annual art show in March in the J.W. Martin Library, where students, faculty and alumni can enter their work.
Rangers can enter work in more than 30 categories, ranging from painting, drawing and digital art to quilting, photography and a new category this year: coloring.
Participants can enter their work by filling out a form with the measurements of the pieces, the titles of the work and what categories they will be under. The form can be found on the Northwestern university website by typing “Art Show Entry Form” in the A-Z index.
Entry forms are due Feb. 23, and artwork itself must be turned in March 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The art show will be open March 6 to March 25 during the library’s normal operating hours.
Angelia Case, the Art Society sponsor, said she hopes to see different subject matter, colors and lively works. She said the coloring category is supposed to be something to have fun with and promote relax- ation and stress relief. Coloring work has to be matted or mounted to make sure the work stays protected.
Case also said she hopes this year’s show will be bigger and better.
“Last year, we just felt lucky to have something there,” Case said. “We were just happy to have a show. This year, we hope that people have remembered it and we have a lot of entries and a lot of student involvement.”
Ethan Townsend, a sophomore computer science major from Duncan, is the president of the Art Society.
Townsend said he wants to see more
people get involved in this year’s show. He is working on a few drawings to enter.
Archer Bohlen, a sophomore computer science major from Ringwood, is the Student Government Association representative for the Art Society. Bohlen said many former students and employees participated in the art show last year. This year, he wants to see more current students.
“I would like to encourage them [students], even if you think you are not good at art, to at least try to enter something,” Bohlen said. “Mostly because we are not expecting you to be like Leonardo Divinci or Jackson Pollock. … We just want you to be creative and show us who you are.”