By ELIZABETH
VALENTIN
Arts Editor
The creativity among different students and clubs at The College of Saint Rose will be showcased and celebrated on Friday, April 6. The MAKERS Showcase will bring together students and clubs from the Communications, Arts, and Music departments in order to show the work that these students are creating. The event will take place from 4 to 6 p.m in the Hearst Building for Communications.
“It is important that clubs come together like this to network with new people, attract new members, and share what we’ve been doing,” said Joyce Hills, co-team leader for Saint Rose Television.
Students from different clubs in the departments involved will present at the MAKERS Showcase. Some of the groups that will participate include the Student Art League, Music Industry Association, National Association for Music Education, and SRTV. Screenings of films, interactive artistic presentations, and musical performances are some of the attractions that can be expected for visitors at the event.
Kris Tolmie, chair of the center for art and design, said that this is an opportunity for students in these fields to “come together to showcase the creative exploration our students do.”
This event will be held at the same time as the Senior Art Exhibition in the Massry Center for the Arts, which will provide a larger audience for both events.
The showcase is open to the campus community as well as families of students. Organizers are also working to reach out to prospective students in order to have them attend.
“We hope that anyone who can attend this event might engage in a new way of making or creating, while meeting and learning about others in our campus and greater community,” said Noelle Herceg, public relations officer for the Student Arts League.
Members of SAL have been working on creating pins to present at the event, and they might be able to teach people who attend the event how to create their own.The emphasis on interconnectivity is also something that Herceg thinks is important.
“My hope is that anyone, despite their major, will be able to go around the event and enjoy themselves, hopefully seeing what tabling clubs have to offer and engaging with the people around them,” Herceg said.
Hills said that members of SRTV will be presenting a few of their shows -including their soap opera – along with some future plans for the club. She hopes that attendees can develop an interest in any of the clubs that are presenting at the event, which can “get the creative ball rolling.”
Prospective and exploratory students will greatly benefit from attending the event, according to Tolmie. These students might find something new that they are interested in studying while at college. Hills also believes in this benefit and says that her club can help to explain the different opportunities that are available in the Communications department.
The showcase highly promotes interconnectivity between clubs. Hills said that this is important because “interconnectivity brings everyone together. It provides new opportunities for everyone to develop partnerships.”
Herceg believes that this might be the tipping point needed to promote interconnectivity and collaboration between clubs across fields that may not appear obviously connected.
“I also think it would be good to advertise better across campus the different events among certain majors such as speakers, visiting artists, performances, and other types of activities,” Herceg said.
Hills also wants to see this happen. “We’re always looking for people from other departments to enrich our experience.”
The best outcome of the showcase, according to Hills, will be whatever creative ideas result from bringing everyone together.
“It should be a day of celebrated creativity and community, no matter who you are,” said Herceg.
