By BRIANA SPINA
Staff Writer
Student Association General Business Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 Standish A&B, Events and Athletics Center.
Members of The Student Art League (SAL) spoke at the meeting about becoming an official SA club. SAL has been in operation for a few years at Picotte Hall. Thanks to the large influx of art majors as well as support from the Pine Hills community, SAL has had the opportunity to grow in the downtown area. Their goal now is to become more of a presence on campus.
In the past, SAL has hosted several events such as Arts Giving, workshops, Art Prom, food drives, painting, “zine” making, and various other fundraisers. Arts Giving is a potluck dinner, and Arts Prom is a dance with food and raffles. These events are open to everyone, not just members of SAL or art majors.
This is a major point that the club wants to emphasize: students do not have to be academically involved in an art program in order to be a member of SAL. They encourage faculty members as well to get involved with SAL events to bring people together through art.
SAL wants to gain notoriety and the budget of an SA club in order to have larger events and connect more to the community.
“We can bring more of a creative experience so it is more collaborative,” said John Desousa, a member of SAL.
Meetings are currently held in Room 7 in the basement of Brubacher Hall on Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m., which will be changing soon to be in a more accessible space at two different meeting times.
SA will not have a meeting this week due to Advisement Day. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
