This fall, the Art Department of our local liberal arts college, Elon University, will be working to add an Eco-Art course to its repertoire. A small student research team, led by Professor Samantha DiRosa, aims to create a brand new curriculum set to be introduced in the 2011 spring semester. The class will be centered on the rapid rise in the sustainability movement and its emergent impact on the art world.
This isn’t a tree-hugging, crunchy granola meeting for the exclusive Birkenstock-donning population of the University’s campus. DiRosa and her team want to involve everyone, from the engineers to the biologists and from the sociologists to the journalists. The combination of scientific inquiry and artistic creativity opens up a brand new channel for discovery in both the arts and the sciences. Collaborating teams of students in this course will get a chance to critically address and resolve issues in our community with the implementation of their original sustainable artistic solutions.
Science geeks, meet the art freaks. Now go save the world.
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If you’re wondering who this new mystery contributor to the TS Designs Blog is, I’m Natalie Saragusa. I’ve recently come on board to this amazing company as an intern for my senior year at Elon University. People and the planet are two of my greatest passions in life. I’ve been after this position for months now, and finally get to be a part of the company that can successfully incorporate both of those aspects into its business. I am a digital art major at Elon, with a particular interest in printing, graphic design, and fashion. Looks like I found the perfect niche here, huh?
I look forward to sharing TS Design’s amazing story and all that a more sustainable world has to offer with you, bloggers! Stay tuned.
PEACE LOVE & T-SHIRTS,
Natalie