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Friday, March 5, 1971
University Daily Kansan
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Third Floor Strong An Art Experience
The third floor of Strong Hall is an experience. It's practically a work of art by itself. The people, the rooms and the balls all add together to form an art experience.
Through the eye of a camera, a few glimpses into third floor Strongs have been recorded.
Signs are evident all along the hallways, announcing meetings, stating facts, recording small bits of humor, or just telling you that you are loved. Evident also, is the graffiti, where many
frustrated, tired or disillusioned artists stopped to record their thoughts for the world to see. A picture of third floor Strong is in the middle of a room in class and spending long hours of solitary work after class.
Some students receive their creative motivation from the everyday commonplace articles that wouldn't arise aesthetic or technical reasons, example, the kinds of things that we take for granted, such as an
old wheel chair. Through the eyes of the artist, the world is simplified to circles, lines and shapes, then rebuilt to the artist's liking.
Students hope that the products of their labors will meet the teachers' approval. Some of the students are displayed in the hall for others' scrutiny. Many an artist stands by to see how his peers will judge his work. The teacher's approval, dismay, questioned curiosity or just plain apathy.
Kansan Photos by Jim Forbes