PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST I have always found it incredibly fascinating the way a simple phrase, poem, or story could purely captivate the mind of a person. Even as a child who despised reading, I understood that there was…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Just a few weeks ago, only three days shy of the spring semester, I went to a large audition. Each actor auditioning got 90 seconds to show the dozens of casting directors what they had.…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Have you ever heard the maxim “everything can be art”? I can tell you I have, and it makes me cringe. It makes me think of countless strange philosophical or even theological discussions that were…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST I love movies, listening to my iPod, admiring paintings, etc., but there is nothing quite like watching a live performance art. A ballet, a symphony orchestra, a solo artist performance, and of course the live…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Good old Shakespeare. I’m sure that for most of you his name brings up memories of high school English classes. For some, those weren’t the greatest of memories. Although I have fallen in love with…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST You know what many people fail to realize? We are all artists in our own right. Okay, so not everyone pursues art as a full-time career, but we are all attracted to beauty in some…
PATRICIA VOIGT FINE ARTS COLUMNIST If you are any sort of believer in the one true God, it’s incredibly obvious that God is an artist. He’s also a scientist, historian, mathematician, engineer, lawyer, nurse, linguist—and the list goes on. And…
PATRICIA VOIGHT SOPHOMORE DRAMA MAJOR I can honestly say that I believe that fine art seems to go unappreciated here at Franciscan. Understand that I love this school dearly, but when you’re a drama major and you hear seniors telling…