Breaking Boundaries with
By Brittnie Curtis
“This expression of art connects people of different races, backgrounds and ideas.” – Naomi Faltin
Each year, Common Experience at Texas State chooses a different theme to get students, faculty and staff to think outside of themselves. The themes are meant to cultivate intellectual conversation across campus and build a sense community that spans across campus and beyond.
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Tagged art, Campus Canvas, Common Experience, community, creativity, Different, Honors College, integration, students, Texas State
Artists to bring transformative papermaking process to campus
Detail of a print on handmade paper by participants in the Peace Paper Project
By Billi London-Gray
As an artistic activity, papermaking dates back nearly 2,000 years to ancient China. The process of creating paper by hand — pulping fibers into a watery slurry, then straining the slurry with a screen to form the sheet of paper — has not changed much in the intervening millennia.
As part of the 2012-13 Common Experience theme, “A Global Odyssey: Exploring Our Connections to the Changing World,” Texas State University will help students and the community explore the art of papermaking by welcoming the Peace Paper Project to campus April 11-16. Continue reading
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Tagged Combat Paper Project, Common Experience, community art, creativity, Drew Matott, free events, hand papermaking, Margaret Mahan, Peace Paper Project, rag paper, San Marcos Texas, Texas State University