Artists brought out Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s true colors as they commemorated the university\u2019s 50th anniversary during Wednesday\u2019s Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition held outside the Teaching Academy.<\/p>\n
The event, hosted by the College of Education, showcased participants\u2019 creative abilities and school spirit while challenging them to create a work of art that celebrates Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s milestone birthday.<\/p>\n
The event drew artists from Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ and the community and from all levels of experience.<\/p>\n
While some participants worked individually, others collaborated with team members to design their 4-by-4 foot sections of sidewalk. Freshmen Olivia Keene and Kristine Jubilag infused their majors into their artwork by illustrating Pegasus looking through a microscope.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing Pegasus was an obvious choice for us, but we wanted to incorporate the scientific aspects of the university as well,\u201d said Keene, a biology and environmental studies major.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Valencia College sophomore Kevin Cadena focused on a different aspect of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s 50th anniversary: its four presidents. Cadena, who will transfer to Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ to study advertising\/public relations, partnered with Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ sophomore Wendy Nishikawa, a studio art major, to lead their team of five artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt that we should incorporate the history of the university,\u201d said Cadena. \u201cWe decided that our art should be an ode to the four presidents who made this school so great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Artwork was judged by local artists and educators. Keene’s and Jubilag won first place for their drawing; Rudy Drapiza placed second; Jamie Schwerstein was third; Cadena and his team placed fourth; and Janet Tombros came in fifth place. Winners received prizes from Orlando art store Sam Flax and the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Bookstore.<\/p>\n
Freshmen Olivia Keene and Kristine Jubilag won first place for infusing their majors into their artwork by illustrating Pegasus looking through a microscope.<\/em><\/p>\n Rudy Drapiza’s building blocks combined Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ with it’s original name, Florida Technological University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artists brought out Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s true colors as they commemorated the university\u2019s 50th anniversary during Wednesday\u2019s Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition held outside the Teaching Academy. The event, hosted by the College of Education, showcased participants\u2019 creative abilities and school spirit while challenging them to create a work of art that celebrates Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s milestone birthday. The event drew artists from Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ and…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[329,8],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-48036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-art","tag-education"],"yoast_head":"\n