Artist puts down roots in Mills Learning Commons
[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/artmills.jpg” caption=”Tricia Jagt with her work, ‘Beneath the Tree’, recently installed in the Mills Learning Commons.”]
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Can't get enough art? Take a stroll through Mills Learning Commons.
Students in the space will soon be able to enjoy three pieces of art as they study, work or just hang out. The Library recently installed 'Beneath the Tree', a painting by fourth year honours art student Tricia Jagt, in the popular group study area. The piece was the winning submission in an art competition sponsored by the Library and organized in partnership with the School of the Arts (SOTA).
“I'm honoured to have been chosen as winner of the competition”, said Jagt. “It feels good to be leaving a part of myself here at McMaster in my final semester. The piece I created, focusing on the image of a tree trunk and its roots, came from personal reflection. I'm interested in this imagery because I see it as a metaphor for life; I feel people are only as healthy as their roots. In many ways, I have developed roots here at McMaster that impact who I am and where I'm going.”
Each year the competition, open to students enrolled in honours or combined honours art programs, has as its theme one of the words used in the branding of the Mills Learning Commons: inquire, explore, discover, create, learn. A prize of $1,000 is awarded for the winning submission. The theme for last year's competition was 'discover'.
Judy Major-Girardin, associate professor of art, has facilitated the competition since it began.
“The chance to have a work permanently displayed in Mills Library is a highly valued opportunity in the studio art program,” she said. “This kind of public recognition on campus is very important to art students and we hope that their creative achievements on display in the Mills Learning Commons will enrich the learning environment of both current and future students at McMaster.”
Jagt's piece was the winner of the 2008/2009 competition. The winning submission for the 2009/2010 competition was a piece by second year studio art and peace studies student Amber Aasman. Her work, on the theme word 'create', will be installed in the fall.
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