Students Create Tangible Pieces of Art to Showcase Theme of Hope for Presidential Inauguration

Vertically-mounted television screens allowed passersby to stop and hear about Belmont University President Dr. Greg Jones's "Five Ways of Being" during the Presidential Inauguration celebration November 3 - 5, thanks to an interactive art display created by Watkins College of Art students. The digital kiosks showcased the overarching theme of "Hope" that Dr. Jones so highly values from the students' perspective.

Watkins College of Art Dean James Pierce assigned the project to his Experiential Design Studio I students and let them run with the idea on their own so the end result would be a true interpretation from and reflection of the student voice. The student artists included Abby Connolly, Emily Johnson, Natalie Krause, Nathan Marken, Grace Massey, Silas Mosley, Mary Beth Parkinson, Cooper Scobey and Belle Weaver.