{"id":51659,"date":"2011-12-06T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T13:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=51659"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:18:46","slug":"student-artists-challenged-to-turn-the-ordinary-into-something-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/12\/student-artists-challenged-to-turn-the-ordinary-into-something-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Artists Challenged to Turn the &#8216;Ordinary&#8217; Into Something Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_51558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51558\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51558 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Plain white paper as sculpture. (Sarah Rawlinson\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084-627x420.jpg 627w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a084.jpg 630w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plain white paper as sculpture. (Sarah Rawlinson &#039;15 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Studio Foundation Art introduces the nuances of the creative process. The class encourages students to explore and develop their creative muse through a variety of hands-on exercises. The experimental nature of the course means that there is a significant focus on how ideas and concepts can be expanded, and students are challenged to use their imaginations as they transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51557\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51557 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Kaitrin Acuna '15 (SFA) builds her paper sculpture. (Sarah Rawlinson\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081-627x420.jpg 627w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a081.jpg 630w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaitrin Acuna &#039;15 (SFA) builds her paper sculpture.  (Sarah Rawlinson &#039;15 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this exercise, the only materials used were paper and masking tape, and display areas included the floor and the walls of the studio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51556\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51556 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A sweeping paper sculpture in the spotlight. (Sarah Rawlinson\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069-627x420.jpg 627w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fallart111118a069.jpg 630w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweeping paper sculpture in the spotlight. (Sarah Rawlinson &#039;15 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students use their imaginations to transform ordinary items into works of art. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":51557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[56],"class_list":["post-51659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 09:36:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51659"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51920,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51659\/revisions\/51920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/51557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51659"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=51659"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}