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“Students’ course evaluations often reflected a desire for expanded and updated sculpture facilities, and the faculty echoed those wishes,” says Professor Toby Sisson<\/a>, associate professor of studio art<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The new space at 918 Main St. is instrumental to the artistic experience of students at Clark, because, in the words of Sisson, “a great new workspace inspires great new art.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Even in the early weeks of the first semester, students have expressed excitement about the expansiveness of the facility,” Sisson says. “There’s room to display sculptures prominently in the large Main Street-facing windows, more individualized workspaces, better light, increased ventilation, and an easier workflow throughout.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is also hope within the department that the studio will lead to increased creative engagement between Clark and the Worcester community.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Because of our front-and-center visibility on Main Street, we’re a positive addition to the block and have already seen pedestrians literally stop in their tracks to look at the art in the windows,” Sisson says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In recent weeks, Clark students have been working with adjunct professor Johnathan Derry<\/a> to fashion original artworks from blocks of plaster about the size of a large birthday cake. The results of their proudly displayed efforts, according to Sisson, are indicative of V&PA’s burgeoning presence across campus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “From concerts and film screenings in Razzo Hall, exhibitions in the Traina Center’s Schiltkamp Gallery, theater performances in the Little Center to our new workshop on Main Street, we are the public face of Clark in so many places.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nMaking art on Main Street<\/h2>\n
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