ARTIFACTS
IMAGES BY THE ART FACULTY
An artists' colony is at work in Ryder Hall. The
seven faculty members who form the art half of the Department of Art and
Architecture create an astonishingly wide spectrum of works-from the established
forms of painting and photography to the new electronic arts of digital
graphics, 3-D animation, and multimedia. In part, the range of faculty
interests is a response to educational requirements: the need to train
undergraduates in the increasing number of artistic media. Northeastern
now offers a major in media arts and design, concentrations in animation
or photography under the general arts major, and, starting this year, a
multimedia studies dual major (with the Department of Music).
But the breadth of disciplines also reflects the
art faculty's elasticity of interests-the desire and ability to change
course, even more than once, even late in one's career. Ed Andrews, trained
as a sculptor, now leads the department's animation effort. Sam Bishop,
soon to retire from N.U., is foresaking filmmaking for digital imagery.
Mira Cantor returned to painting in recent years after a long foray into
sculpture and multimedia. Julie Curtis investigates the link between fine
art and graphic design. The following pages demonstrate the art faculty's
compass of expression, extent of interests, and depth of expertise.
