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FEATURES Thursday, October 2, 1997 - Page 11 Voicing a message, 6 feet tall, 18 feet long, 1 foot thick voice," he said. "They are strong consistent with our liberal arts mis- links to the past but will be a mes- sion," said Ethan Seidel, vice presi- sage to the future as well. This wall dent of administration and finance. will be here hopefully forever." Stacy poured the concrete foun- Stacy considered building a dation in April. Then he was de- blank wall with a bucket of paint layed because he had difficulty nearby. Passersby would have been scheduling a contractor. welcome to paint whatever they Finally, Stacy was able to hire wanted on the wall. Custom Masonry Inc. of West min- He changed his mind when he ster. He began working with a became fearful that "insincere" three-member crew July 28 and fin- people might do something de- ished the wall in three days. structive. The project cost about $5,000, Art professor, Wasyl Palijczuk, including labor and materials, most was Stacy's supervisor. He said the of which was donated. L & L Brick wall is the first permanent student Supply of Lutherville provided sculpture on campus. Other art 1,600 bricks and Lehigh Cement pieces on campus include a donated Co. of Union Bridge paid for the sculpture and a fountain. concrete. Typically, students in the hon- A pathway will be paved near Chester Stacy, a 1997 graduate ojWMC, created the first permanent student sculpture on campus as part of ors program write a research paper the wall to connect it with the rest his final honors program project. Entitled, the Voice Wall, it is located next to the Admissions office. Junior or create an artistic performance, of campus. Mike Puskar produced the graphic representation of Stacy's wall. said Nancy Palmer, honors pro- Stacy, who currently lives in gram director. A final honors Westminster, plans to dedicate the project is a requirement for gradu- wall this semester. It's a sculpture, really, an ex- BY JONATHON SHACAT His brick wall is 6 feet tall, 18 ation. He isn't concerned about van- Senior Writer panse of 1,512 bricks next 10 the feel long and I foot thick. On one Stacy began his wall in Octo- dals. If someone were to paint graf- admissions office. side of the structure, 75 bricks jut ber. He designed it with the help of Chesler Stacy wanted to create Stacy, who graduated in May, out five-eighths of an inch to spell fiti on the wall, Stacy said, "J would something unusual for his final calls his work the Voice Wall. V-O-I-C-E. engineers Russell Cook of Bel Air almost have to say, 'Thank you,' Park. and Tom Ward of Severna honors project last year. "I wanted to do something thai The wall, Stacy explained, because they are reacting [to the wall]. Neither a research paper nor an would be a highly noticed and loosely represents society. He He received permission for the artistic performance - the usual ve- interactive public piece," said chose to use bricks as a symbol of project from the college adminis- "But I won't put a can of paint hicles -would do. Stacy, 22, a Garrett County native mankind. tration In March. next to it," he added. Instead. the graphic arts major who was enrolled in Western "If some bricks wish to change "It fit in aesthetically into the This article was previously chose to build a red brick wall. Maryland's honors program. society, they need to organize as a campus and sent a message that is published in the Baltimore Sun Student artwork 6rightens 61ank walls in McDaniel Hall BY SARAH RADICE and cold," according to Dean of StaffWrirer and Wansel were chosen to do the Student Affairs, Philip Sayre. paintings, which are organized Bored by blank space? Dis- He commissioned the project around the theme of scenes on mayed by the dismal barrenness last fall and the paintings were campus. of the walls in many of the cam- framed 'and hung over the sum- The students were not paid for pus buildings? Well, McDaniel mer. Response has been so posi- their artwork, bUI received reim- Hall is revolutionizing the prob- tive that Sayre would like to rep- bursement for supplies they used. lem. licate the project in Hill Hall and Boehman, ajunior graphic de- In the ground floor common perhaps other buildings on cam- room of McDaniel are hanging pus. the sign major, explains for that she got acrylic her inspiration three new paintings done by When Sayre first had the idea painting, "The Eclipse," from her WMC students Jessica Boehman, to decorate McDaniel with stu- experience of seeing a lunar Mike Cummings, and Deon dent artwork, he contacted art eclipse as a freshman. Wansel. professor, Wasyl Palijczuk, for a She remembered the feeling of The paintings were hung in an list of several talented art stu- community spirit present among effort to make renovated build- dents. the students who went outside to ings on campus look less "bare Finally, Boehman, Cummings, watch it. She decided to depict the scene in her painting, which portrays a group of students gath- ered in Red Square watching the Senior Mike Cummings depicted the courtyard next to Hoover Library ill eclipse. his water color and colored pencil painting now hanging in McDaniel. Boehman also felt the subject of the lunar eclipse would draw Library as a "homage to Wasyl" ated and was unavailable forcom- more attention to the picture. All Palijczuk. The art professor con- ment in this article, painted a pic- of the students depicted are her structed the stone fountain, ture of the Ward Arch. friends, who now consider them- named the Benson Fountain, lo- "Heck, yeah," was Palijczuk's selves to be "immortalized" on cated there that is known casually response to whether the project canvas. around campus as the "Peeing should be continued. "Anytime Boehman is enthusiastic about Rock." Cummings actually did you can use student talent, that's to Sayre's plan to beautify the cam- the untitled painting for an art the benefit of the student and the pus with student work because class last year and merely touched school," Palijczuk said of his be- "Art students in college need ev- it up for McDaniel. lief that student artwork is needed ery bit of help that they can get," Cummings is also enthusias- allover, especially in the dorms and and it is better than hiring "out- tic about Sayre's plan, and would in the dining hall. side artists," she said. love to see other buildings deco- Dean Sayre said he wants to Cummings, a senior art and art rated as well. He hopes [0 come hear student opinions on the three history major, did his watercolor back years from now and still see paintings and is keeping his eyes As a freshman, junior Jessica Boehman, witnessed a lunar eclipse in Red and colored pencil painting of the his painting and be thrilled. Square. 1/ inspired the theme of her painting hanging in McDaniel small courtyard next to Hoover Deon Wansel, who has gradu- and ears open for future works from artists. talented student