San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Pensively posing for the student artists is model Lynn Ander- son. Models receive pay for extra hours of work. Variety Keynotes Work of Artists Enter the world of art and sample the excite- ment that is blended with creating from stone cutting and polishing, life drawing, ceramics, pottery, graphics, and abstract designing. Available to the day students in the ART DE- PARTMENT are courses in Art History, Com- mercial Art, Design, Life Drawing, Ceramics, Art Education, Graphics, and Painting. Each course is designed to enrich the student ' s background and skill in the field of art, the result being a well-trained artist who works with precision, ex- actness, and understanding. These artists, who pursue eagerly the varied media of art learning, tackle their tasks with fervor and enthusiasm. A iiujor department project is the colorful Christmas Win- dow, which drew attention from observers. Attracting; .ui .idmiring gaze from Susan Hoppin is a welded structure by Don Gill. The creation ot a yarn painting occupies Pat Tcriy, Edna Doiron, Nancy Stapper, anxl M.ir ' Gon- zales.

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The Greek Temple studied by Kirby Whitehead and Jack O ' Neill is uiie of many styles and de- signs of architecture that are studied in the His- tory of Architecture class. Notables Address Exhibit Visitors Architecture Day, May 1, was the chmax of the year for the Department. Professors Robert S. Harris and Martin Kermacy, from The Univer- sity of Texas, as well as San Antonio architect, Mr. AlUson Peery, were guest speakers at the program. Free-hand drawings, two and three dimension- al basic design studies in black and white, color and textured materials, color renderings in var- rious media, architectural designs and models, mod- els of great buildings of ancient history, displays of architectural structural systems and materials were on display. The future San Antonio will be built on the ideals and mastery of this subject. Susan Samm. Tony Balderama, and Vic- tor Baez lew one of the exhibits on display at the Architectural Exhibit. Blueprints are readied and studied for a proposed structure as the final plans are inspected with interest by the building construction class. 115

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Carol Cooper, art major, applies the brush to an abstract in her painting class. Striking a pose like- (Ik- ik.uIv Hydra-Stone woman sculpture by Victor Johnson is Candy Ro- Susan Roy, Lynn Anderson, and James Blair work on the C;hris.t- mas Window. Studying a sketch in an art history class are Sarah Revely and Mrs. Adrienne Weynand. Trips, Lectures Arouse Interest The students adjust their interests to con- sume as much art as possible. For example, they attend lectures like that of Mr. Felix Candela, noted authority on hyperbolic paraboloid construc- tion. Another prominent event was the first in a series of field trips which took instructors and art majors to The University of Texas Art Depart- ment. They have also garnered awards, prize mon- ey, and recognition while competing with pro- fessional artists in significant shows. Highlighting the year ' s activities were pre- paring their College float which won second place in the April Battle of Flowers Parade and displaying their finest art in the annual May stu- dent show. ' ' W ! 117