VOA标准英语2012--Student Art Showcased Before Move Into Job Market

 

Student Art Showcased Before Move Into Job Market

In the days before graduation, Jessica Marx and Alexz Giacobbe are put the finishing touches on a project they’ve been working on for months.

Jessica, a photography major, made the hats for their fashion line, Mama Said. Alexz, a fiber¹ major, created the garments. The artists used sewing patterns from the 1940s and ‘50s to create the garments.

Alexz says her pieces were inspired by remnants of fabric² given to her by her great-grandmother. “I wanted to figure out a way I could preserve and expand these tiny scraps³ that really didn’t mean anything to her, but for some reason meant so much to me.”

Alexz scanned the fabrics⁴ into a computer and then enlarged them before printing them out.

For them, the project was a way to connect with the past.

“We realize that if we don’t remember this time," says Alexz, "who’s going to be left to share these memories?”

Jessica also used fabric from her childhood for hats she incorporated into a photo exhibit.

"I made two hats from one fabric and one is made to honor my mother and is placed on a pedestal in the installation, and the one that honors my father is placed on the floor covered in a shroud,” Jessica says.

MICA⁵ is one of the oldest art schools in the country and offers 16 undergraduate majors. Each year, graduating students display their final art projects in an exhibit that extends through the school's hallways and classes.

Raj Bunnag majored in printmaking. His project, "Cranky," features elaborate scenes etched into linoleum⁷ that express his dreams and nightmares.

Matthew Smith majored in animation⁸. His thesis is a hand-drawn 2-D animation of Albert Einstein and his gravity equation.

"I went the old school way of doing handrawn on paper," he says. "Basically with my exhibition here, I just wanted to take apart the animation and really let the viewer see the labor⁶ behind it.”

It took him 10 months to create the five-minute animated⁹ film.

For Matthew and the 400 other graduates, receiving their degrees was the hightlight of their education.

"I feel amazing, I feel relieved. I feel blessed, I feel unbelievable," Jessica says. "It doesn't feel real. It's been such a long road and it's been a great road and I'm really happy to be done and ready to celebrate."

Many students feel confident about the road ahead, even in a tough economy, because of their experiences at MICA.

1 fiber   

n.纤维，纤维质

参考例句：

• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
• The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。

2 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

3 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

4 fabrics   

织物( fabric的名词复数 )； 布； 构造； （建筑物的）结构（如墙、地面、屋顶）：质地

参考例句：

• cotton fabrics and synthetics 棉织物与合成织物
• The fabrics are merchandised through a network of dealers. 通过经销网点销售纺织品。

5 mica   

n.云母

参考例句：

• It could not pass through material impervious to water such as mica.它不能通过云母这样的不透水的物质。
• Because of its layered structure,mica is fissile.因为是层状结构，云母很容易分成片。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

7 linoleum   

n.油布，油毯

参考例句：

• They mislaid the linoleum.他们把油毡放错了地方。
• Who will lay the linoleum?谁将铺设地板油毡？

8 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

9 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。