Fine Arts
Bite-Sized Arts and Culture: Trying Something New
By Eleanor O’Hagan Columnist We’re trying something new, folks! This is my third semester working with the Troubadour, so I thought why not try something new! That is the inspiration for this column: to encourage others to try something new in the spectrum of arts and culture. I just spent a semester in Austria where […]
Franciscan students showcase their talent in Recital Duet
By Anabel Stickney Staff Writer Students, guests and faculty gathered in the Gentile Gallery for a duet piano recital by juniors Damian Galasso and Stephan Williams on Nov. 7. Galasso, a biology major with many musical accolades from competitions in Arizona, and Williams, a philosophy major and frequent vocal accompanist at Franciscan, shared their talents […]
Fine Arts Column: Minority report: A pointed musical question
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The pointed question to which I refer is this: why not? Allow me to explain. First, some context. I find that a surprisingly small contingent of my compatriots are aware that the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church has what one might call its own official hymnal. This wouldn’t be […]
Fine Arts Column: Reflections on light through stained glass
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Few things are as inescapable in our day-to-day experience as light, and there are few places on earth where it is entirely extinguished. Nevertheless, it often slips by our conscious thought entirely unnoticed. It surrounds us almost constantly, and without it, a great many things most of us are accustomed […]
Fine Arts Column: On spring break in Camelot
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST A thought from spring break: strolling around the streets of a small town at night, one encounters a sort of strange, sacred solitude. The remarkable thing about it is that this tranquility doesn’t exist within oneself. It lives as a feature of the environment around you. Even if you happen […]
Fine Arts Column: The art of appreciating silence
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The world is filled with a great many sources of instantaneous excitement and entertainment. One might think that facilitating the pursuit of such experiences would increase the happiness of society, but it has only deepened our collective sense of unfulfillment. One, it would seem, does not lead to the other. […]
Fine Arts Column: Swiss land is your land
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Not long ago, an instance of note to this present column occurred as I sat inside Antonian Hall, that illustrious purveyor of bodily sustenance which towers benevolently over the heart of our campus. I was having a meal with two of my friends, and in the course of our conversation, […]
Fine Arts Column: Christian art and evangelization
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST For all its variance and vacillation of creed and custom, humanity nevertheless continues to hold the fine arts in high regard. At worst, they are esteemed as a harmless endeavor, perhaps unimportant but nice in their own way. At best, they are hailed as a hallmark of culture, an endeavor […]
Fine Arts Column: Merry Crisis: a study playlist for Advent (and finals)
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Some nights, I stare blankly at the screen of my laptop at a loss for what artistic ruminations I could possibly contribute to this illustrious publication that are worth the attention and time of the general public. Such considerations are only heightened by the swift approach of finals, the death […]
Fine Arts Column: Be Not Afraid (of Gregorian Chant)
LUCK PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST In the liturgy of the Church, art has always played an important role in elevating the minds and hearts of the congregation to the contemplation of the divine, of Christ’s real and true presence in the liturgy itself. There is a simple demonstration of this you can conduct in less […]