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October 20, 2004
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ihding art in unlikely places
d student Mara Spitzer art isn't just fun,
it's a way of life
lari Ferguson
Clackamas Print
most,|art class is a guar-
‘A’ and an easy way to
, up credits. For some,
i, it is not merely fun—it
k, it is ¡necessity, it is life,
s is the case for Mara,
r, one of the true blue
'here at Clackamas,
it’s B0en part of my life
oefore kindergarten. They
‘good with color’ on my
( card,” Spitzer laughs,
ibering the first time she
d that art was her calling,
er mastering the crayon,
oved on to oils at the age
3 and hasn’t slowed down
! j
tzer is now working on
VOT and plans to become
t teacher. She wants to
on all forms of art:
ics, sculpture, drawing,
ig and design. She is so
ised in her education she
begin to pick a favorite
m, though sculptural
ics is ^currently the one
ends the most time on.
haven’t really found my
yet. I don’t want to label
f because it will limit my
ation in the art field. I
ISAIAH CREEL Clackamas Print
that once I get my bache-
.’11 have a better idea of Art student Mara Spitzer sculpts a head study of Art Instructor Rick True. Spitzer enjoys working with a variety
I wantfio focus.”
of mediums, although she currently finds herself devoting the majority of her time to sculptural ceramics.
ore
her
career
at
imasjjihe expressed her tens on a full sheet for a that centers me.”
But it’s not only art in nature
rity inf ways other than woman’s 40th birthday.”
GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY
Spitzer finds that drives Spitzer to succeed.
:al tech-
inspiration in Something as simple as learning
She
everything also drives her to move forward
two
from
micro- in her career.
es as Fa
“Art's been part
“When I got to the art depart
scopic organ-
artist,
of
my
life
since
isms to astron- ment, it was more—give me
cakes
before kinder
more. I wanted to learn every
omy.
the
“In Dave thing. I don’t want to limit
aries of
garten. They
Andersen’s myself because learning is keep
white
wrote ‘good with
class, we were ing me creative.”
ink half-
Her ultimate goal is to teach
looking at lit
to pro-
color'on my
tle bugs and art, probably at a middle school.
impres-
report
card.
"
leaves and spi She also wants to spend as much
vorks of
ders
under time as possible with her daugh
art.
Mara Spitzer
microscopes. ter, who is having Spitzer’s first
n proud
Art Student
It was really granddaughter in January.
e more
For most of the students
inspirational.
id
or
Bachelor's degrees for working adults
Things under a here, art is a pastime, a way to
extensive
• 16-month degree-completion programs
keep
from
doing
work.
For
microscope
are
so
awe
inspir-
I’ve made], such as a
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• Multiple bachelor's degree options
ig by Frank Lloyd Wright ing. I know that being_outside, Mara Spitzer, art is the work,
in the woods, fishing
:ake of a cat and forty kit- being
1
~ — but it’s the work she loves.
• Class one night a week
Finish
Your Collet Fe
Degree
• Credit for life experience
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ird to a career as an art teacher when she is finished with school.