Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: News

"Patrick Dougherty will mine saplings from areas that are scheduled to be cleared," she said. "We do not know for sure what he is going to do for us, but it will be permanent as long as it can be a viable piece of sculpture."

Painted bicycles and natural sculptures are not the only mediums being utilized by the Arts Council during ArtsFest.

Senior Rachel Routh is serving as student producer of a series of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks entitled 365 Days/365 Plays. Routh said she and Fenlon previously worked together on a DePauw production of Venus, another Parks play. They successfully applied to perform a week's worth of the 365 day-long series from Monday through next Sunday.

"The plays are something that students can see on their way to class, maybe even in their classes," Routh said. "We are trying to do the plays in unique settings to make theater and art more acceptable to everybody."

Schooler said the efforts of the Arts Council are focused on bringing arts back to the forefront of DePauw's campus.

"There will be stuff coming out all throughout the next week and a half," he said. "We want people to feel like they will not be able to walk to class without seeing some sort of art."

Fenlon said she hopes that the theme of ArtsFest will inspire students and faculty members to appreciate the art made available to them each day on campus.

"Art challenges us to act upon what we have learned," she said. "It challenges us to prove ourselves worthy of these unusual works."

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