ART: Showcasing some of the wonderful art and artists at Colgate

Junior Adanya Jeudy is not an artist – at least, not by her own standard. While the 40-plus paintings displayed on her Instagram account may tell a different story, Jeudy tends to shy away from the label. “I’m not, like, an artist artist,” Jeudy said. “I’ve just always liked being creative. It’s something that I’m relatively good at that brings me peace. But I don't think of myself as...

Artist, activist and Colgate senior Sally McGee creates intricate artistic collections that creatively mirror their academic interest in identity politics — those which concern sexuality, gender and community. Though they contend that their art career began at Colgate, their creative aptitude extends back to childhood. As the eldest of three siblings, they have always enjoyed entertaining those they...

Before college, senior Valeria Carrión was never planning to concentrate in art. Today, she is painting her senior thesis and working on applications to attend graduate school for art. Carrión, a double concentrator in art and psychology, was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, her high school years were spent at boarding school in Alexandria, Va. Despite her natural draw to art ...

When junior Jessica Steib decided to draw on a pair of sneakers out of boredom one day, she had no idea it would lead to a business in which she would do the same for others. Her boredom-stricken day eventually led to the creation of “Blank Canvas,” a business in which Steib sells her custom-made apparel items designed and hand-drawn by herself to any person who places an order. Through her wo...