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Photos of the completed Fives!
Five and Running
On Saturday, Apil 26 at 12:30 PM, Jeffery Howe (Arts Council Chair) and Cathi Ianno Fournier (Arts Festival Project Director), announced the results of the FIVES competition in the Main Tent on O'Neill Plaza. $200 and a trophy (a sculpted "baby" FIVE) went to first place, and $100 to the second place club.
1st Place: UNICEF/Global Justice Project (Fran Grabowski '03)
2nd Place: PULSE/Italian Home for Children (Chris Grillo '03)
3rd Place: BC Madrigals
Honorable Mention: German Department/German Academy
The panel of judges consisted of FIVE people: Kelly Tuthill (a reporter from Channel 5), Crystal Tiala (Assoc. Professor of Theater), Pamela Berger (Acting Chair, Fine Arts), Maureen McGee '03 (art history major), and Peter Marino '03 (UGBC). The judging took place on Friday in the early afternoon, with Channel 5 present to cover the event.
Photo's of the Exhibit on O'Neill Plaza
Background
In Fall 2002, a group of student leaders and arts festival staff were brainstorming ways to commemorate the fifth arts festival and create some excitement in advance of the festival. Senior Fran Grabowski reminded everyone of the Cows on Parade - a city-wide public art project that drew international acclaim and brought millions of tourists to Chicago, enlisting fresh ideas from a variety of artists and building community throughout Chicago. Many other cities have followed suit, including Maine's "bears" and Boston's "cod." Well, reminiscent of the Cows on Parade, the Arts Council had its own unique sculptures surface around campus. The FIVES project inspired collaboration in various corners of the Boston College community and built a lot of excitement in anticipation of the festival.
[Note: for information on the Cows on Parade project, visit: http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cows_on_parade.htm]
Concept
In further developing the concept, we were inspired by the painting by Charles Demuth entitled The Figure Five in Gold. (This painting was drawn with chalk at the arts festival and was the subject of a coloring contest for kids.) Mark Cooper, Fine Arts professor and professional artist, built the basic sculptures - a huge five in four varations - from wood and a blank white canvas. Student groups designed, added to, painted, wrote, glued, and otherwise made the fives their own. The Arts Council used them in advance of the festival as a marketing campaign - with FIVES appearing in the weeks before the festival all over campus. We moved them to O'Neill Plaza during the festival for an art exhibit.
Partcipating Groups
A diverse groups of campus organizations came forward to create a five. The following groups participated:
BC Bands Program,sponsored by the BC Bands Program
BC Madrigal Singers, sponsored by the Jesuit Institute
Best Buddies of Boston College, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs
Chinese Student Association, sponsored by the Norma Jean Calderwood Chair in Islamic and Asian Art
Committee for Creative Enactments, sponsored by the BC Arts Council
Contemporary Theatre/Dramatics Society, sponsored by the BC Arts Council
Dance Organization of Boston College, sponsored by the Institute for Learning in Retirement
Environmental Action Committee, sponsored by the Neighborhood Center/Office of Governmental & Community Affairs
German Club, sponsored by the German Studies Department and the BC Arts Council
Liturgical Arts Group, sponsored by the Religion and the Arts Journal
Operation Smile, sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Philippine Society of BC, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs
PULSE, sponsored by the BC Bookstore
UNICEF and the Global Justice Project, sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Walsh Hall, sponsored by the Office of Residential Life
Women's Resource Center, sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts
WZBC, sponsored by WZBC
