So, here’s a fact about artists: You are not doing us a favor by commissioning our work. You are not giving us the gift of “exposure.”
Patricia Bellan-Gillen’s collection of whimsical prints, drawings, paintings, and installations titled “Willful Wondering and Disorderly Notions,” now on display at the Rice Media Center Gallery, embodies just what its name suggests: Art as an expression of wonderment and disorder emphasizing the powers of memory and experience.
Garrett Marsh is a lover of nature and a lover of art. With his photography exhibit “Sunprint Landscapes: Photographs of Honey Creek Ranch,” Marsh brings his little corner of nature to Rice University for us to see in all its cyan-toned dreaminess.
In light of recent violent events in the nearby Houston area, including an armed robbery on campus in October and a mass shooter in the area in late September, members of Rice University Police Department responded to questions about Rice’s protocol for gunmen near campus with assurances that response plans have been well prepared.
Recycling efforts at Rice are in the spotlight once again as part of a growing conversation sparked by dedicated student and faculty involvement.
