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There's a lot happening at the UWG. But the campus is not insular and next Friday, Oct. 28, the community is invited to enjoy Halloween and art.
Community.
It’s one of the things that make the University of West Georgia special.
Forgive me for bragging about the place where I work, but I can’t help myself.
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Community matters here.
And in ways big and small the UWG family tries to reach out to beyond the campus.
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If you visit campus next Friday, Oct. 28, you’ll see what I mean.
It may seem like a bit of a drive from Douglasville to UWG in Carrollton. But it will be worth your while.
Plan to spend some time. Bring your little ones. Bring your pumpkin and carving tools. Bring a camera and be ready to shoot some pictures.
There will be a lot happening on campus:
Start your visit to campus with Carve on the Quad, from 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. Bring your own pumpkin and join UWG’s art students as they carve and decorate the gourds. Carve started on Adamson Square in Carrollton in 2005. But it moved to campus a few years later. Every year it gets bigger – last year 175 pumpkins were carved. Clint Samples, the associate professor of art who started Carve on the Quad, is hoping for more this year.
After all the carving is done, be ready for Safe Treat. This has been going on for so long on campus that no one knows for sure when it started -- a decade ago at the very least. In any case, students and whole lot of other people provide treats and create a fun atmosphere where children can enjoy Halloween safely.
Safe Treat, for children ages 2-12, runs from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
But things won’t end there.
Oct. 28 is the end of Art Incend week on campus. All week long ceramics students will have been firing an anagama kiln. This is a centuries-old Japanese way of firing that uses only wood. It’s spectacular, says David Collins, associate professor of art.
But there’s more. Imagine the colors of molten iron. To close the evening out, there will be a tradition iron pour – iron will be poured into sand molds for art students’ projects.
And if you feel like spending a little bit of money ($5 adults, $3 children) the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts will have its “Not So Scary Fairy Tales: Featuring Tales of the Arabian Nights.” It’s live theater combined with a twisting and turning maze.
That starts on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tours begin at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 6:30 p.m. on the other days.
So, come. Visit. And don’t forget to dress for the weather.
For more information visit: http://www.westga.edu/ucmassets/news/3044.php
