Kate Balderston
Number of articles: 14First article: September 10, 2010
Latest article: May 6, 2011
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Creative Campus Tu Anh Dinh ’11 illustrates her artistic career, one book at a time
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Creative Campus Isaac Ardis ’11 designs an academic ‘mélange’ career
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Creative Campus Michael Yang ’14 channels artistic passion into photography, graphic design, Meddies
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Creative Campus Will Hatleberg ’11 paints, colors his artistic career at Bowdoin
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Creative Campus Rachel McDonald ’12 takes part in all types of art
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From summer camp to college, Tess Chardiet ’13 takes center stage
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Blood ’13 pushes self-expression with music, art, dance, travel
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Will Hatleberg ’11 paints, colors his artistic career at Bowdoin
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Hip hop, slam poetry fill Larochelle’s days
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Tu Anh Dinh ’11 illustrates her artistic career, one book at a time
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Creative Campus: Will Hatleberg ’11 paints, colors his artistic career at Bowdoin
Crayons are not generally first on one's list of materials when it comes to making fine art. For Will Hatleberg '11, however, these preschool tools have been revolutionary, transforming his finely crafted oil paintings into sculptural, emotionally provocative gems.
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Creative Campus: Nick Riker ’12 takes artistic notes beyond campus into community
Bowdoin studies can sometimes induce a change of heart. Students arrive ready to declare economics majors and instead end up taking all their courses in French. Something similar happened to Nick Riker '12, but instead of trading problem sets for "Parlez-vous?" he exchanged music for visual arts.
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Creative Campus: Allie Wilkinson ’11 draws her Bowdoin career to a close
Drawing is a hard skill to master. Articulating a form on paper using pencil, pen or charcoal is a challenge, testing one's perceptual skills as well as one's ability to record one's surroundings. For Allie Wilkinson '11, however, this process is second nature.
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Creative Campus: Michael Yang ’14 channels artistic passion into photography, graphic design, Meddies
Michael Yang '14 wants to be vivid. He craves spunk, recognition and inspiration. As a poster designer, photographer and Meddiebempster, Yang hopes to achieve all three. He also believes that reflecting upon his pursuits is beneficial to his creative process—a revelation that dawned on him while transitioning from South Korea to the United States.
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Creative Campus: Blood ’13 pushes self-expression with music, art, dance, travel
Self-discipline is a hard trait to master. Audrey Blood '13, however, seems to have it down pat.
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Creative Campus: Tu Anh Dinh ’11 illustrates her artistic career, one book at a time
Tu Anh Dinh '11 learned English by looking at pictures. As a six-year-old, she taught herself new words by leafing through children's books and immersing herself in their illustrations. This educative effect left such a mark on Dinh that she continues to engage with aspects of children's literature today—she draws portraits for her visual arts major, studies English and has even tried her hand working at a publishing house.
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Creative Campus: From summer camp to college, Tess Chardiet ’13 takes center stage
Summer camp can be hit or miss. Sometimes homesickness prevails, turning what was meant to be a jovial, adventurous few months into a miserable countdown to mom and dad's return. For Tess Chardiet '13, however, camp was the exact opposite, influencing her life so much that it transformed her high school and college experiences into theatrically inclined endeavors.
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Creative Campus: Rachel McDonald ’12 takes part in all types of art
Rachel McDonald '12 is the Brunswick art scene's number one fan. She partakes in Bowdoin activities such as photography, painting, and dance. She also organizes community-wide activities, such as downtown art walks and gallery visits. When asked why she has focused her academic career on such creativity, McDonald responds, "Why not?"
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Creative Campus: Isaac Ardis ’11 designs an academic ‘mélange’ career
Isaac Ardis '11 likes to create. He draws up sketches for buildings, constructs class curricula, and organizes "artsy" mentoring meetings. Yet, underlying such innovation rests an expressive passion little known to the broader campus community—Ardis' infatuation with design.
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Creative Campus: Music and mathematics: Wu’s unlikely mixture
Mathematical equations do not usually resemble musical compositions. Although both use symbols to represent values and their parts sum up to a harmonious whole, musical notes are too abstract-looking for algebraic formulas and staff paper isn't the best for drawing graphs.
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Creative Campus: Hip hop, slam poetry fill Larochelle’s days
First year fall at Bowdoin can be hectic. A euphoric senior spring followed by a lackadaisical summer soon transforms into a fast-paced first semester where college classes, social house parties and dorm bonding activities become part of weekly life, dictating one's schedule and hang out time.
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Creative Campus: Buffum experiences MTV, Her Campus
MTV, magazines, and Maine do not have much in common besides beginning with the letter "M." For Joanna Buffum '11, however, they comprise a majority of of her resume.
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Creative Campus: Omachi, SMAC aim to animate museum activity
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is an imposing sight. Its glass entryway juts sharply into the sky, juxtaposed against a prestigious stone building inscribed with the names of historic artists and flanked by standing lions. Rather than be intimidated by this awe-inspiring scene, Chris Omachi '12 decided to help make it a little more welcoming.
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A resculpted future for Park ’11
Downtown Portland, Maine is not usually considered an ideal place to camp. Loretta Park '11 and her fellow sculpture installation artists at the Portland Art Walk last Friday night, however, seemed to consider it just that.