In South Santiam Hall, Room 211, six students meet to express their artistic creativity. Four of these students remain invested in their individual projects, while two of them ponder an upcoming school project with diligence.
These two students happen to be Art Club’s co-leaders at LBCC, Ryder LeBlanc and Mei Yung CwmCwlamare.
The Art Club typically meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 p.m., with hours subject to change. Currently, the club’s meeting times have been hectic because of the approaching Spring Festival — set for Tuesday, May 12, in the LBCC Courtyard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regular meetups will return after the event.
The Art Club’s main focus recently has been making Alice in Wonderland-themed decorations with other clubs for the festival, as well as preparing their own booth. This will consist of face-playing cards, Cheshire Cat stickers, and a large trellis.
Toward the end of April there stood a giant paper maché pencil in the room, courtesy of club member Jay Underwood. The pencil, along with other decorations, will be showcased at the Spring Fest.
“The more people we get in our club, the more activities we’re actively doing. Because, conceptually, we could do that as a project, but we don’t have a lot of people or commitment to the club — so we’re doing nothing in particular,” said Underwood.
Art Club is also collaborating with the city of Albany to create a mural at the boat house in Waverly Park.
Another club member, Red Walker, sat in the room’s corner working on personal projects.
“It’s nice to do the thing I’m good at with a bunch of other people. And everyone here seems to be pretty nice — pretty chill — to be around. We just need more people in general,” said Walker.
Students seeking a safe space to create, share, or discuss art are welcome at the Art Club. At the moment, the club consists of around 40 members via Discord, but in-person attendance is low.
“We also got a big clipboard. And a big pencil,” said Walker.
Art Club welcomes all students who are interested and you can sign up either by contacting the club advisor (Rob Camp: campr@linnbenton.edu) or by following the Discord link below.
Artist Credit – Harvick Mesler
At a glance:
- Ryder LeBlanc and Mei Yung CwmCwlamare are the co-leaders of the Art Club at LBCC. They can be contacted via email: leblancryder60@gmail.com and meiyoung.cwmcwlamare.7637@mail.linnbenton.edu
- You can contact the club via their Discord link: https://discord.gg/7KsuscTEBy
- Jaxon Lee is the council of clubs director and can be reached at: slcclubsengage@linnbenton.edu
- The club will have a booth at the upcoming Spring Festival on Tuesday, May 12.
- Art Club is open to all students and is looking for more members and participation.
Rob Camp is the club advisor and can be reached at: campr@linnbenton.edu
