Two colleges collaborate for ART + ENG Week

by Aubrie Waldron

Last week, the Caine College of the Arts coordinated with the College of Engineering for Utah State’s first ART + ENG Week. Different activities and events took place each day to help engineering and art students meet and learn the similarities between the two fields of study.

“We wanted a greater collaboration between the art museum and engineering,” said Adriane Dalton, assistant curator at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. “One of our main goals for the week was to get engineering students into the museum.”

There was a private opening at the museum for engineering students on Nov. 17. More than 100 students attended, and according to Dalton it was an “absolute overall success.”

“Many of the exhibits in the museum have relevance to engineering,” Dalton said. “We want the students to know that this is a resource available to them.”

Other things that took place during the week were a lecture by ASU art professor Dan Collins, common hour lecture about Kenneth Snelson and a social hour for art and engineering students.

“In my opinion, engineering can be beautiful, and art can be functional,” said Claire Christiansen, an art student studying interior design. “The two go hand in hand. ART + ENG Week helped to bridge the gap between the two very different majors.”