CAB team member finishes her project in the hallway because of the blown fuses in the meeting room.  Other students continued to work at their art projects despite the difficulty.
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The Campus Activities Board held two back to back events this past week, the Back to School Bash which was on Tuesday and the CAB Art Party which was on Wednesday.

CAB’s Art Party was held on the second floor of the Student Union Breezeway above the bookstore on Jan. 25. Students who attended had the opportunity to choose from multiple crafts and artwork to make. These opportunities mainly involved canvases intended to be used for drawing, painting and melted crayon art.

The members of CAB decided to put this event on for students to get the chance to come out, take a little break and just have fun.

“For this one, I actually saw a poster that said ‘art party,’ and I said ‘I want to do an art party,’” said Alyssa Arceneaux, a graduating senior with a degree in marketing and graphic design. “The result was this. It would be easy. Anyone can do it, you don’t have to know how to paint to do it and it gives students the ability to come out and have fun for a night.”

Blow dryers were used in the creation of the melted crayon art, where one sets up crayons on a canvas, and then uses a blow dryer to melt the wax. This caused fuses to be blown out across the meeting room, but this only resulted in creative problem solving and made it a little more exciting.

“Yeah, we got through it,” said Arceneaux. “It was not a big deal. We just moved locations. It spread things out and as more people came in, other people were going out to use the blow dryers so they could finish their projects. It was a little more exciting and it worked out.”

Even with some of these setbacks, it didn’t prevent those in attendance from enjoying themselves and getting the most out of the night.

“I love being artistic, and I loved this opportunity,” said Alexis Guerra, a sophomore health systems management major. “It made me more involved, and I really enjoyed it. Now I’m interested in joining A&E.”

These kinds of events help students get through some tough times they might be going through.

“I think it was a really great event for everyone to come,” said Gabrielle Levet, a sophomore early education major and CAB member. “They get to touch into their creative side and to have fun spending time with friends and getting through some difficult times because I know it helped me out, and we got to get through those difficulties together.” 

Overall, the event was considered a success, and the CAB members present were pleased with how it went.

“I think it went perfectly considering we had never done this before,” said Arceneaux. “So, we didn’t know how many people were going to be able to expect. So, I think it went really well, and we should do it again.”

 

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