{"id":3003,"date":"2020-10-04T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2020-10-05T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:15:53","slug":"virtual-event-connects-students-with-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2020\/10\/virtual-event-connects-students-with-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Event Connects Students with Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nina Simone\u2019s \u201cMississipi Goddam\u201d played in the background, as students waited to present their written work. Hunter College art student Cailynn Fortune took the attendance of the students to start the first virtual creative writing and reading event organized by The Office of the Arts.<\/p>\n

Of the 13 participants, six shared work they had written. Having these virtual events is more vital than ever during a pandemic that creates a less human interaction, Fortune said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to see your friends and new people is imperative so you don\u2019t go crazy while you are still at home all day,\u201d she said. \u201cEspecially at a setting like this where it is not a classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The virtual workshop accepted submissions of students from all majors. The program was conducted to connect students through their poetry, monologues and story excerpts, according to the event\u2019s host.<\/p>\n

Fortune, who is also an arts ambassador at the Office of the Arts, led the event with Esther Ko, the student engagement assistant director at OOA, who moderated the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still figuring the virtual thing out; it is not the same as being in a room and sharing a certain energy together,\u201d said Ko. \u201cBut we are slowly learning to adapt with the new changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Angelisa Cortorreal, a junior at Hunter College, was among the handful of participant work selected to be presented. Her work \u201cMississippi Goddamn\u201d was read by the participants aloud, the only screenplay of the evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs an artist, getting to hear each other\u2019s work and just making connections with other artists is super helpful and inspiring for my work,\u201d she said.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ko and Fortune shared their own work during the final few minutes of the 90-minute event. Two of the other work was shared by the college freshman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor freshman it\u2019s a very hard year to start a semester, events like this where you can still meet people can be really useful,\u201d Fortune said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last summer OOA ambassadors led virtual gatherings that involved <\/span>making an art in response to George Floyd\u2019s killing and a virtual open studio which focused on book and collage making.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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