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Basement Medicine

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Basement Medicine

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Basement Medicine

A hallway but there is No One watching you.

Art Tips 666: How to Draw Spooky Shit

Sage Mkazas Selec October 29, 2024

You are sitting in your room, alone. It’s dark outside, and there is no sound besides the whispers of the wind. You are on your website/app of choice, eyes glazed over as you mindlessly scroll. It doesn’t...

Repaci holding up a hotdog!

Repaci’s Dawg review #32

Cohen Repaci October 29, 2024

Hi, all! My name’s Cohen Repaci and I review hot dogs! I started this phenomenon in September of 2023 and it’s been a personality trait ever since. It brings me, and others, a wide amount of joy to...

Mrs. Mould’s neighborhood

Mrs. Mould’s neighborhood

Wilbur Hayes October 29, 2024

Since the release of Optimization 2.0 and the subsequent departure of Isaac Eddy at the end of the last academic year, the future of the Polaris Performance Company seemed bleak. Nevermore, the company’s...

Wilbur Hayes as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

All things Rocky Horror!

Heike Chaney October 29, 2024

Look up at the comically large floating red lips! It’s a bird…It’s a plane…It’s a science fiction double feature! On October 18, VTSU-Johnson’s SGA partnered with the Campus Activities Board...

“Afro” as a prefix: Black goths, punks, and other sub-cultural communities

“Afro” as a prefix: Black goths, punks, and other sub-cultural communities

Dayne Bell October 29, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the second issue of the blog Black Talk: A Zine.   Because of their connections with social justice and political leftness, goth, punk, and other “alternative” subcultures...

Jellyfish made from a tent and other recycled materials

Heart to heart: a spotlight on Fluid Dynamics

Heike Chaney September 24, 2024

Many of us know that most visual art has its superhuman power to sympathize with the highs and lows of giving yourself for your loved ones – be it through tranquil canoeing expeditions, or quiet camping...

The cookout: what it is and  why you’re not invited

The cookout: what it is and why you’re not invited

Dayne Bell September 24, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the first issue of the blog Black Talk: A Zine. If you’re Black, you’ve been to a cookout. In REAL LIFE, cookouts are social gatherings that we (Black people)* hold to...

Art Tips 5: The Empire Strikes Back

Sage Mkazas Selec September 23, 2024

I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! How’s it going? I hope the summer treated you well, I know it did for me So yeah, let’s begin Part 5 of Art Tips! What to talk about, what to talk about… It’s funny...

Art Tips - Partie 4

Art Tips – Partie 4

Sage Mkazas Selec August 29, 2024

No, I am never gonna go away. Fuck you. So for this round of chaotic babbling also known as this column, I shall be discussing the wonderful world of dynamic poses and how to draw them by using references....

Emoji Nightmare & Roblin Bettis

They Better Work!

Heike Chaney March 26, 2024

Why else would we all not want to give a rousing “Okay, queen”? For students who have seen Emoji Nightmare, one of Vermont’s leading drag queens, perform the previous school year, who would have...

From front to back: (left to right) Electra, Rusty, Greaseball, CB, Pearl & Dinah

Debunked Starlight!

Heike Chaney March 26, 2024

If your knees go weak for musicals that move beyond the average theatre kid’s expectation, Starlight Express is an 80’s roller-disco-operetta of a musical that will achieve such through far from simple...

Once Upon a Dibden dreary

Heike Chaney February 20, 2024

Many of us know of Edgar Allan Poe, Victorian writer, author, and poet, and of the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. Academic scholars say that sometime after October 7, 1849, a Baltimore...

From left to right: Jamie Foxx as Slick, Teyonah Parris as Yo-yo, and John Boyega as Fontaine.

“A Blaxploitation Scooby-Doo”

Dayne Bell February 20, 2024

Netflix gives us yet another hit with Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor’s debut film They Cloned Tyrone, a Blaxploitation Sci-fi comedy. Released to the streaming platform on July 21, the film mixes components...

Art Tips Part 3 Electric Boogaloo

Sage Mkazas Selec February 20, 2024

Oh goodie, welcome back to the THIRD installment of this madness. It’s great to be back, and I have no energy whatsoever to write this, so pretend I’m writing something snappy and funny here. ......

Humble by Michael Mahnke

The materials of life

Heike Chaney February 20, 2024

On January 23, Michael Mahnke, a VTSU-Johnson Visual Arts professor, debuted his poignantly immersive exhibition known as Memory In Material. While on display at the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Mahnke’s...

“Teacher Student Critic” is on display at Minemå Gallery, inside The Studio Store, on Main Street, in Johnson.

Downtown Art Exhibit features VTSU-Johnson MFA student, teacher & advisor

Zach Davidson February 20, 2024

Currently displayed in the Minemå Gallery, housed in The Studio Store, “Teacher Student Critic” features pieces by Professor Victoria Zolnoski and MFA student Caroline Loftus, with commentary by Dr....

Art Tips (parte 2)

Sage Mkazas Selec December 10, 2023

hihihihihihi–   Bet you weren’t expecting to see a part 2 to this now amazing series! Well, guess what? You’re all idiots because I’M BACK for some more *cough* bullying *cough* art...

LAUFEY

Laufey, 24, is everybody’s Valentine

Heike Chaney December 10, 2023

Generation Z folk have had diverse attitudes toward Jazz music. Some might have heard an album from Frank Sinatra and muttered a simple “not interested” in return. If asked about a favorite Jazz artist,...

Aesthetic Spotlights!

Heike Chaney December 10, 2023

What fashion do we see at VTSU-Johnson? When we take glances at our friends, colleagues, and (sometimes) our professors, there is a clear diversity of styles that we enjoy and that make us feel like our...

How to Find Your Personal Style

Jo Cutler December 10, 2023

Are you new to fashion and are struggling to find your personal style? Do you have no idea where to start or what to look for? Finding your personal style can be challenging, so here is a step-by-step...

Let’s All Embrace Sustainable Fashion!

Mik Crane December 10, 2023

"Fast fashion," a fairly new term, is one we hear tossed around a lot but its lighthearted title undermines the fact that it has some of the worst environmental impacts of our time. It is fueled by big...

Fall 2023 Funk Fusion Ensemble

Funk Fusion’s kick-ass music

Jo Cutler December 10, 2023

Funk Fusion had its end-of-the-semester performance on stage at the Dibden Center for the Arts On Friday, Dec. 8. So, what is Funk Fusion? Wilbur Hayes, a current member of Funk Fusion, describes it...

Abigail Synnestvedt

Devotions in Dibden

Jo Cutler December 10, 2023

On Nov. 15, Abigail Synnestvedt, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) student at VTSU-Johnson, presented her paintings at the Julian Scott Gallery. Her collection, titled “Devotions,” included 20 five-by-seven...

Sophia Berard (left), Sarah Anctil-Krumeich (right) of the Polaris Singers

A spotlight on Polaris Singers

Heike Chaney December 10, 2023

  With finals season around the corner, and weekly schedules packing assignment upon assignment, you may be having trouble finding things to do outside of studying. You may have witnessed the choir...

Alice in Danceland

Alice in Danceland

Annika Cooper December 10, 2023

Danceland is a show that was held at the Dibden Center for the Arts, on the VTSU-Johnson campus, on December 1 and 2, and starting at 7p.m.  The show was hosted by the Vermont State University Dance...

Team Fortress 2 Characters

Team Fortress 2 Backstory Explained

Sage Mkazas Selec December 10, 2023

So, Team Fortress 2 came out in 2007 and everyone was like:  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH–  Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is an online player versus player (pvp) game centering around the never-ending...

WENDELL & WILD - Kat (voiced by Lyric Ross). Cr: Netflix © 2022

“My demons have names.”

Dayne Bell November 8, 2023

Do you love Halloween classics like ParaNorman and Corpse Bride? Are you looking for a new animated film to enjoy? Released in 2022, Netflix’s Wendell and Wild is a horror comedy that wrenches the heart...

Art Tips by a deranged person (part 1)

Art Tips by a deranged person (part 1)

Sage Mkazas Selec November 8, 2023

Hey kids! Have you ever wanted to draw but found that it’s too hard? That you deal with the bullshit of trying to pick out colors? What about composition? And the cramps you get in your hand from...

This Ameraucana Life

This Ameraucana Life

Annika Cooper November 8, 2023

What is a blue egg? Why is it blue? Where did it come from? Blue eggs exist without the use of artificial dye? These are questions that can be answered by the Ameraucana chicken. Blue chicken eggs are...

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