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Host: Art students at the University of Arkansas already have access to renowned faculty and
impressive art installations on campus, but having one of the world's top museums in our
backyard is even better. The museum is so close, some of the university's art classes
even meet on site at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Jeannie Hulen: Our students get to go see actual artworks in person. It's a much different
experience than seeing images projected onto a screen or seeing images in a book.
Laura Polaski (student): And to see the paint as it was applied and to get the texture and
to get the light shining off of it and to be able to have it engulf you...
Johanna Potts (Student): We've been in the galleries and we've also gotten the opportunity
to walk around the grounds and see how the museum is embedded into this area.
Dylan Turk (Student): That really speaks to what we've been talking about in this class,
which is the interaction between the natural and built environments in the American landscape.
Leo Mazow: Teaching not just any course but a landscape painting—and a cultural history
of America through landscape—well it seems particularly appropriate to teach that at
Crystal Bridges.
Johanna Potts (Student): He's probably one of the most knowledgeable professors I've
ever taken a class with and he's extremely enthusiastic about everything.
Dylan Turk (Student): He makes it fun. He makes it a discussion between him, the painting
and the class.
Leo Mazow: That's a very good question.
Anne Kraybill (Crystal Bridges): Art is also social. So being able to experience it with
people and talk about it afterwards makes it that much more meaningful.
Leo Mazow: And Crystal Bridges adds a level of art historical breadth and historical richness
that otherwise this class wouldn't have.
Host: For more about the University of Arkansas, visit shorttakes.uark.edu.