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Chan Wins Art Award Hands Down
Even hands have personalities, according to Anne W. Chan, a senior art major who focused on the eloquent extremities for her senior thesis. Her collection of hands, created in pastels, won the Lynette Nielsen Art Award during the annual Senior Art Show in May.
"I've always noticed how expressive hands can be," says Chan. She takes that expression to a higher dimension with her quartet called Socialization, which she calls a social commentary on the world around her. Her portrayals of "Equality," "Power," "Nurturance" and "Protection" are richly emblematic and uplifting.
"I'd like to think our society is not such a bad place after all," she says.
Chan, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chan of Baltimore, has applied to teach for Americorps, a service organization that places recent college graduates in needy schools around the country. She then intends to go to graduate school for study in art conservation or urban planning.
The Lynette Nielsen Art Award is given annually to a graduating senior who demonstrates excellence and achievement in the visual arts. The late Mrs. Nielsen, in whose memory the award was established, was an art teacher at the College and served on the College's board of trustees.
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