Developing an articulate understanding of the arts and their place in society is a critical component of the liberal arts curriculum at Hampden-Sydney College.  The purpose of the Fine Arts Department is to help each student develop in himself, and recognize in the work of others, the creative and expressive human spirit.

Students may major in Fine Arts and focus on one of three tracks (Music, Theatre, Visual Arts) or they may pursue a general major in Fine Arts.  The Department also offers minors in both Theatre and Visual Arts.

About the Lure exhibit in Atkinson Museum, Ms. Fox says, "Animals are often used to symbolize those aspects of human nature and desire that are real, yet unseen. Our associations with animals have their roots in art, mythology, religion, and literature."

Captured and distorted by the camera, can a plastic deer or bird elicit a response similar to that evoked by a real animal?

PAMELA P. FOX,
ELLIOTT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FINE ARTS