I enjoyed the article about the local artist Helene J. Kaplan in Tuesday’s Daily. Being an art major, I am very interested in local art. I feel there should be more articles about art in the paper; after all there is a very impressive design program here, especially with the graphic and interior design majors.

You should include some of the students’ artwork also – not just those that receive awards, but interesting campus projects, collaborations and maybe just the random art major as well. One issue I had about the article was the use of black and white instead of color. Artwork should be printed in color if it is colored; having color shouldn’t be an option.

The artist uses color to enhance the picture/design/ object, not just because it is available. Colors are consciously chosen to stimulate emotions, not just by chance.

Reproducing such artwork in black and white detracts from the original purpose of the project. For example, Picasso’s “Guernica” was meant to be black and white to look like a newspaper print, but his other works wouldn’t look how he intended them to be without their color.

Helene J. Kaplan used color to express what it was like for her grandmother to come to Ellis Island and start a new life – a new world that was full of new experiences and colors, not just images.

Alyssa Williams

Freshman

Art and design