The Great Hall is central to Pierce College for holding exceptional events such as the Day of Politics, Meet your Major Fair, PACE Orientation, and so on.
When The Great Hall isn’t being utilized for main events, it resembles a sort of deserted Spring Fling.
Across the room are scattered folding chairs, an old couch, and ripped down streamers as an attempt to clean up the wall decorations.
You even question whether to be concerned about the students lying around as if like bums hoping for the “ching” of a coin falling in their cup.
The Great Hall looks more like the Great Depression.
It seems that what our campus needs is style, creativity, and an artistic viewpoint.
In 2011, there was a yarn bombing made by Brian and Christy Chambers.
The trees following the stairway to heaven, also known as the art department staircase, were enveloped in colorful knit sleeves and our Pierce bull statue was even cloaked a new knit sweater and hood.
This generated ceaseless excitement on campus because it was visually striking and combated the mundane bungalows and construction sites our students normally see everyday.
We don’t have to go as far as another knit bombing, although the idea is not discouraged, but rather take the opportunity of empty wall space in the Great Hall to display incredible student artwork from graphic design, drawing, painting, and multi-media classes.
Integrating student artwork throughout the campus would also produce a sense of achievement to those chosen to be exhibited.
The costs of display cases to secure the artwork are considerably cheaper and more affordable in comparison to other aesthetic investments, such as the questionable installation of a fog generating fountain along our mall.
Sure, a fog fountain looks spooky but was it a practical purchase?
Pierce College could use some decorative enlightenment on campus and an effective solution is sitting right on top of the art hill.
If our can campus flourish with creativity and support our art students then let’s do it.