the art of being an artist
by bec ward
arts editor

ARTIST  noun
art - ist
Definition of artist
1 a : one who professes and practices an imaginative art
   b: a person skilled in one of the fine arts
2: a skilled performer
especially : ARTISTE

According to the classic Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an artist is one who specializes in an art form. However, today, society twists that definition into something of our own. You don’t have to spend years sculpting figures out of marble or sing until your lungs bleed to acquire the title.
From makeup to martial arts, doodling on your page to dancing on a stage, there is an artist within everyone. Here at Corner Canyon, there are artists all around us. Senior Jonas Kimball says “An artist is just someone who creates in their eyes ‘art’. It’s pretty relative to who you are and what you create”. S.B.O., Emma Overturf, creates by “listening to music or think[ing] about life experiences” and believes that “if you create things you love, then to me, that's some good art”! 

IT'S ALL FUN & GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE LOSES AN EYE

NOW PLAYING AT THE BABCOCK THEATER, 300 1400 E, Salt Lake City at the University of Utah campus

The Odyssey By Homer
Running November 8-17

Adapted and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman
Adapted from the translation of “The Odyssey” by Robert Fitzgerald. Directed by Alexandra Harbold

The Trojan War is over, but Odysseus and his men have not returned. Back home, his wife Penelope, plagued by suitors, promises to remarry as soon as she has finished her father-in-law’s shroud—which she unravels every night. Meanwhile, Odysseus is stranded on islands, caught in storms, trapped by a Cyclops and a sorceress, and impeded by other monsters and gods. Will he ever make it home to his wife and fatherless son?
This adaptation by Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphosis, Guys and Dolls, The White Snake) weaves her own spell on Homer’s classic tale of adventure, trials and steadfast love.
Please join us for a talkback with members of the cast and production team immediately following the performance on Friday, November 15.
​POSTED 11/5/19
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Another fellow senior, Meaghan Rebledo-Dunn, comments a similar belief, stating that “An artist is a person of creativity; any aspect of creativity. You don’t need to completely know basic techniques but just by being a unique you can be an artist. I personally don’t think I’m an artist but I have a mind full of creativity that I’m not sure how to put to use yet”. 
Even if you have never felt artistically inclined, anyone can recognize some form of artwork in their daily life. Meaghan sees this in her typical weekday, “school wise, as far as organization goes, it feels like an art to me to get my stuff together and go from teacher to teacher and do assignment to assignment. It kind of is like an art-- from stroke to stroke”. 
During this beautiful time of year, look outside! The colors are stirring in the trees more than ever! Look for the beauty and art in everything around you, as you create yourself (whether you realize it or not).

POSTED 10/22/2019

da vinci's greatest

by brittany levanti
​Nation & world news editor

​The Mona Lisa has always been an iconic piece it’s; beautiful, delicate, mysterious, and lets not forget it’s really old. 
     To begin, The Mona Lisa was painted by the infamous Leonardo Da Vinci. She was painted in 1507, not many people know that he painted two but no one knows why he did. The Mona Lisa was painted so delicately with now forgotten techniques from the 1500, he painted one layer after the other. 
     Furthermore, as the Mona Lisa was painted in 1507 it wasn’t recognized until the 1860’s and it wasn’t appreciated and widely known until 1911. Vincenzo Perugia was a young man who worked at the Louvre stole the painting under his jacket late at night and exited through the side entrance. During this time the Louvre was one of the largest buildings in the world and the most famous widely known museum. His theft was unnoticed for 26 hours. A year and a half later the man decided he wanted to sell the painting and it went all throughout europe ending up back into the Louvre.
     The Mona Lisa has been living on the walls of the Louvre at a constant temperature for the past 100 years and kept in the same room for 14. But recently she has been moved to the Galerie Medicis so the other room can be renovated. You may be asking, why is this such a big deal? Well since the painting is very old any little fingerprint or drop of sweat can demolish the painting in all her glory. The Mona Lisa can't be out of her glass case for long because it’s usually kept in such a constant temperature. Many artists around the world and even “super fans” of the painting are very concerned for the moving of the painting. But for right now The Mona Lisa is still beautiful and iconic.
POSTED 10/07/2019