Terrarium | Photo by Rose Taylor | The Wright State Guardian
Wright State University’s Visual Arts League met on Friday, Nov. 22 to make miniature terrariums featuring fake moss and plants. Recurring weekly, VAL provides students with a space to get crafty in unique ways.
Creating
Isabella Taylor is a sophomore economics major and a general member of VAL. She loves to come to the meetings to express herself among her friends.
“A club like this, where it's like, artsy stuff and crafty stuff, but not straight, just drawing. I really like it. So I get to get out my creativity without feeling pressured to do something,” Taylor said.
VAL provided a table full of open glass bulbs that could be filled with pebbles, moss and many varieties of fake plants ranging from flowers to succulents to tiny pieces that were perfect for detailing a small space.
Nova Heil, a sophomore criminal justice major, came to the meeting and is also a general member of VAL. They shared that they love to attend meetings for the chill atmosphere and the enjoyment of making crafts.
“I like making those jars of like, you know, the rocks and the moss, and then putting plants in there and then stealing them and watching them grow. It's my favorite thing to do. So I love making little terrariums,” Heil said.
Heil’s excitement for terrariums extended to the fake ones that they made along with their fellow VAL members.
Pals at VAL
One thing that all VAL members seemed to agree upon was that it was a very open and welcoming space.
Mak Goddard is a sophomore social work major and is the treasurer for VAL. As the treasurer, Goddard has some responsibilities to communicate with Student Involvement and Leadership regarding VAL’s finances so they can get the supplies for events like this.
“I have always been artsy, and I spent like four years of my high school career having art class, so might as well do it in college, or else it'll just go away because college is busy,” Goddard said.
Goddard’s favorite mediums include oil pastels and acrylic paints, the latter of which has been featured at some of the meetings.
“It's mainly just like a friendship thing, yeah, time that I get to see all my friends,” Goddard said. “Don't be nervous to come here, because a lot of people, they don't come to Val because they're like, Oh, I can't draw, or I can't paint. I'm not good at you. You don't have to be good at art. You could just do it as like a fun little thing.”
All members of VAL are very open and encouraging of all WSU students to stop by and try out their art club.
“It's at a good time of day and a good time of like the week where it's the end of Friday, it's a little relaxing, it's a little cool down time and it's just a fun little thing to stop and then do even if you have an extra spare 15 or 20 minutes, stop in and say hi and chill out in talk with us,” Taylor said.
VAL meets every Friday afternoon in the Creative Arts Center, and more information about their last meeting of the semester can be found on Engage. It will be a mixed-medium event, bringing back the leftover supplies from all the previous meetings this semester.
