Arts@LC offered a pop-up stage equipped with a piano and dance floor.
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It was the perfect day for an outdoor performance.
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This venue platformed numerous original compositions from the music department, spoken word poetry from English majors with concentrations in creative writing, and brief scenes from the upcoming Theatre Thesis Festival.
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Skirting the Arts@LC stage were local food trucks offering festival-goers crepes and boba tea.
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While many seniors had the opportunity to practice formally delivering their theses, presenters were also able to more casually discuss their passions.
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Many of FOSA’s panels encompassed interdisciplinarity, building connections in seemingly disparate fields. Events ranged from presentations on “Resistance and Resiliency in Music Scenes” via video essays, presentations, and vocal performances, to a student panel on “What I Learned From Studying a World Language.”
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Music met entrepreneurial leadership and innovation when students discussed the future of Portland’s orchestra scene. Students who had traveled abroad spoke on how navigating gendered language helped them further their minor in gender studies.
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In a packed poster session, participants had the opportunity to discuss student research one-on-one and inspect dioramas of their work.
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The poster session also featured interactive activities, such as microscope viewings, and special treats, including a periodic table made of cupcakes.
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For psychology presenter Ila Trevino BA ’25, the event was a good opportunity to gain the skills necessary to communicate their work, “not only to people who are in the same major, but also to people who don’t know what you’re talking about . . . it allows you to use your vocabulary differently.”
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FOSA also offered a few events accessible at each guest’s own pace.
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Ceramics students created Breaking Point, a vending machine filled with student-designed ceramic pieces constructed to break upon impact. Some of the pieces included surprises fired into the clay. Proceeds from the vending machine went to the art department.
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Stella Mercer BA ’25 echoes the importance of the event. “FOSA has been an opportunity for me to publicly show the things that I’m doing that are outside of my environmental studies major.”
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Students prepared a collection of oral storytelling and soundscapes for the EAR Forest, an interactive, outdoor space of speakers built into a section of L&C’s trees.
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The Senior Art Show, Double Knots, opened in the Hoffman Gallery, with a dedication from Dru Donovan, assistant professor with term of art, and Dann Disciglio, visiting professor of art.
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Senior art majors also delivered their artist statements.
- Lamba Pi Eta and the rhetoric and media studies department collaborated to offer the Moving Images Festival, an annual showcase of student-directed short films and video essays.
- FOSA is a day of celebration that showcases abundant creativity and sheer hard work by our students.
