Weaving a future through Art to Wear

College of Design student Leigh Hawkins doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer. But her volunteer efforts are helping to bring student fashion – and art – to the stage. Art to Wear is now in its tenth year as a student-run collaboration between the Colleges of Design and Textiles. As co-director of the show, Hawkins [...]

Betsy Peters (BGD)

As a child, Betsy Peters used to delight at making trips from her hometown of Wilson, N.C., to the Marbles children’s museum in Raleigh. These days, she’s helping to design it. On Jan. 2, 2011, the museum unveiled its Exploration Station, a hands-on learning table that Peters designed and helped to fashion in the museum’s [...]

Kellie Marian Hill (BEDA 2006)

Few New Year’s resolutions are as durable as Kellie Marian Hill’s: On New Year’s Day, 2008, Hill vowed to create a painting each day for a year. Now, three years and over 1,000 paintings later, Hill (BEDA 2006) continues to extend that commitment, one day — and one painting — at a time. Hill’s blog, [...]

A new VISTA with clear designs

Though the economy seems to be taking an upturn, the job market for new architects is still daunting. That’s why Kyle Rogers (BEDA 2009) feels especially fortunate these days. Rogers, a graduate of the College of Design at NC State University, is working as an AmeriCorps VISTA worker based at Community Housing Partners in Christiansburg, [...]