MURFREESBORO — The
artwork gracing the first-floor atrium of MTSU’s James E. Walker Library at the
end of the spring semester will have a Shakespearean theme.
Beginning April 18, two handheld skulls evoking a scene from
Act V, Scene I of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” will greet library patrons.
The skulls will be flanked by speech bubbles containing the admonition, “Thou
doth print too much,” as a reminder to patrons to be conservative in their
printing practices.
“Last fall, there were over four-and-a-half million sheets
of paper printed in the library,” said Erin Anfinson, an assistant professor of
art whose drawing class created the artwork. “I think it’s quite shocking for
the students to hear the number and then to actually go through a bin of paper.
We probably didn’t even use an entire bin of paper on this.”
Student Shelby Rehberger, a fifth-year senior from
McMinnville, Tenn., is the originator of the idea, and every student in the
class contributed to its construction.
“Art should be conscious of its surroundings,” Rehberger
said. “That’s why it’s good that this is in the library world because the
library is a collection of papers.”
The exhibit also will include blank speech bubbles in which library
patrons may use markers to write their comments on the exhibit. In addition,
Anfinson’s students will place posters full of print-saving tips in library
printing cubicles.
The display, which is free and open to the public, will
remain in place through May 2 and will be visible during regular library hours.
A searchable campus map with parking details is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
For more information, contact Anfinson at 615-904-8412 or erin.anfinson@mtsu.edu, or Kristen
Keene at 615-898-5376 or kristen.keene@mtsu.edu.
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