Amanda Day
Pictures to Burn
acrylic on canvas

On Display in the Fireplace Lounge

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Betsabe Briones
Shadow of a Future
table cloth, paint
On Display to the right as you enter the Library

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Throughout the summer the Library will feature student art from the Raspberry Monday juried art show. Watch for the following pieces in July and August.

Jameson Bast Water Movement No. 1 mixed media	Elizabeth Erickson 7/23/05 wire, paint, vellum
Kristen Studioso For a Period of time, I Once Took a Photograph of the Same Place at the Same Time woodcut on fabric	Anne Nelson On House (Diptych - one of two show here) oil on vellum (Honorable Mention & Purchase Award

Cori Steppe Mother Goose altered book On display in the Fireplace Lounge

Why is it called Raspberry Monday?

On a Monday in July 1972, a young couple with connections to Bethel were out picking raspberries. After they had picked all they wanted, they loaded their boxes of berries into the backseat of their car and headed for home. On the way, they had an accident that sent them into a ditch beside the road.

All the raspberries came sliding forward into the front seat covering the husband with raspberry juice, which they first thought was blood. When they realized that he was not bleeding, they began to laugh in relief and thank the Lord for His protection.

As a result of the accident, the couple came into some unexpected money and decided to give it to the art department in the form of a scholarship. Since this experience occurred on a Monday while picking raspberries, they decided the scholarship should be called the "Raspberry Monday Scholarship Award." Each year the art faculty selects an art major who exemplifies excellence in studio work and contributes to the Department of Art to be the recipient of this award. In celebration of this scholarship, the Raspberry Monday Student Exhibition was launched in 1973. It is the tradition of this exhibition to announce the Raspberry Monday Scholarship Award recipient at its opening night reception.