After keeping their noses to the grindstone in their studies during the day, students in Beacon College’s Summer of Success program need to unwind.  Wednesday night, at the gazebo at the Village Apartments, Beacon’s casting guru — eager to help students blow off steam — decided to give them a hand. Actually, their hands.  Russell […]

The dreaded “freshman 15” is the scourge of collegians everywhere. More insidious, however, recent studies have found that packing on the pounds isn’t limited to the first year. It’s perhaps the desire to spare his six-pack from ballooning into a 12-pack that drew Adam Haycraft to the odd fruit-adorned cart recently parked outside the Student […]

If you subscribe to Pablo Picasso’s premise that “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls” campus and community art aficionados can enjoy a double dousing when Beacon College hosts two art exhibitions that kick off with a reception this Friday evening. In her senior thesis exhibition, “Vertigo,” Beacon […]

Aristotle believed “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Photographer Justin Nolan might be his spiritual heir. Much of Nolan’s photography explores the power that staged spaces possess in evoking human desires. Art lovers can behold a sampling of these emotion-stirring scenes Friday, April 1, […]

This summer Russ Bellamy will be teaching the topic course Interactive Art, and it is a class that he is very excited about, due mainly to the fact that it will be open ended, allowing for limitless unknown potential. Students will be permitted creative freedom in this course, which makes the artistic possibilities endless. The […]

Beacon College Student Art Show The second annual Beacon College Student Art Show opened on Thursday, April 16th in the Kristin Michelle Mason Art Gallery. At a reception held that evening, the winners were announced by Studio Arts Professor Russ Bellamy, after reading a statement by artist Sara Bruce, who acted as the guest judge […]

As Beacon College gets ready for the first on campus Arts Festival, current students were invited to be part of the festivities by submitting their artwork for inclusion in the 2nd annual Student Art Show. This exhibition will be on display in the Kristin Michelle Mason Art Gallery, along with Chuck Novak’s senior profile show […]

Beacon College art professors have invited area high schools to participate in the College’s first Arts Festival. Art teachers enthusiastically responded to this opportunity. The artwork of students and teachers from Leesburg, Tavares, Umatilla, and Mount Dora will be on exhibition on the Beacon College campus from Thursday, April 16th-Saturday, April 18th. Award winners will […]

Beacon College is actively seeking a new mascot, and members of the Beacon Community are invited to be the designer. Though we have been aptly named the Beacon College Navigators, we have never had a true mascot to illustrate this name. With Beacon merchandise popular on campus and with a goal of increasing student sports, […]

Beacon College is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition by artist Dustin Boise, which will be on display through November 21st in the Kristin Michelle Mason Art Gallery. This exhibition, titled “Bored,” will feature installation art.   Born in Oklahoma in 1984, Boise received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 2012. […]