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Portrait of Carol Lawrence

Honor Society® member

Carol Lawrence

customer service at Eats Natural Foods

  • Radford University
  • studio arts
  • Class of 2017
  • blacksburg, Virginia

Member since January 2016

About

My name is Carol. I am a returning student. I have 3 children, ages 17, 14, and 10. I wanted to wait till the were a little older to go back to school and it has been worth it. I have always loved all forms of art, and I have focused on stone carving sculpture for the last 5-6 years. I am majoring in Art, working toward a BFA and then a MFA, and possibly a PHD after that. We'll see what happens between now and then. I want to take it one step at a time.
I want to teach Art on many levels, and use it to teach about other important issues. Last semester, I did a project with my children. There was a lot of litter and garbage dumped in the woods near our home. My children and I picked up the garbage and built a sculpture with it. I took photos of our work and then we picked up all the garbage and took it to a nearby dumpster. I want to do more work like this and invite communities to get involved as well. I want to make Art that matters and use it to teach about important issues.

Education

  • Radford University

    studio art

    2015 – 2018

Honors and awards

  • dean's list

    My first semester back in school, after a seven year break, I made the Dean's list. I took 4 classes that semester, Two were Art classes. English, and Dance Appreciation were to fill a requirement, but I did enjoy those classes

Goals and interests

Career goal

I hope to teach Art, and use my Art to teach about important issues we face in the world today, such as the way our public places and natural resources are being used as dumps. I would also like to get more involved in Art as a way to communicate world issues about war, politics, economics, and humanitarian issues.

Graduate school interests

I am working toward a BFA. After that I will get a MFA and possibly a PHD

Outside the classroom

My hobbies include hiking, canoeing, knitting, drawing, painting, carving stone, sculpting, cooking, reading

Experience

  • customer service

    Eats Natural Foods

    Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

Volunteering

  • environmental specialist

    Nov 1976 – Jan 2016