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creativevol. 1 / issue 1

dec. 2011

KATHERINE

PROCTOR.Writer. Actress. Face-paintextraordinaire. The ar tistically-

inclined sophomore talks about her

venture into performance and why

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Welcome to Tarheelville, where the opportuni-ties for seeing and making art abound! Im yourtour guide, Katelyn. In the 729 acres that make upthe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,there are buildings, nooks, hallways and classroomsdesignated for the art of art. Some are less wellknown like the galleries in Wilson and Davislibraries or the photo displays in Carroll Hall while others are beacons for artists of all kinds.Memorial Hall, the largest venue at UNC besides thebasketball arenas, hosts internationally renownedartists every year. On our tour, the student artistsbehind the best known places for paint, music andacting on campus will guide us on our tour!

A universal space on campus, theStudent Union is home to lots of

different art. Before renovations beganlast year, the basement held theCabaret, a performance place formany student performance groups. Inthe hallway between the auditoriumand the main Union lobby is thegallery, which displays changing visualand studio art by student artists.

Swain Hall is the placefor communicationsstudies. There arestudios used for film-ing, recording andputting on small plays.Theres also a shop forcreating sets and adigital storytelling labfor editing.

Hanes Art Center ishuge! The 45,000-square-foot buildinghouses everything atraditional artistneeds studios forprintmaking, painting,photography andelectronic media,

plus a gallery andtwo libraries. Itsthe perfect place tovisit for inspirationor express yourself.

Walking past Hill Hall is likewalking with a constant musicbox! Originally the CarnegieLibrary, Hill was transformed intoan auditorium for choirs and gleeclubs. Fit with a classic pipeorgan, it is always buzzing withmusic department concerts orrehearsing student groups.

Historic Playmakers Theatre wecall it HPT also used to be alibrary. It wasnt a theater until

The Center for Dramatic never empty. Home of twaters Kenan for smalleproductions and Paul Grethe PlayMakers RepertoryCompanys mainstage sho

CDA also holds offices anrehearsal spaces. Since tMakers staff designs andits own sets, there are s

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1925, when theCarolina Playmakershad it renovated. Itnow houses plays bycampus groups likePauper Players andconcerts or spokenword events spon-sored by the Caro-lina Union ActivitiesBoard.

creating and crafting.LAB! Theatre uses therehearsal rooms andKenan Theatre fortheir productions,which are all free,student-run andstudent-cast shows.

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LITTLEOFTHIS

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katelyn

trela

Katherine Proctor. Writer. Actress. Face-paint ex-traordinaire.Te sophomore who is studying English,

Communication, and CreativeWriting at UNC doesnthesitate to call hersel an artist.

Witty-minded and admit-tedly gooy, Proctor proessesthat writing, though not al-ways included in the artistdescription, is one o the nestarts.

Writing is denitely an ar t,she said. Its the creation or oundation o a lot o other

arts. Writing is like cheese it exists in the world.Proctor, an assistant editor at Te Daily ar Heel, says

she has always been a writer. She started, as most do,with short stories.

Teyre quick and creative. You dont have to l aborover them or ages, which, when youre rst starting out,is incredibly daunting. You can really dive into a char-acter and quickly resolve whatevers going on in theirlive, she said.

From short stories, she branched o writing one-act plays, eature-length screenplays, monologues andarticles.

It wasnt until this all that she rst dipped her oot

into perormance art.Im not a perormer. I didnt do plays in high school.

I dont give speeches. Even when supremely intoxicat-ed, Im more likely to hide under a table than dance on

one, she said.But when the Perormance Collective a student

collaborative perorming unusual, uncanny, and ofenpolitically- or culturally-driven plays announcedthey would be adapting Jonathan Saran Foers novel,Eating Animals this all, Proctor jumped into the newpool.

I came to (the Perormance Collective) throughsome classes in the communication studies department.Te wacky but layered work o the classes hooked me,and I joined the group so I could continue doing things

like yodel expletives rom the Venable Hall balconies ina rainstorm.

In the play, Proctor played a version o hersel, and aversion o Saran Foer. Her monologues included a pleaabout actory arming, kicking a stued dog whichshe eventually attempted to eat and running around

a blood spattered stage.Te book is all about actory arming, but the play

Biking it. Proctor stands with her bike, which sh

around campus. She calls it the sexiest bike arou

isnt a ull on guilt-t rip, most o the time.In the play, she also donned a mask

paint with black lipstip and highlights. Thas quickly devone o her avori

For Hallowecostume involvcoat o acepaintmake-upd look a beloved hobby.

I elt really csome and erce w

much so that I wwear it all the time. Which made me wo

not quite socially acceptable or us to painthings on our aces on days o the year thaloween.

Weve been missing a serious artisticoutlet here, and I give all o you permissake a lesson rom Lady Gaga and treat ycanvas or beautiul images or, requent

ALITTLE

OFTHAT

I joined the group so Icould continue doing things

like yodel expletives romthe Venable Hall balconies

in a rainstorm.

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disturbing and physically nauseating ones.Te ace is the nal rontier in ashion. Its a medium

or art, its what people look at (generally) when theytalk to you, and its just waiting or us to do somethingwith it. Te least we can do is dress it up a little.

Katherine Proctor. Writer. Actress. Face-paint ex-traordinaire.Te sophomore who is studying English, Communi-cation, and Creative Writing at UNC doesnt hesitateto call hersel an artist.

Witty-minded and admittedly gooy, Proctor pro-esses that writing, though not always included in the

artist description, is one o the nest arts.Writing is denitely an art, she said. Its the cre-

ation or oundation o a lot o other arts. Writing is likecheese it exists in the world.

Proctor, an assistant editor at Te Daily ar Heel, saysshe has always been a writer. She started, as most do,with short stories.

Teyre quick and creative. You dont have to laborover them or ages, which, when youre rst starting out,is incredibly daunting. You can really dive into a char-acter and quickly resolve whatevers going on in theirlive, she said.

From short stories, she branched o writing one-act plays, eature-length screenplays, monologues andarticles.

It wasnt until this all that she rst dipped her ootinto perormance art.

Im not a perormer. I didnt do plays in high school.I dont give speeches. Even when supremely intoxicat-

ed, Im more likely to hide under a table than dance onone, she said.

But when the Perormance Collective a studentcollaborative perorming unusual, uncanny, and ofenpolitically- or culturally-driven plays announcedthey would be adapting Jonathan Saran Foers novel,Eating Animals this all, Proctor jumped into the newpool.

I came to (the Perormance Collective) throughsome classes in the communication studies department.Te wacky but layered work o the classes hooked me,

and I joined the group so I could continue doing thingslike yodel expletives rom the Venable Hall balconies ina rainstorm.

In the play, Proctor played a version o hersel, and aversion o Saran Foer. Her monologues included a pleaabout actory arming, kicking a stued dog which

she eventually attempted to eat and running arounda blood spattered stage.

Te book is all about actory arming, but the play

isnt a ull on guilt-t rip, most o the time.In the play, she also donned a mask o white ace

paint with black lipstip and highlights. Tis, she said,has quickly developed into one o her avorite pasttimes.

or Halloween, Proctors costume involved a thickcoat o acepaint, making the make-upd look evenmore o a beloved hobby.

I elt really cool and awesome and erce wearingit, so much so that I wished I could wear it all the time.Which made me wonder why its not quite socially ac-ceptable or us to paint interesting things on our aceson days o the year that arent Halloween.

Weve been missing a serious artistic and creativeoutlet here, and I give all o you permission to use it.

ake a lesson rom Lady Gaga and treat your ace as acanvas or beautiul images or, requently in her case,

disturbing and physically nauseating ones.Te ace is the nal rontier in ashion. Its a medium

or art, its what people look at (generally) when theytalk to you, and its just waiting or us to do somethingwith it. Te least we can do is dress it up a little.

Katherine Proctor. Writer. Actress. Face-paint ex-

Proctor and her beloved bike . The sophomore, who is studying English, Communication Studies, and Creative Writi

around campus, calling it the sexiest bike around.

traordinaire.

Te sophomore who is studying Englishcation, and Creative Writing at UNC doto call hersel an artist.

Witty-minded anda d m i t t e d l y gooy, Proc-tor proessesthat writ-ing, thoughnot alwaysincluded inthe artistdescription,is one o the

nest arts.Writing is denitely an art, she said.

ation or oundation o a lot o other arts. Wcheese it exists in the world.

Proctor, an assistant editor at Te Daily she has always been a writer.

Tis is a sentance to push this to be the She started, as most do, with short stori

This is so cool! I feel so classy!

Proctor learns how to use a turn-table.

Te ace is throntier in ashi

just waiting or something withleast we can do

it up a littl

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