Hi everyone! I'm Yehalah and I'm a '26 coming all the way from Colombo, Sri Lanka. My academic passions lie in Energy Engineering and Environmental Studies. I am a first-generation and low-income student, actively involved with the community. I love to paint and read during my free time. I'm excited that you're here, and I hope you enjoy this account of my life at Dartmouth!
The sequel to Drawing 1! Undoubtedly harder, but definitely a great class. I can now say, with confidence, that I am able to paint a mango successfully.
The Sacred Architecture of Asia is one of the most incredible courses I have taken at Dartmouth! The course is primarily discussion-based, with Professor Seher explaining and initiating conversation about the course material.
This is dedicated to the Black Family Visual Arts Center (BVAC), where I just spent six hours painting a pot. Now this may sound tedious, but it is actually really fun, I promise. When I came to Dartmouth I did not think I would ever take an art course and here I am taking my second one.
The Studio Art classes I am taking are located in the Black Family Visual Arts Center, which is home to the Studio Art, Film and Media Studies and Digital Humanities departments. However, you do not need to take a course to enter BVAC and use their study space! It is usually a quiet and calm place to study, in which I have been highly productive.
All Studio Art classes come with valuable material for which there is an extra fee of around 150 dollars. For my painting class, this includes many cans of paint, paintbrushes, palette knives, and other materials needed. The studio which I work in is a vast space with lots of light spilling in, as is needed for painting. It is quite easy to lose track of time and paint for hours.
The painting studio!
To get a Studio Art minor, students need to take seven Studio Art courses whereas a major requires ten. There are three required courses for a minor: Drawing 1, Painting 1 and Sculpture 1. There are six areas in which the remaining four courses for the minor can be in: architecture, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
The class itself can be very demanding of time, as there is a process of mixing and layering the paints. I find it to be a lot more work than the drawing class I took last term, but I already find myself falling in love with it. There is a certain peacefulness in painting that I didn't know existed before. If you are considering taking a Studio Art class at Dartmouth, this is your sign.
At Dartmouth, there is an undergraduate requirement for language; after all, it is the liberal arts! Fulfilling this requirement looks different for various people and I will focus on my experience.
I have written about being a student worker plenty of times in the past, but I have yet to talk about one of my favorite jobs ever: ticket selling at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
On Monday, April 8, 2024, a phenomenal total solar eclipse occurred — and we happened to be within the path of totality. As a result, Dartmouth hosted a variety of eclipse-related events on- and off-campus. Find out how I spent the eclipse!
Traditionally, Dartmouth students take three courses during a term, but I decided to take four courses this term! Learn about course load and the academic system at Dartmouth.
