- July 10, 2025
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When considering a project to contribute to Realize Bradenton's 2014 ArtSlam, New College art professor Kim Anderson wanted to do more than just display art — she wanted to create an interactive experience. So, she reached out to a handful of students she thought would be interested, and together, they created drill-powered spin-art machines, which will be available for use from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in downtown Bradenton, at ArtSlam.
The students, Eve Burns, Fusha Mitchell, Wesley Thorp and Jeanine Tatlock, along with help from high school student volunteers, will run the booth, which will allow guests to become part of the artistic process. The students will bring their expertise and knowledge of color palettes to the project to help users create the most visually appealing projects possible.
Anderson says the project is beneficial to the students because it allows them to get out of the studio and interact with their audience — a valuable experience that artists don't always have the opportunity to do,
"Hopefully, people will get the sense that they can create art on their own," she says. "And it's easy to forget that art is really about the audience and their interaction with the work, so it's a really valuable opportunity to have your audience right in front of you, participating in the creative process."