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Ml stops students will be able to visit on the loom is extended intc six major museums on the ait BY JORDAN EAMES JordanEamesDSN t Dixie Sun News' YouTube channel j, i j STAFF PROFILE OF THE WEEK ' Los Angeles trip is the Getty Center Other Art lovers can explore their priceless love for art during Dixie State sitys Los Angeles art trip The Los Angeles art trip is held twice a year, once during fall semester and once during spring semes-te- r The tups offer students an exciting opportunity to view artwork and culture beyond southern Utah The fall trip is taking off Oct 29 and will return Nov 1 Glen Blakley is an ait professor at DSU who oversees the trips He said the trips are a great educational tool The reason we do our trips is so students can be exposed to art, Blakley said If our students havent seen great artists, contemporary artists or historical artists, then how can they be good at art7 Blakley said the class- - stops on the enjoys taking the group into the Cathedral to hear trips By making our classroom part of the experience of traveling and visiting the museums, seeing the grounds, and seeing how things are presented, it opens up the woild like nothing else, Blakley said Forest Lawn Glendale and the Norton Simon Museum are two of the six museums visited on the her sing A stained glass reproduction of Leonardo Da Vincis The Last Supper by Rosa Moretti is yet another must-se- e at Forest Lawn Glendale The piece was cieated through Da Vincis sketches, rather than the painting itself, and the color of the glass changes with the time of day Forest Lawn is like trip Jan Stykas The Crucifixion is on display at Forest Lawn The painting is impressive at 195 feet long and 45 feet tall It took 32 years to complete and is considered one of the ten largest paintings in the world getting to go to Italy, and its like getting to go to Poland because The Crucifixion was painted by a Polish painter, Blakley said Blakley also has students view Giovanni Panims painting of St. Peters Basilica The Basilica itself is located in Rome, but the painting is on display at the Norton Simon Museum Navajo opera singer Lena Judee is a musical addition to Forest Lawn Glendale Judee has been on the Los Angeles trip around 18 times and performs in the Gothic Cathedial Blakley Viewing certain artwork important goal for the but Blakley has one trip, main goal is an trip include Forest Lawn Glendale and We do hope, ultimately, that every art major will be able to take the trip, Blakley said What weve been able to provide is not only the students an opportunity, but this is professional development for the faculty as well The trips are encouraged for ait majois, but they are open to all students and community members Internationally-know- n designer and photographer Gene Butera has also gone on the Los Angeles art trip Students have the to earn credits for the tup by taking the Art Travel Study class The class also helps prepare students for the art trips We always orient everyone as much as possible heie so that when they go on the trip they can expenence it, Blakley said On the bus, we show art videos and art-- i elated movies so that they know something about the artists $? . AO; yX- the Norton Simon Museum they are going to see. Anna Oaken is a former DSU student who has gone on the Los Angeles trip 10 times She enjoys the trips and praised Blakley for his ability to make it all hap pen Blakley is a true educator, Oaken said Hes compelled to nurtuie-an- d teach He does it effectively thiough these trips. The exact cost of the trip fluctuates each semester depending on bus transportation, the motel price for three nights, and entrance into the six museums. The 2016 spring Los Angeles art trip is scheduled for March 31 April 3 and organizers are already accepting registrations. Registrations and payments can be made online on c DSUs website. Students seeking more lnly detailed information on the a less ait trips can contact Glen to lnT orPsycb Blakley at manj blakley dixie edu -- E-- 435-652-77- Acc U "study HUMANS OF DIXIE schoc centa BY EMILY FISHER are u emilyfisherDSN MARKEE f. 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