The first Art Attack, a Campus Program art sale, will take place during Family Weekend at Ball State University on Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Student Center Ballroom.
Janice Altland, assistant director of Campus Programs said that she came up with the idea for Art Attack by brainstorming about using one day a week as a day to feature specific sales on campus.
The brainstorming eventually lead to the idea of featuring different forms of art on the day of sales, Altland said.
"It could be artwork, like art creations, or it could be vendors bringing in whatever merchandise they have to sell; or it could be arts and craft people that maybe show how they make their stuff and have it for sale," Altland said.
The first Art Attack will include local arts and crafts vendors as well as vendors from outside of the state, Altland said.
Some of the vendors include a man from Tenn. who paints objects on grains of rice, a Ball State custodian who makes her own greeting cards and two women who will sell heating pads filled with rice, said Altland.
Lorri Markum, Campus Program assistant said that the first Art Attack is mainly a test to see how well students react to it.
Markum said that since it is the first one, the event is being kept at a smaller size.
"We want to get an idea of what kinks may or may not need to be worked out for future Art Attack events, so we kept it on a smaller scale," Markum said.
ture Art Attack events, so we kept it on a smaller scale," Markum said.
If the event is a success, future Art Attacks would be designed to accommodate the needs of students artists, Markum said.
The success of the event would be determined by the amount of student feedback and interaction, Altland said.
"What I'm hoping is that I hear from students that would like to see this merchandise here on a regular basis or would like to be able to have their merchandise here to sell on a regular basis."
Altland said that by having the first Art Attack on Family Weekend it would give students and families an alternative option besides the football game.
"If it rains, then there will be something else for them to attend," Altland said.
Since Campus Programs split from the University Program Board, Campus Programs wants to head in the direction of featuring series of events that operate on a consistent schedule, Altland said.
Students might not know exactly what form of art was being displayed that particular week, but they would know that something would be there, Altland said.
Starting events like the Art Attack take a lot of work and planning, but often the end result is worth the time spent on the project, Altland said.
"It's hard to start traditions, but it can be done," Altland said.
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