People often say you can’t know your future without knowing your past. And the same can be said for the future of an academic institution continuing to shape future generations. But, as students, faculty, staff and alumni of the University of Toledo, how well do we know its history? This series, entitled #RocketBlastFromThePast, was started by Juice House as a social media series to discover our shared legacy as Toledo Rockets by diving into the digital archives of the Canaday Center and sharing interesting tidbits and fun facts of UToledo’s rich history that encourages a sense of pride in our institution. Now brought to you as a collection, it’s more than a trip down memory lane; it’s an exploration and transportation from the past to the present, with a vision and inspiration guiding us into a bright future and beyond.
Ever wonder what creativity looked like for UToledo students in the 1960s? This week’s #rocketblastfromthepast 🚀 dives into the lives of students from the School of Design, now called the Center for Visual Arts located at the Toledo Museum of Art.
UToledo art students at the Center for Visual Arts in 1969. Images courtesy of The Blockhouse 1969 via the University of Toledo Digital Repository.
Above, students are captured sculpting clay: hands deep in art, minds deep in concentration. If you look closely you might wonder, who are they sculpting? A classmate? A close friend? Themselves? Over fifty years ago and still today, art students at the University of Toledo have the rare privilege of practicing their craft just steps away from museum galleries, allowing masterpieces to influence their creativity and deepen their artistic growth.
This series is continuing to grow! To stay up to date with new posts in this social media series, follow Juice House at @thejuice.press.
