<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2021/making-art-out-ordinary-life.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Making Art Out of Ordinary Life</title><excerpt>Nathan Huff explains why art fits so well in a liberal arts curriculum. “Drawing offers another way to encounter the world and use our powers of observation,” he says. “Students come away with a greater sense of nuance and wonder from seeing creation through the act of artmaking. I love teaching; it’s so invigorating. Student conversations open new avenues of thought for me. Art is such a balm for living, and it’s soothing to be with students as they discover this.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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