Every spring semester Volunteer State Community College offers the chance for student writers and artists to be published in the literary publication Squatter’s Rites.
Squatter’s Rites is an art-based publication that any Vol State student is welcome to participate.
“Squatter’s Rites is an excellent outlet for those with a passion for the arts. People are paying attention, and your creative works can and will be recognized. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by publishing your talents in Squatter’s Rites,” said Michael Clark, art director of Squatter’s Rites.
Squatter’s Rites recognizes paintings, creative writing, photography and poetry. After members submit their art, Squatter’s Rites print booklets to show off the student creations and what the students are passionate about.
Melissa Fox, instructor of communications, said she feels expressing a person’s artistic side is important. She also said she takes pride in the second place award from the American Scholastic Press, which the publication was awarded last year.
She said she hopes to keep the Squatter’s Rites growing and win another award this year.
Squatter’s Rites has been around since the school was established in 1971. Over the years it has gone through changes and has had different presidents, but the focus has always been the same: to keep students creative and to keep art alive.
Squatter’s Rites works closely with the art department here at Vol State. They help Squatter’s Rites by taking photos of the student’s original art with a high-resolution camera.
Anyone who is interested in joining Squatter’s Rites can contact Fox at melissa.fox@volstate.edu. Although they don’t have an exact date for their first meeting this year, they are accepting members and encourage anyone who is interested in art, writing, or photography to think about participating. The deadline for submitting projects is March 27.
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