{"id":5912,"date":"2023-04-17T12:29:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:15:45","slug":"art-students-cry-out-are-we-vaqueros-or-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/art-students-cry-out-are-we-vaqueros-or-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Students Cry Out \u201cAre We Vaqueros or Rats?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Timothy Chapman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>04\/17\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM-1536x1162.png 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.03.52-PM.png 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pictured: Prints that were made for the meeting on April 12 by the students after the multiple rat problems that have been reported in the Brownsville art building&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;courtesy photo\/ Yental Marquez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tim-Art-building-story_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On March 29 Art junior Annie Snelson made an instagram post that caught a lot of attention, garnering 528 likes as of April 14, leading to a meeting between students and UTRGV leadership so that art students could share their grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The post featured 10 photos inside the UTRGV Brownsville art building depicting disrepair and unhygienic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snelson decided to finally speak up about the issues in the art building after noticing several \u201cdisgusting\u201d things, the first of which was the air conditioning not working and a \u201csewage\u201d smell coming into the classrooms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe AC doesn\u2019t work, it stinks like sewage a lot of the time, which that\u2019s the first thing I noticed when I walked into the art building. I was like it smells bad in here and it just never went away, and nobody said anything, I was like \u2018are you guys smelling this too?\u2019 It\u2019s stuff like that, builds up where you\u2019re like, there\u2019s a million gross things in here and why is everyone just comfortable with it,\u201d Snelson said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Snelson said rat traps are a common sight around the Brownsville art building as a method to deal with the rodent problem. The worst thing she has heard so far from other students was when a black sludge made of rodent material was dripping from the air vents after maintenance was working in that area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201c It was like rat fur and feces and urine in the vents, so thick it was dripping on the floor and that was right above the professor&#8217;s vent. He\u2019s an old man with health issues already. I\u2019m explaining this because it was just so disappointing that I was like, this man cleans rat poop off his desk and then he has to breathe that in all day. We don\u2019t know how many more vents are like that or who else is breathing that in.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.05.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5915\" width=\"508\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.05.52-PM.png 1016w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.05.52-PM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.05.52-PM-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pictured: black sludge in the air vents and on the floor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;photo courtesy\/ Yental Marquez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.04-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5916\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.04-PM.png 1000w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.04-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.04-PM-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Studio Art junior Yental Marquez said she understands having to pay for class materials such as books but it frustrates her when she has to pay out of her own pocket for toiletry items. Items such as basic toilet paper are commonly not found in the bathrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM-821x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5918\" width=\"411\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM-821x1024.png 821w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM-768x958.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM-1231x1536.png 1231w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.06.18-PM.png 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pictured: restroom inside the Brownsville art building&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;photo courtesy\/ Annie Snelson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br><br><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t mind paying for paints, canvases, but when it comes to I have to buy toilet paper and napkins for using the restroom and I have to buy just basic things that I feel like should be provided, but yeah we do have to pay for usually everything and more out of pocket,\u201d Marquez said.&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marquez said it is frustrating to see the very minimal changes that have been done in the art building within the couple years that she has been a student at UTRGV, especially since now the issue has become a health concern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here for two years and we get like two changes in the building which don\u2019t really do much, I just don\u2019t understand why we can\u2019t get anything done because at this point it\u2019s about our students&#8217; health as well,\u201d Marquez said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.07.31-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5919\" width=\"510\" height=\"376\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pictured: rat traps scattered in the Brownsville art building<br>Photo courtesy\/ Yental Marquez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.07.46-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5920\" width=\"349\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.07.46-PM.png 740w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.07.46-PM-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>And a rat hiding in the ceiling<br>Photo courtesy\/ Yental Marquez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Master of Fine Arts [MFA] student and graduate assistant at UTRGV Kimberly Sandoval said there is a feminine product dispenser that has not been inspected since 1999, which is alarming since the majority of the students are female.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe school of art and design, specifically in Brownsville is predominately female, we get maybe one or two guys in a class to the point where it almost becomes a title IX issue because we don\u2019t even have pad dispensers, we don\u2019t even have anything for tampons. It became a point where one of our students, our male students, didn&#8217;t like it so much that he decided to bring us stuff, he decided to kind of make us a little area so we can have pads, we can have tampons, we had that access to that,\u201d Sandoval said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.08.40-PM-1-767x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5921\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.08.40-PM-1-767x1024.png 767w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.08.40-PM-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.08.40-PM-1-768x1026.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.08.40-PM-1.png 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pictured: empty feminine products dispenser with a label that says last inspected in 1999&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;photo courtesy\/ Yental Marque<\/em>z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandoval said another issue that is frustrating students is that both art buildings in Brownsville and Edinburg are not connected to the main campus, but it was not always this way in Brownsville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve talked to students that honestly have been around as long as I have, but they went to UTPA and they\u2019re like yeah the arts used to be on the main campus, I don\u2019t know why they even thought to remove it from the campus, now it\u2019s so closed off, everything is so different and they see that. So it\u2019s just this whole thing like almost isolation that happens,\u201d Sandoval said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>School of Art and Design Director Ed Pogue said he was not sure what caused the art building to be in the current state that it is now, but it\u2019s difficult for UTRGV to make changes due to the building being a shared space with Texas Southmost College (TSC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThere\u2019s all kinds of issues with that, it is a leased space meaning that UTRGV leases the space so that makes things a lot more complicated because UTRGV just can\u2019t go in and just take care of things right away, there\u2019s a process of approval that is needed because it is a leased space so that makes it a little more complicated as well,\u201d Pogue said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TSC is a community college located in Brownsville and shares many facilities with the UTRGV Brownsville campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pogue said the school of art and design is currently focusing on issues that can be fixed now such as the rodent problem, but long term issues that need a lot of planning to be fixed like the limited space issues are also under review.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYeah I mean we\u2019re working, we\u2019re working on the limitations with the space, we have a new computer lab that will be going in, it will be operational in the fall, we\u2019re going to be looking at purchasing some new furniture, so we have done a few small things,\u201d Pogue said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting was held on April 12 where the students got to present to the UTRGV art department leadership and Studio Art junior Yental Marquez had this to say through a text message about how the meeting went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt went well turnout wise! Everyone was passionate. We got them [Director, Dean and Provost] to agree to purchase new furniture, but nothing else since they stated there was a contract with TSC not to obstruct the building so they can\u2019t fix the ceiling or walls etc\u2026 They also mentioned getting a new building, but that it would most likely take years unfortunately,\u201d Marquez said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.09.00-PM-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.09.00-PM-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.09.00-PM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.09.00-PM-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-5.09.00-PM.png 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pictured: UTRGV Brownsville Art Building&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Photo by: Fernanda Gonzalez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy Chapman 04\/17\/2023 On March 29 Art junior Annie Snelson made an instagram post that caught a lot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":5913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[569,13],"tags":[555,27,44,194,42,26],"class_list":["post-5912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-brownsville","tag-555","tag-brownsville","tag-news","tag-spring","tag-students","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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