![Nelson Hall Resident Director Kendall Engelke Davis looks over to see what Resident Assistant Chloe Smith paints. For her weekly 8 p.m. staff development meeting in Nelson Shack April 16, Engelke Davis held a watercolor event to relieve stress. “It’s a unique opportunity to get to really invest and be in [RAs’] lives,” Engelke Davis said, “which I consider such a privilege.”](https://thebuclarion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/041624_KendallEngelkeDavis_Holland_05-1200x800.jpg)
The office walls of Professor of Art Lex Thompson are covered from floor to ceiling with colorful art and knick-knacks. The standard white walls become a museum of student and faculty artworks and a collection of biblical art and novelties. This conglomeration has been building over decades of thrift store trips and anonymous drop-offs by students and art faculty alike.
Professor of Art Lex Thompson has been collecting the different types of Jesus-themed art and items that fill his office for decades. Some art comes from various garage sales and second-hand stores, while others have been given by his past students.
