A WCU artist makes her mark as a tattoo apprentice

Aleaha Waldroup, a fine arts major, is trading her paint and brushes for ink, needles and human canvases as an apprentice at a tattoo shop in Hayesville, North Carolina.   Waldroup enrolled at WCU in 2018 hoping to get a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in painting. Instead of finishing her last six credits she […]

Body Art and the Meaning Behind it

First impressions are usually physical and lots of people like to stand out to show their character, individualism, and sometimes that includes body art. Tattoos are just one representation of originality but have been scrutinized over time. They used to be seen as evil, trashy, or a disgrace by some people but in the past […]