Art Contest Asked Students “How Do You See Aging?”
A photo of a rusted shovel with a broken handle, aged by years of harsh Appalachian weather and hard work, sat on display in UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library through much of the month of November. The piece is a creation of senior and gerontology minor Seth Flynn, who submitted it as part of a contest hosted by the Gerontology Program, with the support of the Gerontology Club and the J. Murrey Atkins Library, that asked students to answer the question, “How do you see aging?” The work and the touching story behind it earned Flynn first place in the competition.