{"id":2902,"date":"2025-10-14T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/2902\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:49:09","slug":"roary-through-art-history-returns-this-year-with-a-gallery-of-reimagined-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/2902\/","title":{"rendered":"Roary Through Art History returns this year with a gallery of reimagined classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Alava | Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>FIU\u2019s Student Health &amp; Wellness hosted the second annual Roary Through Art History exhibition on Tuesday, October 7, at the GC Art Gallery, continuing a 2024 initiative that reimagines famous paintings by placing the university mascot, Roary, into art-historical scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The event opened at 11:30 a.m. and ran through 2:00 p.m.; students began forming a line before the official start time. Attendance concentrated around the gallery entrance and merch distribution area as students queued for exclusive, student-only giveaways.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1714-1024x669.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199289\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Students at GC Art Gallery lining up for giveaways | Karen Alava, PantherNOW<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition mixed pieces that returned from the 2024 show with new reinterpretations made for 2025. The artwork varied from bright, pop-style remakes to calmer portrait-like pieces, and each one featured Roary to tie the visuals back to campus identity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1715-1024x741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199290\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Birth of Roary, 2025 | Karen Alava, PantherNOW<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, I got a cropped top. This year I\u2019m hoping to get the hoodie,\u201d said Kerene Wright, a returning attendee.<\/p>\n<p>Student Health &amp; Wellness positioned the exhibition as an outreach format: artwork and apparel functioned as points to share information about counseling, preventive services, and other campus health resources. Giveaway items included shirts and hoodies printed with images from the exhibition; the limited, student-only distribution created early demand and encouraged on-campus visibility for the wellness brand.<\/p>\n<p>Staffed resource tables inside the gallery provided print materials, program contacts, and instructions for accessing services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1716-1024x494.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199291\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Roary through art history | Karen Alava, PantherNOW<\/p>\n<p>By merging art, wellness, and Panther pride, Roary Through Art History is an immersive experience of creativity and community. Students were not only left with limited-edition merchandise but also with a clearer view of the health and wellness resources available to them at FIU. With each reimagined art piece, the exhibition reinforced the idea that well-being and creativity go hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>        About Post Author<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/panthernow.com\/author\/cosette-lipscomb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aa147769605c59ace0d2fadc2c8e60a2bdf9b7d3432996710f92c38c4cbea299\"  class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karen Alava | Staff Writer FIU\u2019s Student Health &amp; Wellness hosted the second annual Roary Through Art History&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3087,3479,3480,225,227,226,3481,3482],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-art","tag-art-gallery","tag-graham-center-art-gallery","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-painting","tag-student-health-and-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}