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What began as a personal project for Naomi Canale, Baylor library information coordinator, expanded into “Being Held,” a collaborative exhibit between her and artists Spencer Welch and Ellen Mote. The exhibit’s opening reception will be 5-7 p.m. this Thursday at Art Center Waco.

Although she graduated as a painting major, Olsen said she actually started off as a pre-med major and then switched to a math major before she circled back to her artistic abilities. She said the dissociation and isolation she experienced during COVID-19 in her freshman year paired with the influence of an art class she was taking at the time really allowed her to see she was meant to create.