Alex Raper ’25, a visual arts and psychology double major, works on a self portrait in the Millard Art Center at the College of the Holy Cross. Photo by Michael Ivins/Holy Cross
Alex Raper ’25 dove straight into her Weiss Summer Research with a complex self-portrait. The sketch, which included a serpent wrapped around the top of her head, was one she described as mentally heavy and frustrating. Within a week, she felt burnt out from the weight of the artwork, so she set it aside.
But Raper didn’t quit — she reset.