I figured, since my grandparents would be handing out candy this year, that I should have something festive out; called over my friend Sarah, and we careved the iCarve iPumpkins. They will be lit with glowsticks.
iCarved some Pumpkins
October 29, 2007 at 4:05 pm (Craft time)
Tags: iCarve, iPumpkins, halloween
Artists on NPR
October 26, 2007 at 10:59 pm (news)
Tags: chuck close, jeremy blake, npr
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15637707
Exhibit honors young artist whose star was rising
-Art & Suicide. It’s sad; and perhaps even sadder that Jeremy Blake and his girlfriend felt they had no other choice but death. At the time of posting this, the story isn’t on the web, so I haven’t had a chance to listen. Futhering the stereotype of the sensative, depressed artist is something I’m not too happy with, as the idea of depression being ‘normal’ for artists (or a fear of the drugs that can be used to help combat it) can sometimes get in the way of them seeking effective treatment from professionals.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15660759
Chuck Close celebrated in dance and print
-I caught this one while driving to work today; missed the tail end of it, but what I did hear, I liked; tidbits included information on people he idolized and his early years as an artist. I will say that most of his later work does lose a lost of it’s impact in the transition from epic canvas to a tiny picture in a book. They are HUGE.
What goes into a show? - In the Beginning
October 25, 2007 at 9:49 pm (Creative Process)
Tags: books, Making a Show
By our senior year, we knew it was coming. It being the Big Senior Show, a showcase of our artistic creations of the past four years, where we would strut our stuff. This dull bit of foreknowledge made utterly no difference in my reaction to the announcement that we would finally be discussing it and figuring out stuff for OUR senior show: I was floored. Knowing something will happen sometime in the dim and fuzzy future, and having that event seemingly suddenly placed in the ‘now’ is frightening, and exciting.
The Art Majors of the class of ’04 gathered together, stared at eachother, and that first meeting, we realized we had utterly no clue what we were doing. We did not panic. We came up with a rough outline of things we would need for the show –artist statements, food, statements & publicity, and a timeline for getting things done. Than, we exchanged e-mails, and went home- or to the nearest coffee shop to think.
After I’d drowned my panic with sweet mochas made with fair-trade beans, costing more money than I probably could justify, I checked my bookshelf, and pulled out what would be my guide for the Senior Show:
How to Survive & Prosper as and Artist, by Caroll Michels. Following it was a copy of the Art Marketing 101.
What goes into a Show? - Intro
October 18, 2007 at 3:13 pm (Creative Process)
Tags: Making a Show
In 2004 at Hope College, my fellow Senior Art Majors and I put together an art show. It was an insane amount of work, but also a lot of fun, and an experience that has stayed with me. I will admit to feeling daunted, especially when the project was dropped in our laps, but once we figured out where we wanted to go with it, things weren’t that bad. The first ’serries’ in this blog will be focused on that- what my peers and I went through, things we did that I liked, and things I wouldn’t mind changing if I ever had a chance to do things over.
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