Lecture - Sept 21st

                                                        

Candy Depew was the speaker at the lecture on Tuesday. She was born in Cleveland and got her BFA at Kent State University in ceramics, jewelry/metals, drawing and cultural anthropology.  To earn her MFA she enrolled in Tyler School of Art.  She travels around the world to research the decorative arts, ornamental prints, and museum collections.  Also, she showed us clips of her t-shirt designs and jewelry.  This lecture was very interesting and I loved Candy's artwork.

                     

Our assignment was to make three text art pieces in the categories of abstract, representational, and expressive.  The Live, Love piece is my abstract, the face with the curly hair is my representational and the one with the song lyrics to Comfortable by John Mayer is my expressive piece.

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Lecture - Sept 14th

The lecture last Tuesday was done by Peter Hanley. He had an interesting discussion about studios. Sadly, he does not have a studio of his own, but he does have a computer. Also, he discussed how all artists have studios in their heads, everything an artist does starts in their mind. This is very philosophical and very true. Everything I produce as an artist came from my mind, I ponder about a piece of artwork I want to compose and then I take that image from my head and put it on paper.  Sometimes art can be impulsive and you just run with no idea in mind, but the idea had to of been in your unconscious or it could have formulated while you are in the process of that piece of art. His lecture was very interesting and made me think a lot about the steps I take to produce art.

Videos from Class

The videos from class last wednesday were very interesting. I never thought someone would actually take one of my photos from facebook or myspace and put in on a billboard. When becoming a member of facebook and myspace I knew that it is possible for people to steal your photos or drawings, but I never thought it completely through. It's one of those things I thought "That would never happen to me." I think if you are willing to take a photo and put it up on the internet then its fair game for the media or anyone else to take that photo. That's a horrible situation, but you have to know the coinsequences of putting pictures on the web. In the case with the girl who's picture was on the billboard, I feel that the cell phone company didn't do anything legally wrong. It's unethically to take a random person's photo without their concent, but that's just how the world works, not everything is fair.

Professor Glahn

At the lecture held in Tyler last wednesday Professor Glahn, the Assisstant Professor of Critical Studies and Aesthetics specializing in contemporary art history and theory, spoke to us about Bauhaus Art. This school affirmed innovative training methods and a place of production, which brought together some awesome contemporary architects and artists. Bauhaus had a big influence in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and tpography.  I found this type of art to be very interesting and unique.

Life in the City

      Well today I took a trip into the city with my roomie and we had such a good time! The subway was a little difficult to figure out, but luckily we didn't get lost! We got off the subway at City Hall which is such a beautiful placde. The architechture was so amazing I really admire it. We walked around just enjoying the scenery while taking pictures. Also, we ate a FIVE GUYS for the first time. The french fries were so so good. I love the city and the atmosphere, its very excited and there is never a dull moment. I want to see much more of the city this entire year! This was such an awesome project, it gave me an excuse to go into the city and explore!