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Sooo busy (my life as a checklist) April 2, 2011

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I have never been busier than I am this last semester of my senior year.  Next week I have to get two illustrations done, my book designed, put my portfolio together, my logos printed, prepare for and interview, and build up a portfolio website in flash.  Oh, and resize the billboard I made for the adfed project.  And write four more single spaced pages of fiction which is about the equivalent length of an eight page research paper.

Today is the day to hang the student show.  I went in earlier and got that done. Check.  Seniors get the Weatherhead gallery which is the biggest one and you get a bunch of space and get to hang it on your own to make sure it looks nice and is spaced properly.  I got six of my images in and they all look pretty good with white floating frames.  That was another big check for this week.  I spent pretty much all Monday and Wednesday and then Thursday night making them in our wood shop (which, if you’ve never used it, is exquisite).

Today I am devoting to the last section of my story for my advanced creative writing class.  Since we turn in four times as much fiction as in the first class we are allowed to make bigger works, or smaller works, or any works in between.  The main goal is to teach us about fiction and get us into a writing habit so we can be writers instead of just have a story we wrote one time for some class in college.  My work specifically is longer and will reach the minimum for a novella by the time I’m done with it.  And this might be a bit premature, but I have plans to make the story for this class part one to an even larger–get ready for it–novel.

My class is also going to be putting up a blog that fulfills the “public creative event” requirement of the class.  I will definitely post a link or make a link to it through this blog when we have it up.  We are pretty much just putting up stuff we are proud of or things we’ve written for class.  We thought it would be a good way to keep in touch after class too and share what we have with each other and get feedback.  We can also see everyone’s revised editions at the end of term instead of just the works in progress.

Huff!  Now that that’s been said I’m off to get more things done on my extensive check list.  Here we go.

Student Show Time March 27, 2011

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a work of mine from last student show

Here it comes baby.  By Friday April 1st, all us art people have to have our best work presentable and ready to hang.  Usually around this time of year everyone is feeling the burn.  First you have to get work done for the show, and then you have to frame it, which is time consuming if you do it yourself, and expensive if you pay for custom frames.

But when you’re done, oh goodness.  It’s wonderful to see the work so presentable and polished.  When everything is said and done you stick a label on the back of each piece with all the info: media, title, name, price, and so on.  Then judging happens and the work that is put in the show is picked.  Then little cards are made to accompany the work when it’s hung.  And finally students sign up and help hang all the work.  Ta-da!  It’s show time.

Everyone gets fancy and comes out to see everything-the students-the teachers-family members-friends-dates, everyone.  In fact, it gets pretty crowded.  Funny memory I just had.  I took a friend of mine to a show one year and we both saw Mick Jagger-or at least a look alike.  I saw him another year too.  This year I will bring paper just in case and maybe I’ll get an autograph.

In case you’re interested in seeing all our sweet work and/or Mick Jagger, I took this paragraph from the Saint Francis site to give you all the necessary info so you can come to the show:

“35th Annual SOCA Student Exhibition
April 9, 2011 – May 6, 2011
Opening Reception: April 9, 2011; 6-9pm
Awards Ceremony: April 9, 2011; 7:30pm in the North Campus Auditorium, University of Saint Francis
*The galleries will be closed from Friday, April 22 – Sunday, April 24 for Easter Holiday
This exhibition displays artwork and features musical performances by students studying in the School of Creative Arts. More than 500 pieces are exhibited throughout the Rolland Art Center and the University galleries, specifically the Weatherhead, Goldfish, and Lupke Galleries. Performances by the University Jazz Ensemble will take place in the North Campus Auditorium. The SOCA Student Awards Ceremony honors artists, musicians and scholars for high achievement in the arts and those students who have the best representation in the exhibition.  Scholarships are awarded.”