01. Why haven’t I been blogging? I’ve been working…here, there, everywhere. The gallery is in transition with a new show, and that’s where about 3.5 days of life went. It’s the annual Student Juried Exhibition and this years juror was Target’s corporate art curator, Lisa Melander. I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with her, as well as attending her lecture and she is a wise and talented MSUM art alum!
We had approximately 150 entries submitted to the juried show, which Lisa whittled down to her 80 selections for the exhibition. Since all the selecting was done with the artists unidentified, she didn’t know that she’d selected both my submissions for the show — when I was in the room! I had to silently contain my excitement, but now I can share it with the blog world. Another exhibit!
Among the selected pieces is Seriously, a 3D text sculpture. You can see it on my website here.
I was scrambling down to the submission deadline to prepare the piece for the show. I actually had to clip the letters apart (they’re made of three pieces: wood, hardware cloth, and steel mesh) to PAINT THEM again, and reassemble them by sewing the pieces back together with clear fishing line. Everything must have worked out in the end because I was accepted! (My second piece in the show is the previously exhibited ‘Rubbish & Bosh’ outdoor sign.)
‘U’ before I sewed it back together in a typographical surgery of sorts. The operation went smooth.
B. FOOD:
BIG cookies that I ate during a studio break:
…and a fellow studio artist’s lunch: cold pizza with imitation bacon strips (she’s also a vegetarian). I found it rather interesting/repulsive, but mostly liked the colors:
III. An art department sign that made me feel a little better:
FOUR: Going out and having fun (when I finally found the time) and immersing myself in environments with people that are possibly in the same situation as me (but probably not):
5: It’s APRIL, which means it’s almost May, which means it’s almost August, which means it’s almost December, which means it’s almost internship time, which means I’m ALMOST DONE.
Seis: Today is the first day not wearing my winter getup (hat, gloves, etc.) and it. Felt. AWESOME.
Here comes the sun.
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First, Congrats!!
Second, today, I scooped dog poo. Sounds gross, but HEY! The snow was melting, the air was…bearably warm and still, and it felt like the first time I had fresh air in three months.
Well, thank you, Rose!
And what a fine day it is to scoop dog poo…! Summer is coming. Hang on!