All points through Week 12 are now up on BeachBoard. We’ve had 696 points possible so far, and here’s what you should have by now to be on track for each grade level:
A pace = 626 points – 98 peeps
B pace = 556 points – 22 peeps
C pace = 486 points – 8 peeps
D pace = 416 points – 6 peeps
F pace = 415 points – 7 peeps
Overall class GPA (so far) = 3.4
DIY Constellation Pin- Wk 12 Activity from Anna Joy on Vimeo.
Top 10
- Anna Joy Floresca – 909
- Diana Martinez – 903
- Evan Huang – 874
- Marlyn Castillo – 844
- Bowas Yang – 801
- Allison Wendell – 801
- Antonio Lavermon – 788
- Nicole Ilagan – 785
- Conny Ramirez – 778
- Yesenia Chavez – 763
- Dominic Erich – 763
ePortfolio Presentations
On Tuesdays so far we’ve used our time to talk about the week’s Activity, and to look at some of the strong Activities from the week before. Now that we’ve completed our Activities for Fall ’14 we can use the last Tuesdays to let you optionally present your ePortfolio for extra credit. A strong presentation of your ePortfolio is worth up to +30 EC.
NOTE: You can only present YOUR EPORTFOLIO — that is, you CAN NOT show a website of Art110 work. We want to see your Aerospace Engineering or Nursing or Marine Biology or Fashion Merchandising website. And yes, you can show ePortfolios for things other than your major, like your Band, your Zine, your Classic Car Restoration, your Cosplay, your Sports Blog, etc etc. Most of the time these “hobbies” are just that, extra things in life that aren’t your “career.” But sometimes they can overlap. Maybe that hiring manager at that awesome Aerospace Engineering Firm likes you because they’re impressed with the detail of your Car Website. And even though an activity like Cosplay is mostly lighthearted fun, people like Yaya Han have turned it into a full-time income.
Signups will be open through 1pm this Thursday, Nov 20th.
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Activity “Grades”
74 of you chose to do the optional evaluation of our 12 Activities for Fall 2014. Here’s your Up Votes, Down Votes, and Totals for our 12 Activities:
- Painting +47 -13 = 34
- Plaster Casting +37 – 14 = 23
- Your Turn +21 -0 = 21
- Instagram +26 -10 = 16
- Corpse +24 -11 = 13
- Web Design +5 -0 = 5
- Teach One +6 -6 = 0
- ePortfolio +10 -16 = -6
- Drawing +15 -26 = -11
- Kickstarter +12 -32 = -20
- CFID +9 -31 = -22
- vLog +4 -26 = -22
You really liked Painting, Plaster Casting, and Your Own Choice. You really disliked Kickstarter, CFID, and vlogging. I can’t promise I’ll cancel all 3 of those projects for next semester, but I do promise to cancel at least 1 of them, maybe more. We’ll discuss it in class today.
Galleries This Week
Drawing and Painting, BFA Exhibition- Gatov East & West
The Drawing and Painting BFA Exhibition features work from graduating Drawing and Painting BFA students.
Nora Ayala, Printmaking – Merlino Gallery
Nora Ayala depicts body image and objectification through printmaking techniques.
Brittnee Forline, BFA Metals – Dutzi Gallery
Brittnee Forline’s BFA exhibition features metal works referencing a personal desire for a life of fantasy.
Kelsey Zwarka, BFA Ceramics – Werby Gallery
Kelly Zwarka’s BFA exhibition showcases abstracted biomorphic forms that range from small to large-scale.
Gallery Tags
Don’t forget our new, easier tags for your artist conversations! Instead of tagging a different artist each week, let’s just tag the gallery it was in. This way you can already know the 6 tags to cover all the work you’ll look at:
Allison Wendell
Evan Huang
Justin Toguchi
Spray Paint Art with Justin Toguchi
Diana Martinez
HOW TO MAKE A STENCIL from Diana Martinez on Vimeo.
Denzel Belleza
Chris Espinoza
Antonio Lavermon
]]>Let It All Go- Dominic Erich from Connor Bailey on Vimeo.
Activity: Your Turn
We’ve been saying a bit about this last activity in class for a few weeks now, so hopefully you’ve started thinking a little about it. The best way to learn anything is to teach it to someone else. After doing activities for the past 11 weeks, now it’s your turn to teach! Full details on the Teach One activity page!
I give a bunch of examples of Art Ideas and Art Techniques that you could teach on that page. And remember, it’d also be really cool if you taught something about one of the SOA artists you really liked from the galleries this semester.
EC: Post #4
As I’m sure you know, this week, week 12, is our last week of Activities and our last week of 3 posts. Starting next week you’ll still have 2 conversation posts due, but that’s it, just 2 posts a week for the last3 weeks. So since it’s the last week of 3 posts, why don’t you do 4 posts!?
Extra Credit: Activity Feedback!
Now that you’ve done, or will have done, all 12 activities, I’d really like to get your feedback on them. If you’d be willing to do a 4th post this week, Week 12 – Activity Feedback and tell me:
- Your 3 favorite activities this semester, and a few words about why
- Your 3 least favorite activities this semester, and a few words about why
- Any other feedback on the class – fun? boring? easy? hard? relevant? irrelevant? useful? useless? etc
- What could make the class better?
I’ll be grateful for your feedback, you’ll help design a better class for next semester, and I’ll give you 12 points of EC for the extra post.
Scaffold Thingy, SOA Gallery Courtyard
Jack & Corinne!
OMG how awesome is this! You know that scaffoldy thing in the SOA Gallery Courtyard? Jack & Corinne have volunteered to do a dance piece on or around it for us next Thursday, Nov 20, at 11:30am! And they need your help too! They might be able to use a few more cast members. If you have dance experience that’d be cool, but they might be able to work with a few “pedestrian” movers or extras also.
And documentation of course. Photography. Video. Maybe a writer? Illustrator? Zineographer? Oh, and probably some audio too. (talk to me about volume level!)
Not only can you help them create this awesome piece, but you can even get paid for participating! I’ve given Jack & Corinne a “budget” of 200 points for their production. They can “pay” themselves, and anyone they take on to participate out of that. After the performance they’ll give me a list of how they’d like the 200 points distributed.
Interested? Chat them up!
Points
All points through Week 11 are now up on BeachBoard. We’ve had 638 points posted so far, and here’s what you should have to be on track for each grade level:
574 points = A pace = 98 peeps
510 points = B pace = 18 peeps
446 points = C pace = 10 peeps
382 points = D pace = 8 peeps
381 points = F pace = 7 peeps
In spite of the enormous number of “A’s”, the class GPA is “only” 3.3 – those D’s & F’s can really drag the GPA down. BTW the A’s, B’s & C’s are almost identical to last week, but unfortunately 3 peeps have slid from D pace to F pace this week. It’s really the home stretch now and I urge you to turn work in and maintain or improve your grade. For a few of you with extremely low points it’s probably too late now. If the SOA will still let you, you might be better served by dropping at this point. For all of you at the top of the grading alphabet – congratulations! Awesome work!
Top 10
Project 757: A Modern Haiku Adventure from Anna Joy on Vimeo.
Everyone who’s doing their best in Art110 is a “superstar,” but in terms of points, it seems fair to say that Anna & Diana are our “points superstars.” Last week our superstars both made very personal videos that expressed a range of feelings. They were both complex, but you might say that Anna’s tended a bit more to the light, and Diana’s tended a bit more toward darkness. And hmm… aren’t those the colors they each mostly wear?
PARADOXICAL SENTIMENTS from Diana Martinez on Vimeo.
- Anna Joy Floresca – 827
- Diana Martinez – 822
- Evan Huang – 795
- Marlyn Castillo – 774
- Allison Wendell – 736
- Bowas Yang – 726
- Celine Phan – 716
- Nicole Ilagan – 715
- Antonio Lavermon – 706
- Connor Bailey – 698
Being Generous?
Some of you were kind of nervous about asking classmates or artists for conversations the first week or two. A few of you might still be, but I think after all these weeks many of you have gotten past that initial fear. The great thing about asking classmates to have a conversation is that everyone’s in the same boat – they already know what your needs are, and they also have that need themselves – so I think we’re pretty sympathetic to each other. The artists too, know you’re coming and actually they really look forward to conversations with you. So the good news is, it’s mostly easy to startup these conversations.
But I’ve also heard that some of you are less generous with your classmates. Maybe you already did a conversation and someone else wants to talk to you. It’s already 11:30, and really, how much time are you supposed to put in on one class!
Oh, wait, this isn’t even “homework,” it’s class time! When-how-why did leaving class at least 30 – 45 minutes before it’s over become a requirement? Here’s the crazy thing: you are paying a lot of money to be there… I’m not paying anything, I’m getting paid to be there. So, shouldn’t it me me who wants to leave and you who wants to get every minute of you’re money’s worth?
Of course I know life is busy and the demands on your time are many, but with a courtyard filled with artists, art, and 100+ classmates, it should be a really engaging place. And it is, BTW! This isn’t meant to be a big rant, just a small request to remember to be generous with your classmates. You don’t have to talk for half hour, but give them 10 real minutes. Be there. Be invested in the conversation. Look at some of the art together and discuss is. And if this is your 2nd or 3rd classmate conversation of the day – lucky you! – you get to have a richer CSULB experience with your peers. You can get facts from online courses and online resources, but you can only meet the people you’ll share the future of California and the world with by showing up and being engaged.
Thanks for your generosity to each other everyone!
Minyon Spencer & Shannon Choi
Whisper Challenge from minyon spencer on Vimeo.
Conny Ramirez
Galleries This Week
Timothy Cooper, BFA Ceramics – Gatov West
Timothy Cooper presents large-scale slip cast ceramic objects juxtaposed with multiple cast concrete objects in his BFA exhibition.
Michelle Thompkins, MFA Illustration – Gatov East
Michelle Thompkins’s MFA exhibition features a progression of images that express the evolution of one girl’s perceptions of the world throughout the course of a day.
Kiyomi Fukui, Printmaking – Merlino Gallery
Kiyomi Fukui exhibits an installation depicting the process of decomposition in the greater life cycle.
Lacy McCune & Angie Samblotte, Illustration – Dutzi Gallery
Lacy McCune and Angie Samblotte display drawings informed by subtle visual events of everyday routines as well as the undeniable significance of banality.
Cynthia Herrera, MFA Photography – Werby Gallery
Cynthia Herrera’s MFA exhibition features a sculptural installation and archived media from a project that had engaged the community of Riverside, CA.
Gallery Tags
I know I keep bugging you guys to tag your artists. It’s really important. It’s the only way we have to thank them for sharing months and years of their work with us. PLEASE TAG YOUR ARTIST POSTS!!!
I also know it can be a little confusing keeping track of which tag to use, so starting this week, Wk12, and for the rest of the semester let’s try a new tagging scheme for your artist conversations. Instead of tagging a different artist each week, let’s just tag the gallery it was in. This way you can already know the 6 tags to cover all the work you’ll look at:
Talk To The Artists!
Some of you are not bothering to have a conversation with the artist. It’s true we have had a lot of group shows and shows where the artist is unfortunately not there this semester. But I’m also seeing posts where you didn’t talk to the artist even though s/he was sitting right there. Seeing the art is great, but I’ve asked you to take advantage of this special opportunity and have a conversation with the artist. These artists are mostly about your age, live in your city, and go to your school – it’s a priceless chance to learn about the many ways your peers are perceiving your world. TALK TO THE ARTISTS!
Yesenia Chavez
Evan Huang
Corinne Sampson
Tony Lavermon
Sims 2 Demo – My Body, Your Body from Antonio Lavermon on Vimeo.
Steven Lozano
David Aceves
Connor & Dominic
After mastering the past 10 Activities you’re ready to design a special Art Activity just for yourself. Try something new! Try something meaningful. Challenge yourself. Have fun! Visit the Activity 11 – Your Turn page for full details. If you want help figuring anything out, be sure to ask me! Right behind the Gatov Gallery is the Art Store and we can go visit if you want to know about Canvas or Gouache or any other sort of art material.
Social Production
You can do any art activity you like for Activity 11. By yourself or in a group. But I’d like to encourage you to think about “Social Production.” Here’s a really impressive example of it, and then some ideas about it:
Points
All points through the end of Week 10 are now up on BeachBoard (I still have some of your messages re late posts to look at) We’ve had 580 points awarded so far, and here’s what you should have to be on track for each grade level:
522 points = A pace = 97 peeps
464 points = B pace = 20 peeps
406 points = C pace = 10 peeps
348 points = D pace = 10 peeps
347 points = F pace = 4 peeps
Anna Joy Floresca
Top 10
- Anna Joy Floresca – 761
- Diana Martinez – 759
- Evan Huang 730
- Marlyn Castillo – 712
- Allison Wendell – 676
- Bowas Yang – 668
- Celine Phan – 658
- Nicole Ilagan – 657
- Antonio Lavermon – 638
- Conny Ramirez – 634
- Connor Bailey – 634
Elizabeth Banuelos
Cheyenne Ochoa
Marie Mendez
Antonio Lavermon
Evan Huang
Tyler Hirata
Kianna Lightborn
Connor Bailey
Conny Ramirez
CitizenFour
The documentary about Edward Snowden, CitizenFour, came out on Friday. It’s currently playing in Pasadena. I strongly encourage you to see it. For many of you Snowden might be a hero; for others he might be a criminal – your ideology will be your own, but whatever you believe, his work is at the heart of the culture of your time. Your parents and I are creatures of the 20th century, but the 21st century is your time and while everyone in this class will have a different opinion, it’s essential that you’re informed about the issues and ideas of your century.
On a related note, the documentary about Aaron Swartz, The Internet’s Own Boy came out a few months ago. Again, it contains fundamental ideas about the culture of your time. Again, whether you consider him a hero or a criminal, I urge you to be informed about the ideas of your century.
Documentaries
These 2 documentaries are a good moment to think about documentaries in general. Some of you will go on to be filmmakers. Almost all of your are film watchers. Sure sometimes you’re tired and just want to relax with Guardians of the Galaxy or The Avengers. But so much of mainstream film exists in a narrow range. Documentaries can inform, inspire, create change, and yes, even entertain. To our future filmmakers I’d encourage you to think about making documentaries. And to all of us who watch films, consider watching documentaries. They don’t have “Hollywood Budgets” for advertising, so you’ll hear less about them, but they’re out there and I believe they can enrich your life beyond simply one night’s entertainment.
A few years back PBS did a commercial for themselves. They showed vistas of wheat fields and skyscrapers. The tag line at the end was,
There are a million stories in the streets of the cities that we never finished building. And we intend to tell them all.
Marie Mendez
Wk9: Vlogs
Last week we worked on ePortfolios and this we’re creating a “Hi, it’s me! Welcome to my website!” vlog to put on our “About” or “About Me” pages. Full details on the Vlog Activity Page.
Points
All points through the end of Week 8 are now up on BeachBoard. We’ve had 464 points possible so far and here’s the number you should have now to be on track for each grade level:
418 points = A pace – 103 peeps
371 points = B pace – 18 peeps
325 points = C pace – 6 peeps
279 points = D pace – 7 peeps
278 points = F pace – 9 peeps
Top 10
- Diana Martinez – 628
- Anna Joy Floresca – 625
- Evan Huang – 606
- Marlyn Castillo – 594
- Allison Wendell – 553
- Bowas Yang – 550
- Mimi Ly – 548
- Celine Phan – 539
- Nicole Ilagan – 536
- Connor Bailey – 527
ePortfolios
Lots of nice work last week! Here are a few samples:
President Conoley’s blog
1st Person? Or 3rd Person?
Allison put up a nice “About Me” on her site. She wrote it in 3rd person.
It’s always a question whether to write about yourself in 3rd person or 1st person and people make both choices all the time. For sure it’s YOUR choice!
3rd person does have a certain authorial or definitive quality, but ultimately it feels detached and sometimes a little weird when “I tell you that Glenn is a smart and wonderful person”. In my own opinion, 1st person is stronger. It’s more direct, more connected, and perhaps more honest. It feels more conversational with your reader.
Another question I’ve spent way too much time thinking about is, as an interviewer, if your questions should be phrased “tell us” or “tell me”. Tell us has a nice democratic quality, in that you’re not trying to be Interviewer-God, you’re just the audience member who happens to be asking the questions, so you ask the interesting guest to “tell (all of) us” about something.
In the end though, I think “tell us” has the same disconnected, affected quality. I find “tell me” to be more direct, active, and connected. If your interview is compelling, the audience will be plenty happy to hear the interviewer ask “tell me” of the interesting guest.
Again, I don’t want to press this too hard, since plenty of peeps do prefer to write in 3rd person, but in my judgement, we’re not writing obituaries here! 1st person is more active, connected, and dynamic. It lets YOU talk about YOUR PASSION. And whether you’re trying to be a screenwriter, a fashion merchandiser, a vintage car restorer, an awesome cosplayer, a passionate marine biologist, a rockin band, or anything else, that active and connected communication is almost as important as the thing you do so well. It’s the way you bring people into your world and get them to hire you, play with you, support you, etc. IMHO. 
Wk9: Galleries – Oct 19-23
Restart
curated by Bethany King, – Gatov West – TAG: king
Restart expresses the impact of spirituality on art. Featured artists express Jesus’s influence on their lives through mixed media works.
Salon des Refusés
curated by André Stevenson – Gatov East – TAG: stevenson
Based on the 1863 salon of the same name, “Salon des Refusés” (“Exhibition of Rejects”) is an exhibition of rejected or unfavorably criticized work from all School of Art disciplines at CSULB.
Christine Hudson
BFA Ceramics – Merlino Gallery – TAG: hudson
Christine Hudson presents an interactive installation of numerous handmade porcelain teeth in her BFA exhibition.
Heather Hassenbein
BFA Ceramics – Dutzi Gallery – TAG: hassenbein
Heather Hassenbein’s BFA exhibition features wall-mounted works that reflect natural and abstract themes.
Sculpture Program Group Exhibition
Werby Gallery – TAG: csulbsculpture
The Sculpture Program Group Exhibition is self-organized and features artwork by the BFA Sculpture program.
ARTIST TAGS
Hi guys, I want to remind you to be sure to use the Artist Tag on your post each week. That tag is the ONLY WAY we can really say “thank you” to your peers, the CSULB Student Artists who came in early to open just for us, and also for their months of work preparing their exhibition. A LOT of you are missing Artist Tags and it’s really not fair to the artists.
Last week we had 3 shows. In Gatov West, Gatov East, and Werby was the CSULB SOA “Advancement Show.” In Dutzi was a printmaking exchange show. And our one Solo Artist Show last week was Brian Davis in Merlino.
Advancement tag: csulbmfa – 34 tagged posts
Printmaking tag: csulbprintmaking – 16 tagged posts
Brian Davis tag: davis – 7 tagged posts
Thank You! To the 57 of you who tagged your artists! Unfortunately that means 86 of you did not tag an artist for week 8. PLEASE DO IT THIS WEEK!
WHAT’S AN “ADVANCEMENT SHOW”?
In the arts, like Fine Art or Dance or Theatre for example, there isn’t the “academic” degree of “PhD.” Instead the “terminal degree” (highest you can go) is the MFA (master of fine arts). So artists can get a BA or BFA and then just as some history or philosophy majors get an MA and then a PhD, while others just go straight to the PhD, artists can get an MA and then an MFA, or just go straight to the MFA. When you’re in an MFA program, maybe halfway through, you have to “Advance to Candidacy”. “Advancing” means that the School is approving what you’ve done and where you’re headed and you can now work on completing your thesis. Again, in “academic” disciplines your thesis is typically a long written work, but in the arts it is typically a thesis Art Exhibition, Dance Concert, etc.
When we see an “MFA Show” or “BFA Show” in the galleries, that exhibition is the presentation of the student’s graduate or undergraduate thesis to the university and wider community. As you’ve seen, the galleries also have “Group” shows, like Photography Club or Printmaking Exchange. And there are also “non-degree shows,” by both grad students and undergrads. A “non-degree show” is just a way of saying that it isn’t their “Thesis Exhibition,” instead it is some work or some progress toward a thesis exhibition that they’d like to show.
Money!
Asian Cultural Council – Individual Grants
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) provides funding for artists and scholars who seek to grow in their craft or field to conduct research and study, receive specialized training, undertake observation tours, or pursue non-commercial creative activity in the United States or among the countries of Asia.
Deadline: 11/01/2014
asianculturalcouncil.org/apply/individual-guidelines
asianculturalcouncil.org/our-programs/individual-grants
[email protected]
No, Art110’s “Brittany Binder” is not the fashion model from Sugar Land, TX, but she’s the only “Brittany Binder” I could find a photo of. So here’s the wrong “Brittany Binder,” and I’ll try to have a photo of the right one for next week.
INTRODUCING BRITTANY BINDER
Brittany Binder is going to join me in looking at your collective 429 posts each week! Brittany is a 2nd year graduate in the CSULB SOA Art History program. She’s actually working on TWO degrees, or to be more precise a degree and a “certificate.” She’s working on an MA in Mexican-American Art History and also a Certificate in Museum Studies. I’m not sure if her schedule will allow it, but perhaps she can come say “Hi” in UT-108 on a Tuesday, or spend a few minutes with us at the SOA Galleries on a Thursday. As you might know, in addition to all the Art Galleries at the SOA, there is also the “University Art Museum” (UAM) down on the other end of campus by the Horn Center & the Business Department. Brittany is working on a show that will open at the UAM later this semester. Perhaps we can arrange an opportunity for you to go down, see the show, have a conversation with Brittany, and blog about it for extra credit.
Anyway, I mostly wanted to let you know that Brittany is joining us and I’ll take the liberty of saying on behalf of all of you, Welcome Brittany!
]]>KS for SFSH (Art 110/Wk 3 Activity) from Anna Joy on Vimeo.
Kickstarter Videos
A lot of great project pitches from so many of you! Here are a few on this page. One small but important detail that a lot of you overlooked is that on group projects you didn’t list your partners full names and give links to their websites. I can’t stress how important this is on so many levels. Please be sure to check these “small” details!
Points on BeachBoard
Your points through Wk 3 are now on BeachBoard. Please be sure to check yours! We’ve had 174 points possible so far. If you have 157 or better, you’re on “A” pace. If you have 103 or less, you’re on “F” pace. Here’s the breakdown so far:
157 points – A – 99 peeps
139 points – B – 23 peeps
122 points – C – 7 peeps
104 points – D – 3 peeps
103 points – F – 11 peeps
14 peeps have a perfect 174 points! And 60 peeps have more than 174! Great job almost everyone! But if you are at the bottom end of the scale, now’s the time to take action. Need help? Ask me! Need to get serious? Just do it! Need to drop? This week is better than next week!
Top 10
- Diana Martinez – 255
- Marlyn Castillo – 249
- Evan Huang – 247
- Connor Bailey – 239
- Anna Joy Floresca – 238
- Nicole Ilagan – 236
- Rachel Price – 222
- Mimi Ly – 215
- Dominic Erich – 210
- Christopher Soerachmat – 210
Connor Bailey
“Couch Potato” – Indiegogo Promo from Studio J on Vimeo.
The pitch video for our short film's crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.
Quynh Ong
Lyna Salameh
Lia Alessandra Giordano
Kim Tang
Jonathan Garcia
Diana Martinez, Conny Ramirez & Allison Wendell
Kickstarter – Golden State Of Mind from diana martinez on Vimeo.
Plaster Casting
Welcome to Week 4 and our Sculpture Experience. In Wk1 we made websites. In Wk2 we played with Instagram. In Wk 3 Kickstarter. It’s already Wk4, and we go to a school called The Beach, and as you might have noticed, it’s a million degrees outside, so it seems like time we should have a project to go to the Actual Beach! Here it is!
Full Details on the Art110 Plaster Casting Page!
PS: It seems like a lot of you are not reading the weekly Activity pages. The have all the details on the project & your blog post. Be sure to visit them!
Christopher Soerachmat
Marlene Gonzalez
Maeghan McBee
Antonio Lavermon
KickStarter Vid from Antonio Lavermon on Vimeo.
Anthony Diaz & Andrew Aragon
Corinne Sampson & Jack Taylor
Amir Kiani
Adriana Macias
Kickstarter Film Festival @Griffith Park
The Effect of KSFF LA 2014 on My Dad from Anna Joy on Vimeo.
Michelle Morte, Jack Taylor, Diana Martinez