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.

1. Anna Joy Floresca – 827
2. Diana Martinez – 822
3. Evan Huang – 795
4. Marlyn Castillo – 774
5. Allison Wendell – 736
6. Bowas Yang – 726
7. Celine Phan – 716
8. Nicole Ilagan – 715
9. Antonio Lavermon – 706
10. 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:

• gatov-west
• gatov-east
• merlino-gallery
• werby-gallery
• dutzi-gallery
• soa-courtyard

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

Landscapes with a Corpse, Izima Kaoru.
Koike Kiko wears Gianni Versace, 2004.

Week 10 Activity: Landscapes with a Corpse

This is the last week that Glenn picks the activities. Starting next week, You pick what you’re going to do. For our last “Glenn” project we return to photography. We looked at Photography in Week 2 with our Instagram Activity. That was Social Photography or Relational Aesthetics. This week we’ll try somewhat more traditional photography. But there’s still a twist. We’re imagining our own demise. Landscapes with a Corpse is Izima Kaoru’s twenty-year-long photography project. This week we’ll try a photograph of our own earthly departure in his style. Full detail on the Landscapes with a Corpse page

Galleries, Wk 10

See our Gallery Page!

Points

All points through the end of Week 9 are now up on BeachBoard. Here’s what you should have to be on track for each grade level:
A pace – 454 – 104 peeps
B pace – 403 – 17 peeps
C pace – 353 – 9 peeps
D pace – 302 – 6 peeps
F pace – 301 – 7 peeps

Wk 9 Activity: V-log/ About Me Video from Anna Joy on Vimeo.

Top 10

1. Anna Joy Floresca – 694
2. Diana Martinez – 693
3. Evan Huang – 668
4. Marlyn Castillo – 652
5. Allison Wendell – 615
6. Bowas Yang – 610
7. Nicole Ilagan – 597
8. Quynh Ong – 574
9. Conny Ramirez – 572
10. Connor Bailey – 572

Amir Kiani

Alonzo Urita

Jack Taylor

About Me ART 110 from Jack Taylor on Vimeo.

Conny Ramirez

Welcome to My Website from Conny Ramirez on Vimeo.

Aubrey Delos Reyes

Dominic Erich

Jake Mercadante

Jake Mercadante

Intro to my blog tho from jake mercadante on Vimeo.

Emily Bondoc

Welcome to the #emilystravels blog! from Emily Bondoc on Vimeo.

Diana Martinez

INTRO from Diana Martinez on Vimeo.

Amber Reyes

Angelica Camacho

Allison Wendell

This week Halloween comes early with our “Counterfactual Identity” project. Read the full details on our Counterfactual Identity, Activity Page!

School of Art Galleries

Another full slate of galleries this week. Be sure to add the URL for your Artist & Classmate Conversations. Be sure to use the Correct Tags! Visit the Gallery Page to be sure. Also, here they are:
Wk 5 – Sep 21 – 15

• Photography Symposium – WPcom Tag: csulbphotosymposium
• Mike Lewis, Photography – WPcom Tag: lewis
• Photography Club – WPcom Tag: csulbphotoclub

The Photography Symposium features artwork from local community college faculty and video work from School of Art BFA photography students photography program. Mike Lewis engages with unregulated space in his hometown by displaying it in photographs and found objects. The Photography Club hosts an exhibition thematically centered around connection and disconnection in relation to the internet and internet culture.

Points

Points through the end of Wk4 are now up on BeachBoard. We’ve had 232 possible, and here’s the number of points you should have if you’re on track for each letter grade:

• A pace = 209 – 92 peeps
• B pace = 186 – 28 peeps
• C pace = 163 – 8 peeps
• D pace = 140 – 2 peeps
• F pace = 139 – 13 peeps

Connor Bailey

Top 10

1. Connor Bailey – 327
2. Diana Martinez – 320
3. Marlyn Castillo – 313
4. Evan Huang – 313
5. Anna Joy Floresca – 306
6. Nicole Ilagan – 294
7. Rachel Price – 280
8. Mimi Ly – 276
9. Chris Soerachmat – 272
10. Quynh Ong, Dominic Erich & Alonzo Urita – 271

Stylin’ Websites

• April Gilane

• Jose Lara

• Kiana Lightbourn

• Minyon Spencer

• Evan Huang‘s midnight trip to Joshua Tree!
  

Artist & Classmate Conversations

Lots of great work by many of you. But others are really pushing the limits of short-and-not-saying-much. You’ll notice I’m starting to deduct points. What does good work look like? Check out:

• Alonzo Urita
• Andrew Aragon
• Anna Joy Floresca
• Anthony Diaz
• Antonio Lavermon
• Chris Espinoza
• Diana Garcia
• Emily Bondoc
• Lia Giordano
• Maeghan McBee
• Marlyn Castillo
• Michelle Morte
• Mimi Ly
• Quynh Ong
• Rachel Peng
• Sergio Melendrez
• Yu-Tung Lin

Sublime Iced Tea Experience!

I cast, therefore I am.

Rachel Peng

Plaster Casting

Chris & Chris

Chris Espinoza takes it to a whole other level! Go Experience It!

Greg Violan & Evan Huang

Anna Joy Floresca

Wk 4 Plaster Casting Activity from Anna Joy on Vimeo.

Music: https://soundcloud.com/jameswalkermusic/seaside-ukulele-instrumental

Aubrey Delos Reyes

Jerome Guzman

Kylie Hazehara

Lyna Salameh

Marie Mendez

Marlyn Castillo

Emily Bondoc, Matthew Savedra & Cheyenne Ochoa

By an amazing coincidence Stephen & his FOUR sisters just happened to show up at the exact same beach & time where a bunch of us were doing Plaster Casting Activities! :)

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!

Diana Martinez

Top 10

1. Diana Martinez – 255
2. Marlyn Castillo – 249
3. Evan Huang – 247
4. Connor Bailey – 239
5. Anna Joy Floresca – 238
6. Nicole Ilagan – 236
7. Rachel Price – 222
8. Mimi Ly – 215
9. Dominic Erich – 210
10. 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