school pride scholarship essay

My school, Oregon College of Art & Craft, is perfect for me. I am going there for a Fiber’s degree, which is a pretty rare degree. There are probably less than ten schools in the Unites States that offers a fibers degree which makes it pretty exclusive! I will get to learn traditional craft skills, such as using a loom, creating my own paper from pulp, and hand dyeing fabrics. I just love the feeling of using my hands to create new original works of art.  I will also learn about sustainability by using recyclable fibers, which is perfect for the location of my school, because everyone in Portland recycles by city law. I want to create new things from used materials and fibers. I will have the opportunity to create interesting sculptures, and also learn how to work with metals. My school has a wood studio for building and wood working. The studio itself looks as if it was built by hand. The room smells of sawdust and hard work. I am so excited to work in a small studio environment with other artists and come up with new projects. I am happy to go to a smaller school rather than a big university because I will get to know my teachers and classmates well. I think it is important to form a connection with your professors because they can teach you so much about the field and they can open new doors for you. I could never sit in a classroom with 500 plus students. That is so boring. Besides, I’m not really into the crazy frat party lifestyle, and I am glad that I can work with other focused determined people. My school is so beautiful; it is in Portland on top of this hill, surrounded by woods and beautiful plants. My school has an organic café that has new interesting items available for lunch everyday, and there is also a gallery and small gift shop available to the public. The gift shop features crafts from former and current students. My school has such a home-y cottage vibe, I love it. I can’t wait to start this semester! My school will help give me the knowledge to start my own line of wearable art, and run my own business. I’m hoping to meet other artists that are interested in collaborating, and to have gallery shows in Portland.

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waiting

Just applied to OCAC, Tyer, UARTS, and CCA!
The thought of moving away is a little frightening, and this process of slowly waiting for my acceptance status is giving me anxiety.

I am having such a blast this summer! St. Pete is poppin. Dubstep shows. Music music music. Door surround projects. I am lovin my life

summertiiiime

Finally! Summer is here and it is more hot and gorgeous than ever. All my hard work has paid off and I scored some A's. Associate's degree in t-minus 2 weeks.

This friday I will be featured in an art show at the West Tampa Center for the Arts! Will feature mostly photography and sculpture and possibly installation. Thanks David Smith for setting this up!!

paper sculpture inspiration

Browsing the web for paper installations for inspiration for my project. Here are my favorites!!

NCECA MADNESS!

I had an amazing experience at NCECA as well as the NCECA exhibits in St. Pete. Though the weather was dreary, Kylyn and I paraded around (we even bought ponchos!) And absorbed as much as we could. Unfortunately, we both forgot our notepads so we scribbled notes on the back of art school brochures.
There was just so much inspiration, as well as competition!
When I look at the work of graduate students, I am awe struck. Will I ever be able to focus on one theme? Will I be able to manipulate my ideas?

Everything is all up in the air. My favorite lecture was about slip casting from rebecca Hutchinson, who described her process of weaving large ceiling installations and dipping them in slip. She fired some massive pieces and hung them from ceilings in galleries, but some pieces were left unfired. Really beautiful work

We were also inspired by Richard Notkin's show at the Holocaust Museum. He is so meticulous and his pieces are so intricate, all with social/political messages relating to war/destruction.

 

ref to pablo picasso and pieta^^^

Anyways, some other faves from the week

exciting news!

I have been referred/offered a (possible) job as a tutor for art history! This would be so awesome, I really am interested in art history, I am doing well in the class and I think I can communicate well with people and make the subject fun. Keeping my fingers crossed for the opportunity!

In other great news, NCECA is NEXT WEEK AHHH!!!!! So excited! We are finishing up the glazing on our door surround project. It is extremely tedious and time consuming..will post pics later.
We just got our Clay around the bay brochures for NCECA echibits/galleries in St. pete, and Charlie Parker Pottery is number 2 on the list, and they used my tree wall piece as one of the images for the front cover!! It's hard to see the images on here..anyways, things are looking good, and I'm extremely busy and stressed.

San Antonio

Dean's graduation was awesome! I never though I could be so moved by military forces..all working together in synchronized movements..marching, chanting. It was all very impressive. He looks sharp, and he has some more respect. It was a nice weekend. Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio is beautiful