Save the Enviroment!

July 19,2010

What can I say about this week? Well this week went by pretty fast. We painted alot and began to get into detail about our Art Gallery.Ex Mayor John Street came and played a game with us which actually had a point to it, he tried to explain how some people have luck, some people have to work hard then others do to disavantages and if you let things get in your way you will not get anywhere. We also did some painting throughout the week. Mines was mostly about recycling.I can feel that the Art gallery is getting near and planning it seems easy but I know when the day comes it will be a fiasco. Due to Murphy's Law "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" so I think we have to work hard and be precise about every detail so nothing goes wrong.

BECOMING PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE

This week was ok, I guess.There was a few interuptions that got in the way of making this week a great week. For example, it rained twice this week and we had portfolio training. Portfolio training was more like a class, we filled out a blank map which tested our geographic skills. I was surprised at how much i did and did not know. I think that class is useful for the future. It will teach us how to be more professional.

CITY LIFE

Today a theme came up during our group discussion for our art gallery. The theme is City Life which will be the base of the our exhibit. Everyone knows there's problems in the city like the economy is bad and there's homeless people and things like that but we want to show the others problems that people don't really pay attention to, like littering, recycling, pollution, ecosystems, abandoned animals and vandalism. Everyone brought there ideas to life by sketching what they thought the mural should look like. I tried to capture a little bit of everything and summarize it into one picture.

Where starting to take the steps to make our art gallery. Its a bit of a challenge because we have to take everything into consideration like finding a place to have it, Who will host it? Who do we want the audience to be? What will be our role?

I dont know what I would want my job to be in this event. I wouldnt mind being the greeter or the person that walks around and make sure everything is going the way it should. I think its gonna be hard finding a host.I dont have anyone particular in mind, Mayor Nutter would be nice or someone with that type of authority.

Magic Gardens! July 8,2010

Today was a very interesting day. We went on South street to visit a house which was more of a exzibit in it self. A Man who bought a house made a mural that went through the house and was able to add to it and show what he believed art was. There was alot of unusal sights that where eye openers. It surprised me that it actually took about 15 years to build it. I dont think I could do that unless I had alot of time on my hand. Over all it was very enlightning to see someone elses vision of what art truely is. It actually gave me some ideas.

July 7,2010

My expirence so far as a intern has been pretty good. Yesterday was a little more chaotic not knowing what profession to choose. It was a little hard to sum it up to my top three choices but I'm happy with the result. I felt as though yesterday was a big ice breaker and people where able to meet new people. I think this will be a good oppurtunity to express my self through art and be able to take a second look at things in my neighborhood and not look at them as scribbles on the wall but look at it as someones art.

Today we took a bit of a tour around temple again. We got a hint of what it is that we will be doing through the program. We got to learn a little bit more about eachother , hopefully towmorrow we will be going to South street to see some art. Im looking forward to taking pictures of what I consider urban art to be and what others consider it to be as well.