Setting up my Senior Studio Blog

At the beggining of the term i forgot to work on this blog post. My original thoughts on my senior studio project were to create a stencil of my friend Isabel with some sort of design in the backgreound. Throughout the course I was always pretty sure of where I wanted my project to go and what I wanted it to look like. I wanted it to be sleek and well put together yet i wanted the bottom layer to be a collage of newspaper.

What is my Plan

I would like to include in the show the stencil I have been working on for the past trimester in senior studio. I will be making a couple copies of the stencil but only including one of the copies. the materials i used include 28" by 22" stone edge paper, newspaper, yes paste and spray paint. I believe my piece would benefit by standing alone or father apart from other pieces of work. I took a picture of the layout but was unable to load it on to the computer. If I could have I would have shown a picture of the way i wanted my peice to be hung.

A Response to the Field Trip

The field trip was very interesting. Being able to learn more about the art/gallery world from Joseph was informative. Going into multiple different galleries and observing the trends in the art scene currently was very enjoyable. The galleries seemed so empty and unvisited due to the economic crisis.

preparing to visit the galleries

I plan on attending Parsons The New School For Design in the fall, do you have any advice for to upcoming artists such as myself and how do artist maintain their style and desire to make art while still attempting to sell it in galleries?

What is the trend in galleries lately and what sells?

Why do certain styles sell at certain times and not others?

Articles about the "Boston art Scene"

over the past year there has been an obvious shift in the Boston art world. A great deal of galleries are closing moving suffering and unable to keep up with the higher rent prices because of the drop in the economy. A great deal of gallery owners are closing or handing down the business to other younger men and women. There is a trend that if people are buying artwork it is simple and less expensive then the artwork they might have perchused before the recession.

Week 3

I have narrowed down the sketched i did and decided to focus on a picture that i took of my friend isabel. I have started making that picture into a stencil and will begin to cut out the pieces shortly. I plan to create a college underneath the stencil in hopes of giving it a somewhat aged and textured look. 

Surviving The Critique

The critique is a critical part of an artist process. Any good creative mind needs someone else to look and examine their work to give them further input into what they could do which there piece and where they could go with their idea. The critique can be helpful to our class by sharing with one another and receiving constructive feedback from people who have not been working on it for a long period of time. According to this chapter and past experiences i can get out of this critique good comments that will help my piece develop further and help to better my art. I can be a helpful participant in my classmates critique by offering constructive criticism and noticing certain things about there work that could be improved. I think the critiquing process is important to young artists.

Alternative Exhibition Format Response

during the remainder of senior studio i am going to be experimenting with spray paint and acrylic paint in stencils and collages. I would like to accomplish a series of portraits with specific designs in the background formatted to fit the persons personality and the situation in which they are in.