Website Purpose

The purpose of this website is for clients, schools, galleries, friends and the like to be able to see my work and know what other projects I am working on.

Art Club

While attending Concordia University I have been very involved with the art department.  I have been the art club president for the past 2 years and during my presidency I have organized many activities including trips off campus (galleries, openings, museums, parties), workshops (leather), a trip to Chicago, collaborations with other clubs (Haunitorium, Knollapolloza), bringing other artists on campus, art sales (Christmas, Knollapolloza), art club sponsored art show, and fundraisers (rose sale).

I have also participated in shows throughout my years in college.

Shows

Concordia Student Juried Show 2008 Sophomore Year

Hopkins Student Show 2008 Junior Year

Art Club Student Show- Blue Violet - Trees – Fury 2010 Senior Year

Political Art Show, Concordia 2010 Senior Year

At Our Core- Solo Senior Exhibition 2010 Senior Year 

Awards

Concordia Student Juried Show Honorable Mention

NCECA 2^nd place DVD cover contest

Work Experience

Concordia University Gallery and H. Williams Teaching Gallery 2007-2010

                - I have spent the past three and half years working for Concordia’s gallery as well and know the basics of running a gallery- hanging artwork, prepping the walls, advertising, promotional work, designing posters/fliers and working with artists.

Sword- Concordia student run newspaper

                -I have worked for a year doing the layout for the Sword. 2009-2010

Paradise Center for the Arts- Faribault, MN

                -teacher assistant for summer art classes 2008, 2009

Travel

Studied abroad in Oxford, England January 2009-May 2009

                -Visited Wales, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Austria

Traveled U.S.: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, California

Trips I organized/helped to organize:     

St. Paul to Chicago March 5-9, 2010

London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague and Vienna: April 3-17, 2009

Website Plan

Plan:

After graduation I was to see as much of the world as I can by either having a job involving travel, or working to pay for my own trips. I also want to continue with art- particularly community and public art.  I would eventually like to go to grad school, but that will be a ways down the road.

Audience:

My website will be for anyone who is interested in seeing my work- I will also use it as my own gallery for prospective shows and clients.

List:

Photos- all the places I’ve taken photos

                -England, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria

                -Minnesota, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina

Paintings- Senior show

Design

                Illustrations: Little Mermaid (other prints?), Illustration I projects

                Graphic: posters, dvd, digital art, website, etc.

Writings- artist statement for senior show

                -schooling

                -shows

                -blog and contact

URLs:

http://www.cliuart.com/

http://www.olafbreuning.com/

http://kevinearltaylor.com/index.html#

http://puppet-show.net/home.html

Nylon Magazine

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Continental Ceramics Show

The two pieces I was most attracted and intrigued by was Bethany Russen’s Went Missing and Slip.  The two pieces are white, unusual objects that are hung on the wall. I have always enjoyed white on white, which was part of the appeal to me. However, I had a little more of an advantage in picking out my piece because I unloaded most of the pieces at the show. Russen’s pieces grabbed my attention the most because of its texture and less traditional take on ceramics.  When I was unpacking the piece what surprised me the most was that when I picked it up a piece of the surface indented from my finger.  This does not usually happen when handling a ceramic piece. After talking with a professor I found out that the ceramic part of the piece was actually inside of it. The outer part of the piece was made with plaster and cloth, which would explain the unusual texture and flexibility of the piece. Along with this unorthodox take on ceramics I also enjoyed the piece for its disturbing simplicity. The shapes of the objects give off an uncomfortable feeling because they are hung on the wall and because the shapes are so unusual. The overall effect- the texture and overly simple, but unusual design of the pieces- was the reason this piece stood out more than the other pieces in the show.  

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Media Evaluation

Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100120_875263.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/gettingstarted/

1a. I have never read this magazine before.

1b. I couldn’t really see myself checking it out anytime soon unless there was a story on the cover that really interested me.  I do have aspirations to own my own business, so I could see myself reading the magazine if and when I decided to begin that.

1c. Business Week is a magazine designed to attract anyone and everyone.  The design is simple using simple, straight forward fonts and simple colors: a lot of black and red, which are dynamic and eye catching colors when combined, however also boring and overused.  Its design is along the line of Time or Newsweek- very generic and meant to distribute the news.  It is actually almost a newspaper in magazine form.  There are photos and highlighted quotes to break up the news stories and the ads are minimal and also fairly generic.  Overall it is easy to navigate, easy to read and the stories were surprisingly relatable.

1d. I love to look at magazines that have good photographs and/or interesting layouts. Some of my favorites are National Geographic (which I also enjoy reading sometimes!), Nylon, Vogue, any high-end fashion magazine.  I enjoy fashion magazines mainly because they give me my fix of seeing beautiful and expensive things. I have no desire to buy them, just to look at them.

2a. It’s fast, endless, accessible at any time and almost any place, entertaining, and it’s another instrument to dull our brains, which will always attract humans.

2b. I use the internet from my home computer and school laptop only. I use the internet for research (music, artists, papers, my own curiosity, art projects, etc.), to keep in touch with people (email/Facebook) and to entertain myself (Youtube, TFLN. I also shop on it occasionally (iTunes, Amazon).

3a. I don’t think print is dead, not yet anyway. Print is still cheap enough and relevant enough to be used quite often. There are still enough people in the world who don’t have access or who just don’t use the internet for print to be relevant- at bus stops, on billboards, magazines, and newspapers.  There are also too many people who just enjoy holding something when they read it instead of killing their eyes looking at a screen all day.

3b. John Griffin- President of the National Geographic Society's magazine group argued that print is not dead and that web is the friend of print, not its killer. He also stated that print is the basis for internet searching and connecting.  He said as well that while public publications on the internet are fine, readers also enjoy a well edited piece of work that they know is accurate and well researched, which is what is found in a printed magazine such as National Geographic.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/101/open-debate-extra.html?page=0,0

4. The most valid and beneficial aspect of the internet is its speed, while the most valid and beneficial aspect of the printed magazine is how tangible it is.  While the internet can get you information at the click of a button, print keeps a person grounded, slows them down enough to look and read and absorb what is in front of them because there are not links to other sources of information blinking at them all over the page.  The biggest thing print can learn from the web is that people want information quickly and that is what they should strive for.  While web can learn the art of a well researched, thorough piece of information that can keep a person on one web page for longer than 15 seconds.

5. The pages of Business Week’s printed version and its web version are pretty similar.  The same generic design ideas are being practiced: photo, story, highlighted quote. Similar colors are being used as well: black, white, gray and red. They also both use similar simple fonts.  The layout for both also have the same idea however the web pages are set up to be scrolled down whereas the printed magazine is set up in book format.  I think the pages look like they belong together.  The simple design, colors and fonts are all the same, just tweaked to fit different formats.

6. The intent of Business Week is to inform their readers on the newest information in business. I think that both media forms print and web, did a good job at this.  The printed magazine is bringing out the newest stories in business and highlights the most important and most widely relevant. The website has a lot more information on it and is categorized into every aspect of business for quick and easy information.  I think that both are achieving their goals. The website is meant for more specific and instant research, while the magazine is much more general and meant for browsing.