Well, I have finally decided to re-apply for graduate school. Leave it to me to make last minute decisions that involve deadlines. The running list in my head of schools to which I am going to apply are as follows:
-UNC Greensboro
-UGA
-UF
-The Art Institute of Chicago (it's a long shot, but why not?)
-an international art academy in Italy
Lofty ambitions? We'll see. I'm not too worried about reaching deadlines because I have my images, artist statement, resume, etc. all ready to go. Other than filling out applications, this weekend was amazingly non-productive.
A representative from the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens will be conducting the first of two outreaches at our school this week....which means that she is teaching the lesson while I play art-helper. It'll be nice, for a change. This outreach visit is part of a foundation through the Cummer that has been funded by the Weavers of Jacksonville (owners of the Jacksonville Jaguars). They selected about 9 schools in Duval County to participate in this program which involves field trips for the entire school---the Weavers pay for the trips, the buses, free family passes for all students, the outreach visits, art supplies, and the list goes on. Pretty amazing!! It excites me that members of our community consider the visual arts important enough to implement a foundation like this. They could have donated the money to so many other organizations.
So I don't forget, I have been brainstorming ideas for a graffiti project for the kids. Our school has sidewalks galore; so my thought is to designate two students to each square upon which they will draw their own tags of their names in colored chalk. I'm thinking about doing this at the beginning of the semester in January to kick things off.
10 more school days until Christmas break. I'm ready for it.
2 comments:
I am excited to hear that you are applying to graduate schools again! I think it's great for you to apply anywhere you may want to go - you never know what may happen.
The graffitti project sounds like a great idea. It's not something that I ever remember being presented to me in any art class. Graffitti has always been completely fascinating to me because it is the most publicly viewed art on a daily basis, can be layers upon layers and is constantly evolving and being replaced by new graffitti.
Good on you for the graduate school...and I agree...good timing, no rush haha.
As to what I said earlier it seems that no matter what side of the fence you are on, when it comes to school both the teachers and students count the minutes and days till its over. That just confirms everything I have thought about school since 4th grade....oddly enough the same grade I met you....hahahaa.
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