Screenprinting in Retrospect

Last week the art club had a lot of fun screenprinting our own t's. Emilee Hunt showed us the ropes, and then we each took a turn screenprinting our own shirt. They came out looking pretty sweet, although the screen started giving us a bit of trouble about halfway through. It was a really fun project, and a neat experience.

Drew Rochotte shows off his new shirt

Ryan Wenrick tries his hand at printing with Kesed Millay standing by

Emma Sanders gets some assistance from Emilee Hunt

Spreading the ink onto the screen

Screenprinting 101

A few weeks ago on October 6th, Emilee Hunt demonstrated the art of screenprinting by showing us some of the designs she had created and screenprinted onto shirts, bags, and other items. It was a really neat process and definitely cool to watch!

Inspired, the art club will be doing their own screenprinting on Tuesday, November 3rd at 9pm. Student Senate has graciously given the art club a budget to work with, so the t-shirts and supplies will be free for students. To reserve your t-shirt, email sauderta@grace.edu, or go to the art club facebook group and accept the invitation to this event. It should be a really neat time.

Our next upcoming event is a Q&A night with our art department professors. Ask them anything!! (Within reason of course) I am in the process of discussing it with them, but it's planned for Tuesday, November 10th at 9pm. Save the date! We are hoping to have it at one of the professor's homes, and I'm sure it will be lots of fun.

Fall 2009 Schedule of Events

(this schedule is tentative, so check out the facebook group for updates)

Tues Sept. 9: Kickoff event! Ice cream and fixin's provided. Start getting to know fellow students who enjoy art! Meet in the Big Studio room in Mount Memorial at 9pm.

Tues Sept. 15: Studio Night! Come, bring an art project or sketchbook... get feedback on your ideas, or brainstorm with other students. Also enjoy music and snacks!

Tues Sept. 22: Come and learn more about a particular artist (it's a surprise!) and try out some of his unique techniques and subject matters!

Tues Sept 29: TBD

Tues Oct. 6: Learn how to screenprint your own t's! Emilee Hunt will be showing us the process... (Cost still being determined but we'll keep it under $10)

Tues Oct. 13: T-Shirts continued! Now that we know how to screenprint those shirts, let's make them our own! Put your creative energy to use, individualizing your art club shirt.

Tues. Oct. 20: Studio Night again! (because it's that much fun) Come, bring an art project or sketchbook... get feedback on your ideas, or brainstorm with other students. Also enjoy music and snacks!

Tues Oct. 27: Fall break... no meeting.

Tues Nov. 3: Q&A time with your art department professors! Ask them anything!! (within reason) Get to know your profs better outside of class. Bound to be a hilarious time...

Tues Nov. 10: Studio Night! Come, bring an art project or sketchbook... get feedback on your ideas, or brainstorm with other students... bring a friend or two! Also enjoy music and snacks!

Tues Nov. 17: TBD

Tues Nov. 24: TBD

Tues Dec. 1: No meeting... Thanksgiving Break!

Tues Dec 8: Last meeting of the year... the annual Christmas Party! Eat snacks, watch a Christmas movie, bring a friend, and make your own ornaments to put on the Art Club tree for posterity!! ;)

Eyes for Easter

UP "CLOSE"

Pollock-esque Fun!

Survival of the Artist

"Just about every spring I’m reminded of the advice I got right as I was getting ready to graduate from college." - Amy Wilson

We know there's a lot of advice for art students out there but how much of it is good advice? This article is about life after graduating college and discusses the myths and provides helpful advice for the graduating artist. Follow the link below for your interest:

http://www.artbistro.com/news/articles/8627-advice-on-surviving-as-an-artist-in-this-economy

En Plein Air: Exhibit Photos

Art Club was proud to present its first exhibit this past Friday the 30th, 2009. Thank you for all of those who were able to come and enjoy. Also, a big thank you to those who entered their works!

Print Magazine

"Print is a bimonthly magazine about visual culture and design. Covering a field as broad as communication itself - publication and book design, animation and motion graphics, corporate branding and rock posters, exhibitions and street art - Print covers commercial, social, and environmental design from every angle. Print explores why our world looks the way it looks, and why the way it looks matters.

They are a four-time winner of the American Society of Magazine Editors' National Magazine Award for General Excellence, most recently in 2008, Print has been honored many times by ASME, the Society of Publication Designers, AIGA, The Art Directors Club, and The Type Directors Club.

I have picked up an issue myself and have enjoyed it more than any other magazine I have looked through for media design and the sort. I highly suggest you go out to your local Barnes & Nobles or Borders and pick one up today. You can visit their website and download past issues to get a feel for yourself what the real world is doing for the design world.

http://www.printmag.com/

Quotes from Interview magazine

"I don't remember the last time I hated anything."

Gedi Sibony

"People say 'the art world' but that's kind of generalizing. I'm not so concerned with it. I just want to hang out with my baby and make art."

Dash Snow

"I used to walk into a room and get on the table and go, 'hee-hah!' I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. You can walk into the studio one day and just think, this is not me."

Damien Hirst

"Sometimes I see irony in the pieces, but it's not the intention ... people have different definitions of irony. I always think of irony as basically something that's kind of surprising, where you can maybe see an unforseen connection to something."

Jeff Koons

Read more on these artists and their latest work in the recent issue of Interview (Dec/Jan 2009) Also visit Interview's site and find out more about up and coming artists all ranging from fashion to photography to abstraction. Who knows, you may like Andy Warhol after all ... http://www.interviewmagazine.com/

Tumblr. Who would have thought?!

Tumblr, a neat freak of a blog site. Sure they have no clue how to spell tumbler, which happens to be a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats. But that, is not the definition we are looking for. Tumblr, in words straight from the writer's mouth, would be the site of all sites. One may be thinking, "this is just another blog site, a place to get lost for hours and hours of reading people's blogs, why waste my time!" Sure you could get lost for hours, but let us not think that way. Blogs are the new portfolio and Tumblr let's you create a blog that suits your personality and style. People surf the net all day and there is always a company who happens to stumble upon your tumblr thanks to a link they found on someone else's tumblr. Your tumblr could even be starred in Artists we love on their site!

All this to say that Tumblr has stumbled across my path and I have ran into some great artists already! Help your career out today and start a tumblr, you may just find out how much it could help you...

www.tumblr.com