Michael's personal space project!

URLs

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/pun.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/daily-nexus.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-everyday-action-that-i-decided-to.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/random-act-of-kindness.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-confession.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/05/sequence-narrative.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/05/thursday-flash-mob.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/ucsb-art7a-dodgeball.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/personal-space.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/ucsb-art7a-jersey-girls.html

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/05/48-hours-in-jersey-shore-girl-life.html

ucsb art7a jersey girls

Sorry it took me so long to post this!!! I'm a retarded when it comes to technology lol

saturday: fears and concerns of the class

http://art7a2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesday-march-29-2011.html

I think I was able to over come these insecurities I had at the beginning of this quarter. Critique days are not as dreaded as they use to be . I thought that this class was really god at doing critiques. I always received constructive criticism. This I appreciated a lot. I was able to take the feed back and work with my projects more. I liked knowing if they like my project too. Especially if my art work affected them in a certain way. 

I still think that other students were more creative then I was in this class. This class pushed me out of my comfort zone. I am not a performance artist at all so my mind does not work like that usually with my art work. I feel that most effective projects I created was the secret and the jersey shore girl alternate identity. I feel that these projects helped me get out of my comfort zone. I brain stormed a lot and I think it shows in those to projects. 

last friday blog:Artist and Activist

I would totally take this class! This class sounds awesome.  I like the concept for it and I like the idea of our assignments really being able to make meaning happen within our are projects for the class. I would really push myself to do more instillation art work. With type of class everyone really can make their voice an opinion known and heard. I think that some of the classes we have to take as an undergrad really don't help us with building a great portfolio for graduate school however having this class added to the list of courses we can take I feel would makes all undergrads grow and develop more into artist.

ucsb art7a dodgeball

personal space!

So I decided to set up a dodge ball area behind the Davidson Library on UCSB campus. I had wanted people leaving from class to come play a game with me. I bought four balls and made a t-shirt. My t-shirt said "Dodge my Balls". I thought this would grab peoples attention and they would want to play. I thought that having a poster would not making people look as much as seeing writing on a t-shirt. I got a lot of attention and people saw what I was doing but no body wanted to join in . I would talk to people and ask them to join but I could not get anyone to have some fun. I think that trying to do this during dead week was not affective. I feel that people are really trying to focus this week because they are all stressed the hell out. However I did get a lot of viewers.  From 9:20 to 9:40 the walk paths were packed with people waking by but everyone I talked to was going to class or leaving class o go to another class. I did not feel that my project was effective at all. I could not get participants to join which made me playing a game of dodge ball not happening.
I was really happy that once my classmates came over they were willing and excited to play a game with me. I think they had a great time and had a lot of fun. I wanted to play a game that brings back childhood memories of being on the school playgrounds playing a game of dodge ball. The balls I bought even had cartoon characters on them to play off of the childish theme. I think that if I had the opportunity I would find something better then this to do. I feel that they should have been a better outcome from it that's all.

wed.- free form!

So today was my last day of class for print 14. I completely fell in love with print making this quarter. I am taking intermediate next quarter in the fall and I cant wait to push my projects to the next level. I was very happy with my final project. I spent a lot of time working my idea out. I did a reduction block of six runs through the press machine. I made a total of fifteen prints. I also made a small series of the same image on black paper of just six prints. My final project made  me push myself a lot because i used color within my prints. All quarter I had stuck to using just black and very limited amounts of color. I am really glad I took that risk. I also forced myself to do a reduction block. Which means that at the end of the process my block was completely carved out. I was so scared to do this because when you make a mistake you cant go back to fix it.
My professor really liked my work. I cant wait to explore more themes next quarter and techniques. The print class and paper making class is having a show this friday at 5pm :)