New Journal Due Date

3 page spreads (6 pages total) in your journal will be due Oct 25th.

The next due date is Nov 29th with 6 page spreads (12 pages) due. That will be the last due date for journals for the semester!!

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

Sunday is NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY (for Dallas anyway).

This is an email I received that I thought was more appropriate for you, so I'm passing along the info.

YOU SHOULD GO! YES, I'M YELLING BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEED BACK FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME. Take your journals and your other larger pieces and see what they say about your work.

Here's the letter I got:

As an admissions counselor at Kansas City Art Institute, I would like to invite you to attend the upcoming National Portfolio Day in Dallas on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010.  I, along with two other KCAI representatives, will be in Dallas, and we would be happy to have the opportunity to review your portfolio, hear your ideas, and give you feedback about your work.  We can also provide you with information about the college application process. 

The event will be hosted by School of Visual Arts at the Hilton Anatole and will be held Sunday, October 3rd from 12 PM to 4 PM.  The location is Hilton Anatole, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207.

For additional information about the National Portfolio Day, please go to http://kcai.askadmissions.net/admin/Communications/ClickThru.aspx?qs=jnt2eRJ6yE3T9X8ZZUq0pqrp%2bsVuam0xQ2FDpKRjwzATuO835mapOkZ83gd%2bWAB%2bEuhrq4x0hTnYgUOvtPaMjg%3d%3d.   You may also contact me via email at wtouma@kcai.edu, or by phone by calling 1-800-522-5224.  I look forward to meeting you in Dallas.

Sincerely,

Waseem Touma

Admissions Regional Coordinator

Things Due!

Next week is the last week of the six weeks. Man, time has flown by!

Due Dates: Monday you have a gallery visit/art critique due, Tuesday your journals are due and Friday your in-class project (which you will NOT need outside time for...it's a quick one!) and outside project is due.

I can't wait to see what you've come up with. Happy creating!

Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell has a great website about identity boxes he creates. Aside from getting inspiration from him, he also has downloadable resources for you to print to use in collages! We should thank him for being so generous!

His website is now under the Helpful Resources link.

Journal Resources

Two more new links for good journal resources!

lookatbook.com & Danny Gregory's website.

Great stuff there!

Artcyclopedia

I added an Artcyclopedia link under the "Helpful Resources" tab on the right. Great place for researching all things art related!

Workshop Week

We'll be having "Workshop Week" this week! Don't forget to bring your journals to practice in them.

Get ready to learn some really cool techniques!

New Links

I added new "Helpful Resources" links today...

A New Blog

Here's a new blog I found and added to the list on the right. This is a link to the sketchbook page that inspired me, but click on the banner/logo at the top to go to the recent posts.

lost and found: sketchbook project 2011

And here's her altered book!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43830351@N03/sets/72157622634094442/

College Reps Visiting

We have two colleges reps coming in October to visit our class and talk to you about their school. October 5th we will have  KCAI and on the 6th MICA will be here, so mark your calendars and plan ahead for your in class piece that week.

Great Concept!

Check out this uniqe take on Post-it notes!

This is definitely "design" over "drawing"!

National Portfolio Day

National Portfolio Day is fast approaching! It's a great opportunity to take you portfolio of all your work (including journals/sketchbooks) and have tons of the art schools critique your work. It often provides valuable information for those students who take advantage of it.

How it works: You take yourself and a buddy (or you and your journal + supplies) and your artwork and wait in lines to speak to the schools of your choice. They are all set up at tables in  a large conference room and you pick and choose which school you want to speak to. It's a great opportunity to have them put a face with a name if it's somewhere you KNOW you want to apply to. Plus you can get a better idea of the kinds of works they want to see when you apply...every school is different. You can also see work that other students your age are doing and get ideas and inspiration from them. So please take advantage of this opportunity!

PS...(Take a snack, a bottle of water, and a bunch of patience!)

 When and where:
Sun, Oct 3: Dallas, Texas, Hilton AnatoleHosted by: School of Visual Arts
12:00 - 4:00pm

Welcome!

I'll be posting great links I find and other helpful information for this class. I'll get a calendar on here this week....promise!

Keep working on your journals...it's due in just a couple of weeks! And start brainstorming for your next outside piece due in 3 weeks. I was very impressed with the ones you just turned in! Great job!