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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Streakers at WASH
Close your eyes

Table seven's (Hannah, Ollie, Alexandra, Dante, [a little extra help from table 1, Wendy], Katie, and David) second try because the first try...well kind of duded. This is were seconds become firsts. Thanks for making this project easy to grade and funny!












Popsicle sticks play date in Paris!
True madness of a modular nature
Jada please, please bring me as chaperon

This is a serious sample of a blog process post! Go Jada!

First a brief history about popsicle sticks. They were invented by an eleven year old named Frank Epperson in 1905. So they're more than a hundred years old! Before they were "popsicle" sticks, they were "Epsicle" sticks. Epperson came by the idea on accident during a cold winter season. He had left his fruit flavored soda outside on the porch with a stir stick in it, but when it had frozen over and he tasted it, he thought it was a delicious treat. From there it took him 18 years to develop the idea of frozen ice on a stick. Soon it was named Epsicle Ice Pop. Later his children renamed it Popsicle as we know it today. He sold his Popsicle idea to the Joe Lowe Company of New York and Good Humor now owns the "Popsicle Rights."(I got my information from: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpopsicle.htm)

So anyway, here are a few things I came up with while "playing" with my object(s). We had TONS of fun!

 
I listened to my object.. 

As did Zack. Here he is listening to his Q-tips.


Then I smelled it!

I tasted it...gross.


I examined it very closely!

Then we took a much needed nap!

This is the natural form it fell in.

But I had to push it aside. :(
...
After all of this work, me and my sticks decided to have some real fun!
First we went to the beach and watched the sunset. Isn't it beautiful?
Next we went on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. This was so much fun, but we were both sooooo scared! :)
After that we traveled down to Cozumel, Mexico and scuba-dived with the fishes! :D

We ended the day in Paris, France.
What an exciting time we had! :D<


We hope you enjoyed our photos!

Jada's process video part 2
video
We will check back tomorrow Jada!

"If we are to make living art--...


"...and an art of living--we must be willing to stand knee-deep
in the rapids of the human condition,
accepting that life, by its nature, is turbulent, powerful, and mysterious."

Julia Cameron

Monday, February 14, 2011

am so looking forward to see what happens with
your modular MADNESS!

I found the play date pics and today's kicking it into gear very...well, you guys wowed me!

wow on!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Modular Madness PLAY DATE!

 WASHers play with their modules!
Do it before Monday. Document it. Post up!
Sarah chose plate madness.








Now that is some serious repetition and rhythm in a very good way!

WASH up at the Menil Friday

See you in front of the Cy Twombly Gallery of the Menil campus promptly at 11. I would leave Huntsville between 9:15 - 9:30. If you are prone to get lost, leave earlier.

 Cy Twombly Gallery
  1. Download and bring handout.
  2. Dress WARMLY, coat, hat, gloves if you have them. We will be walking between buildings and eating lunch picnic style outside. 
  3. Bring your lunch and a drink.
  4. Bring your Morgue and pencil/pen.
The Menil (main building)

CAMH and MFAH field trip will be Friday, March 11 from 10 am - 3pm.

WASH

2D :: This studio course introduces the studio arts, contemporary art history, theory and technology to the incoming student. It is designed to immerse students in an intense program of researching, interpreting and creating art in the twenty-first century. ART 130 emphasizes the 2-Dimensional Arts but pushes into the 3rd and 4th as well. Its companion courses, ART 131 and ART 132W, support this studio course with lectures, readings, visiting artists and demonstrations.

3D :: This studio course introduces the studio arts, contemporary art history, theory and technology to the incoming student. It is designed to immerse students in an intense program of researching, interpreting and creating art in the twenty-first century. ART 131 emphasizes the 3-Dimensional Arts as well as pushing into the 4th Dimension.

Lecture :: This course introduces the concepts, theories and information for development in ART 130 and ART131, the studio components linked with this visual arts foundation course. It is an arena for students to experience lectures, demonstrations, seminar activities and visiting speakers, as well as the more traditional aspects of the discipline. It is geared towards contemporary visual concerns and uses experimental techniques to expose students to an array of styles and methodologies.

Think bootcamp for artists!