Sep 26, 2008

Honest to Blog.

This is a painting I did a few months ago for my high school. Part of the tradition there was that any art student who took an art class all four years of high school was allowed to paint a mural on the school wall, kind of cool. I did this piece on the left. One thing I like to do is give plant-life human characteristics. If plants and such were able to interact with us more, I think people would think twice before cutting down forests or throwing their garbage carelessly on the ground. The human limbs replacing the tree limbs give a sense of feeling to the tree. It is able to feel when someone is cutting it or setting fire to it, and in theory it would bleed the same way a human arm would bleed.
The flowers with eyes at the base of the tree can see what people are doing to their enivironment. I gave them eyes because a lot of emotions can be read from a persons eyes. This is meant to show that plants could possible have emotions and to somehow make people feel guitly for destroying them.
I personally think the concept of this painting is pretty cheesey; although, i did have fun making it. I had a very short time period to work on this so i did not get to put as much thought and detail into the painting. The cliff in the back is actually a painting that i have already done, the original of it was more close-up. I threw it in there just for filler space. That's pretty much it. Let me know what you think. thanx for checking out my BLOG!

Sep 17, 2008

GO LIVE! Attend this free workshop

GO LIVE!
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
6-7 PM @ ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM

Attend this free workshop to get Information on starting your own Web site, necessary software, design and content tips. It's a great place for information if you are ready to take those first steps to bring your
artwork into the World Wide Web.

Instructor: Melissa Seipel | Location: RAM Funderburg Gallery
Cost: FREE
To register for classes call Stacey Sauer,
RAM Education Coordinator, at 815.972.2874.

Rockford Art Museum
711 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103
DIRECT 815.972.2877
fax 815.316.2179
mseipel@rockfordartmuseum.org
www.rockfordartmuseum.org

Great KC Library Resource

For your research papers, research projects or general interest.

Grove's Art Online
articles and images on all aspects of the visual arts.

You will need to scroll down the list of e-resources until you see the Grove's link.

If you log in from campus, you automatically have access. Please contact the KC library for the username and password to log in from off campus.

Blog Cleaning

Hi!
We are only allowed to have 100 authors for this site and it has frozen us from inviting more students to participate as authors.  Since we do not know who some of the authors are via the email addresses, we decided to delete all non st.kishwaukeecollege.edu addresses.  If you would like to have author capabilities reinstated, please email your instructor and it will be done.

Cheers,
Management (hee hee)
Miles and C-L

Sep 8, 2008

DeKalb Gallery Closes

The DeKalb Gallery has officially closes as of Sept. 6th, 2008.
When I was a child, I used to enjoy going downtown for dinner. After dinner, my family and I would always stop inside our favorite small-town art gallery to see local art in-person. The gallery I used to visit is called Lancaster Galleries, and resides in Lancaster, PA. I would study the pictures to see what the artists were up to and think about my future place in society as an artist.  I would ask how I might improve so that one day my work would be on exhibit. It was one aspect of many that helped enrich my appreciation and dedication to a life in the arts.

Being a local art gallery in a small town is difficult. Will people be interested in art? Will they buy art? How do you balance art that is interesting and courageous while at the same time realizing that safe art sells much easier. Gallerists play an important part in supporting art, bringing culture to the community, opportunity for artists, and value to its customers. It is more love than profit.

Supporting the arts can mean many things. It can be appreciating, going to openings, buying/donating, taking classes, going to museums, supporting funding, educating oneself and others about art, making art or working in art related fields.

I am new to this community, however I recognize the loss to the character of downtown DeKalb, and to the art-lovers DeKalb Gallery has touched over the years. If you enjoyed seeing shows at DeKalb Gallery in the past, send Dan Grych (curator and owner of DeKalb Gallery, and a nice guy) a thank-you message and wish him well on his new life in Arizona.

Yes, Dekalb Gallery has closed.  Hoever, even supporters of the arts need support and our thanks too!

If you have any personal memories or wishes about DeKalb Gallery, let the owner know that you cared.  You may contact Dan Grych at: dan@dekalbgallery.com

The torch passes on to you. 


Sep 7, 2008

Welcome to the ArtandKISH Blog, Fall 2008


Hi all, and welcome to the ArtandKish Art Blog. This is just a refresher for what this space is for:

1. Sharing, discussing, networking, and promoting the art that you make with others.
2. Announcing local art events and meet up groups that others might want to hear about.
3. Learning about news and upcoming events, trips, and opportunities within the Art Department at Kishwaukee College.
4. Writing about art, honing your art journalism skills.
5. Posting cool art news, stories, links, videos, artists, art that you hear about or think others should see, sharing your blog with us.
6. Participating in a local and online community.

If we have something to tell you, or you to tell us, this will be an educational, and active place to find out about it. There are also many handy links on the left-hand side that will help you find cheap places to buy art supplies, read about art news, find tutorials, and learn about art contests, etc. This place is ours, so it will be as exciting and useful as we make it. So browse, post, comment, and welcome to the Art and Kish Community!

P.S.
If you have any questions about how to post, please ask your Art Instructors

Thanks,

The Kish Art Dept.