Respecting Art Galleries
Jennifer rocks! But the rest of us probably shouldn’t try that at home! Or at least not in any Art Galleries or Museums. The security guards will probably throw us out!
And when we’re in the SOA Galleries, please be really careful about the art. Please don’t touch it! If you’ve got a backpack on, be mindful of how much is behind you when you’re backing up to take a photo. Don’t lean on the walls or use the walls as a surface to put paper on to write on. Thank you for your care!
Points so Far
All points through Week 4 are now up on BeachBoard. The total points possible so far is 160. Here’s what you should have to be on pace for each grade level:
160 points = “A+” pace – 83 peeps
144 points = “A” pace – 20 peeps, or 83+20=103 A’s
128 points = “B” pace – 9 peeps
112 points = “C” pace – 2 peeps
96 points = “D” pace – 3 peep
95 & below = “F” pace – 10 peeps
Leaderboard
- Jennifer Palacios – 268
- Armando De La Mora – 251
- Emily Snyder – 234
- Diana Nguyen – 234
- Tyler Nakashima – 233
- Kirlous Tadros – 230
- Kristine Nguyen – 207
- Jack Nguyen – 207
- Stephanie Chang – 206
- Vanessa Marquez – 205
Activity: Deep Ethnography
The electric grid and the light bulb as we know them today are each around 100 years old. Your parents and grandparents may have known them as you do, but before 1915 or so, for 99,900 years or so, human beings did not. Obviously The Internet and Mobile Devices are much younger. In your 20-or-so years of life I’m sure you’ve seen change, but you’ve also had the constancy of light and electricity as your backdrop. Even though virtually none of the human beings who preceded you on this earth ever did.
What was human life like before electricity & the light bulb?
That’s a pretty huge question to ask. But we can get a small piece of an answer by spending one night in a time-traveling ethnographic adventure. See our Deep Ethnography Activity brief for full details!
Kayla Improves Her View
Kayla Sanchez was bored with the view out her window. So she used this week’s Activity to change a plain brick wall into something she enjoys looking at each morning when she opens the blinds:
Painting Clinic w Kristine Nguyen
SOA Galleries This Week!
September 20th-24th
Shannon Leith & Kimberly Morris, Photography & Sculpture – Gatov-West
Shannon Leith and Kim Morris create a dialogue between beauty and food through sculpture and photography.
Krista Tsukashima Group, Drawing & Painting – Gatov-East
Krista Tsukashima’s group drawing & painting exhibition focuses on the interplay between the collaborative and individual work of six artists exploring the effects of time and space on artistic vision.
Jaycen Mont Rios, Printmaking – Merlino-Gallery
Jaycen Mont Rios defines local aspects of South East Los Angeles using lithography.
Kiyomi Fukui, Printmaking – Dutzi-Gallery
Kiyomi Fukui presents an installation of small paper sculptures and sound that explore the notion of invisibility—seeing the unseen, hearing the unheard.
Joanie Ellen, Wood – Werby-Gallery
In I am Dirty—You are Dirty: Daybeds for the Soap in the Meisner Technique, Joanie Ellen uses an acting repetition exercise to explore the mastery of technique in wood and to define her identity as a craftsperson.
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Classmate Question OTW
What do you swim in?
Comments? Questions? What great art did you see, make, or experience today?