We hosted a show at our house last night, so I was fortunate enough to be able to talk to lots of strangers. I was very nervous going into the night knowing that I would eventually have to take at least one portrait of someone who I had just met. This is something that is definitely out of my comfort zone. Through the process, I felt like I was able to connect with several people and by the end of the conversation, the photo was very easy to take. The photo that I posted is of the person I talked to the most. It turned out that we have a mutual friend and he is actually moving soon to work on his post-doc at my alma mater- the University of Illinois. It was amazing how much we had in common and by the end of the night I felt very comfortable. It made the photo-taking experience much more enjoyable after making the personal connection.
This is the active homepage of the Academy of Art MFA class 'IDEATION & PRESENTATION' that was brainstormed by Will Mosgrove and myself back in 2006, and is now in its second year of application.
Its creation and intent is to foster an individual's resolute conviction of their visual ideas; that their indelible ideative imprint is manifest in critically actuated presentation materials as well as practiced verbal elocution as being paramount. We take an aggressive approach to inviting outside guest presenters/critics in to every class that also assign bespoke projects in advance of their appearance to bridge those expectations and provide insight.
The summation of intent is to elicit a full complement of preparedness to pursue a career as a commercial artist with vigor, esteem and success with conviction; and not by following.
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1 comment:
nice, rachel. he looks very thoughtful
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