"392"

these are robs

2009-05-13T21:03:00.001-07:00

but im posting them for him!

Comunal Class Work

2009-05-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

memory of an air strike

2009-05-11T19:04:00.000-07:00

Hope that covers everything

2009-05-11T18:47:00.000-07:00

Lauren's Final Images

2009-05-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

Here is what my body castings that I "wanted to kill" ended up as. So tragic.......

The Making of the Giving Tree

2009-05-11T18:40:00.000-07:00

2009-05-11T18:26:00.001-07:00

Here are the first three logs I did.

Off With Their Heads!

We're All Mad Here!

Curiouser and Curiouser!

Rachel's Thesis stuff

2009-05-11T17:14:00.000-07:00

an accumulation, small documentation of what I worked on this semester!

message from murray+ asking you guys for a sort of favor

2009-05-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

murray wants all seniors to know that the paper they ordered for you guys to print has arrived.

this has been a public service announcement for the seniors.

+++

on a related note, will you guys give me some pictures of your work from this semester?

the best thing would be if you can just post some images to the blog-this would be great for you and for our class and a really nice way for me to represent our work this semester to the saahp.

i would love if you guys could post a few images from

rob- the new series of laser cut inked images, and or firetower proposal, kidney drawings

rachel- documentation from gift/exchange project, video stills

roey- tea tree, alice stumps, color idioms

nick- i have pics of the teepee. would love pics of your model from memory

lauren- new series of photos

brent- paintings and 100 drawings

austin- it would be awesome if you could post the video!

ok, please do it you guys, just takes a minute and you can send your friends to see what we've been doing...

thanks

deborah

Volunteer Opp for Art Majors :)

2009-05-05T11:42:00.001-07:00

Dear Friends & Faculty,

Our office is recruiting student volunteers to help support the 2nd Annual 5th Grade Day, which will be held on Wednesday, May 13th. Over 270 Bristol/Warren students will enjoy a campus tour, explore a major, and interact with members of clubs, organizations and teams. Last year, approximately 100 Roger Williams volunteers gave an hour or more of their time to help make this event a success. An application is attached to this message.

An important segment of the schedule is devoted to RWU students spending time with 5th graders who have expressed an interest in a particular major.

We have just tallied up the Majors that the kids are interested in and 48 students chose the Arts!

Please help me get the word out to RWU students focusing on Visual or Performance Arts that we need their help from 10:45-11:45. We need (7) Arts Students to sit at a table in the Rec Ctr. with (9) Fifth Graders and talk about why they chose their major and what types of experiences they are having through this course of study.

There will be a school chaperone with each group and we will have Majors 'cheat sheets' for them to read from if they get stuck.

Research has shown that by Middle School, students have already formed strong opinions about going to college. The 5th Grade Day program, co-sponsored by RWU and the Bristol/Warren Regional School District, was created to promote college access among our elementary school neighbors.
Any students interested in participating in the program should contact the Feinstein Center at service@rwu.edu or call us at xSERV.

DON'T FORGET! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS TOO

2009-05-03T13:26:00.001-07:00

last friday

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here are our installations in the landscape from last friday

2009-04-30T13:10:00.001-07:00

Hi guys,

This is one of our exhibitions at Gallery 297 in Bristol.
It's coming up very soon.
Support the senior VARTS ladies!

EXTRA CREDIT for all any VA class is welcome

2009-04-29T18:48:00.001-07:00

Work on the Matt Bua project will commence MONDAY at 12 noon! For any1 interested in extra credit this is a great way to get it even for ur other VA classes.
I have sourced a bunch of scrap wood for this project, and am still devising a plan of how to get it there, If anyone knows where we can get a pickup or something that would be great, i will throw sum $$ down for gas, if not i will see about renting a U-haul or something for the day i dont think its that expensive. (I will be transporting it this weekend so it is ready for us MONDAY)
Bring tools if you have any, things you like to work with, proper clothes and shoes, we will be working with power tools, and most important bring ur creative minds, we need to get this thing ready for graduation, we got the ok to keep up till then, so this is a great opportunity to show them what we can do, most campus projects get taken down before graduation.
Also if you know of any wood sources feel free to bring them too or contact me and when i have a form of transport we will get them.

Nick
Nickse30@gmail.com

matt bua

2009-04-29T07:49:00.000-07:00

hi all

here is a link for matt bua

this is a link for matt's visionary drawings book + archive. if you sign up, you'll get an email inviting you to contribute your drawings to the online project

Robin Rhode X Damien Hurst

2009-04-27T15:46:00.000-07:00

I saw these images of Rhode's BMW, then I saw the images of Hurst's Harley Davidson. What do you guys think of this? Is Harley just riding BMW's coat tails with their "art bike"? Also Rhode's was a performance piece, which created a painting with the BMW.

-Brent

next week and the week after

2009-04-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

hi guys

i hope you're enjoying this awesome weather.

please bring cameras to next week's class, and video cameras if you can...i am trying to schedule an off campus activity weather permitting. we will critique austin's project, briefly chekc in with nick and rob, and then jump into cars so please park nearby.

also, a reminder: roey and rob have appointments with me during my office hours on tuesday, nick has a phone meeting with me tomorrow at 11:50.

next week i will give you all guidelines for self-evaluations and explain the process we will use to evaluate and put a letter on the work we have done this semester. it also turns out i need at least 2-3 good images of works you have created for this class, eg, your models from memory or works from your self-directed projects. please get these to me as soon as possible.

the last week of this class will be the final critique, please bring everything you have done on your self-directed projects. nick, you

finally, you guys are invited to continue working on the tp from space project from the matt bua workshop, i am happy to give credit for any additional work done on the structure including but not limited to:

-finishing the back side (i bet we can get more wood from the construction, and there is some in the materials lab)

-painting the inside or the outside

-landscaping? wallpapering? interior decor? electronics?

ok, see you soon

deborah

help wanted

2009-04-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

hey guys

i need someone to review beeper cards with me. it's pretty easy- they just show me cards and write down what i remember, but they have to be sort of organized and responsible and have decent handwriting.

also, the person for this job can't be a student in one of my classes or someone i know really well. it's a great job for a psych major because it is based on a psychology experiment from the 1980's.

if you know anyone who might want to help me, have them get in touch with me at info@deborahaschheim.com. it's 2 or 3 hours of work at $10/hr, and ideally we'd do it next week or the week after

thanks

deborah

Roving Eye Film Festival

2009-04-21T11:30:00.000-07:00

If you guys are interested, if you haven't got the email already. This looks like fun!

Hive Gallery Show {Show Nomadic}

2009-04-19T12:57:00.000-07:00

E-mail me if you would like to submit:

bgentile109@gmail.com

(click to enlarge)

Roey's Reading

2009-04-16T15:37:00.000-07:00

In addition to my short reading, here is a really simple (40 Questions) test to see which Multiple Intelligences fit you. I've mentioned this a little in class before, but this is kind of the methodology behind my teaching philosophy, that people have multiple intelligences--not just one IQ. I'd suggest taking the survey before reading my article, so it's less skewed. Some people are entirely split across the board, like me, (see image below) but some people are heavily one MI or another.

Here's the link to the survey:

MI Test

Here's my results: Unfortunately, I have no musical intelligence. :(

Hey Rob...

2009-04-12T18:37:00.000-07:00

I was looking over the readings everyone emailed, and I think it's so funny you chose that book. My aunt has it, and I used to look at it all the time when I babysat for my cousin, wondering wtf it was. I'm surprised I never even asked my aunt about it. Anyway, I was at her house this weekend and asked to borrow it, so I could look at it again. I'll bring it into class for your crit, cuz the pdf's don't do it justice. Anyway, just thought I'd share.

READ ME AND PLEASE RESPOND! :)

2009-04-07T16:39:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

On April 24th, there will be a class full of elementary school students coming to RWU to participate in an art program. I am hoping that you all would be willing to support the project by having the students come into our class from 10-12PM on that day. If you are interested in letting them come into our class, please let me know! They would be doing various things, including a collaborated art project (2 el ed students to 1 RWU student), FUNDREDs, touring campus, and asking you questions about art. Perhaps we could show them some of our art too??

Let me know what you think!!!

Roey

Incase anyone is interested...

2009-04-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

Providence Palestinian Film Festival 2009

The first annual Providence Palestinian Film Festival will take place this April 9-15 2009 at the Avon Cinema. This festival is the first of its kind in our city, and to our knowledge, the first entirely student-run Palestinian Film Festival in the United States.

The festival will open with a screening of Slingshot Hiphop, Jackie Salloum’s award-winning documentary on the topography of the socially conscious rap movement in Palestine. It will go on to feature such recent films as Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of this Sea and Adam Shapiro’s Chronicles of a Refugee Part 4, in addition to some student film work and an afternoon of documentary shorts presented by Nitin Sawhney of the Voices Beyond Walls project, which engages youth in Balata and Jenin refugee camps in autobiographical film-making workshops.

All screenings are free and open to the public. The festival is organized by Common Ground: Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel.

For more information and a detailed schedule, please visit providencepalestinianfilmfestival.blogspot.com.

RISDI TRIP

2009-04-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

Hello All...

So the RISDI trip was a success i guess... I meet some cool people that im still in contact with , exchanged some of my art with people for random things and got some feedback as well! I even ate the same food that REAL art students eat at the RISDI cafeteria, it wasnt as satisfying as i had dreamed though, we have much better pizza in the RWU commons. As you all know im a man of few words so i documented all the exchanges that took place.

So i had a couple of works with me and I let the people choose what they want to keep from my work as long as i got something in exchange. This is the first one, its a 5 layer/color print.

In return for this i got this unfinished crossword puzzle that the girl who gave it to me says she was really exited to finish, I guess ill try and finish it for her...

The next art piece that i exchanged was this second print just one layer.

In return i got this post card, and This is from Francesca. BRENT, u and Brandon met her at my bros place on sat remember.

Francesca was apart of a demonstration to free Palestine in Brown UNI, Now u guys probably understand why im still talking to her. She's as crazy as me and actually wants to stop the murder of innocent woman and children by the terrorist state of Israel and its U.S. supporters. Wow arnt we a bunch of crazies its too bad the media reports people who fight for freedom and basic human rights as terrorist. Just so u know the facts i was in Lebanon over x-mass brake and and there was a month long siege by Israel into Palestine Let me remind u Palestine is the most densely populated area in the world, and Israel was using air strikes with white phosphorus which is a chemical weapon for thoes of you who dont know and its against the Geneva Convention which make it a war crime. They were dropping these bombs on highly populated civilian areas. Death toll for Palestine, 2000+ Dead most civilians, 500 children and 5000 injured which half of them died............Death toll for Israel 13 dead 10 of them soldiers and 2 were Arabs living in Israel. How balanced is that sounds more like genocide to me. And this sorta thing happens more than u think. And i say all this here because it has everything to do with my art and i would like some of you to understand why, Its happening in my back yard as Brent puts it and i cant just sit back and watch. In lebanon they actually show u the dead children that have been blown to bits, on the News.

here's a short article dont worry no graphic pics even though u should c them to understand the severity of this situation,
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14208.htm

ANyway she (Francesca) came up to me and gave me this flyer...

In return i gave her this Mondrian copy that i made, and i hung it at the demonstration.

I also received this ticket in exchange for a painting i did, sorry i dont have a pic of the painting to show.

In conclusion i think it was a good trip even though it was raining and we had to highjack students to let us in the buildings, I think if were to go again we need to organize a lot more.

Gnight friends...

Nick

Interview in Providence

2009-04-06T16:04:00.000-07:00

Friday was an interesting day, I got some decent feed back from 3 RISD students and 1 Brown Professor. With the RISD students I didn't tell them anything about my self or my work just had them simply critique it as it they were at a gallery. I was pleasantly surprised as my ideas of graffiti/sub culture juxtaposed with victorian patterns were understandable to the students. The RISD students commented on my color being a little drown out, perhaps more vibrant choices. The Brown professor thought fondly of my work (ask Lauren she was there!) She would like me to push my paintings further perhaps pointing out more juxtaposing elements that exist in society. She also commented on my colors as well, less muddy and more defined. Finally she spoke about the lack of touch in my paintings, I interpreted this as the lack of my own hand in the work, since they are very 2D. All in all I was great to get out of the RWU environment, wish it had not rained, but my paintings are fine and I am dry.

Also I am going to follow up what that professor said about being critiqued by RISD painting faculty.

-Brent G.

Wikipedia Mixed Media (hey that rhymes)

2009-02-24T13:56:00.000-08:00

I feel like this Blog is lonely so I decided to Google the definition of "Mixed Media" and here is the ever so awesome Wikipedia answer.

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.

There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work - but not a work of "multimedia art." The term multimedia art implies a broader scope than mixed media, combining visual art with non-visual elements (such as recorded sound, for example) or with elements of the other arts (such as literature, drama, dance, motion graphics, music, or interactivity).

Arc Angel, 2009, 30x40 in, is a mixed-media work (oil, acrylic and pigmented ink on stretched canvas) that combines traditional oil painting and modern digital image editing techniques. By Jim McNitt, (b. 1948); used with permission.

When creating a painted or photographed work using mixed media it is important to choose the layers carefully and allow enough drying time between the layers to ensure the final work will have integrity. If many different media are used it is equally important to choose a sturdy foundation upon which the different layers are imposed.

A phrase sometimes used in relationship to mixed media is, "Fat over lean." In other words: "don't start with oil paints. Plan to make them the final layer."

Many interesting effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Often, found objects are used in conjunction with traditional artist media, such as paints and graphite, to express a meaning in the everyday life. In this manner, many different elements of art become more flexible than with traditional artist media.

homework and artists

2009-02-14T13:13:00.000-08:00

hi guys, here are class notes and homework

artists:
mark dion
tim hawkinson
chris burden
survival research labs
yves tinguely
louise bourgeois
mike kelley

for next week, please write up an artist's statement based on the notes of the person who interviewed you. this will be a statement about your work that addresses the questions someone else had about your work and your process, sources, media, content , rather than the traditional artist statement based on what you want to express about your work. we will read these in class on friday so please bring a printed copy.

read the barbara tversky article on remembering spaces from the oxford handbook of memory. also, the syllabus lists this as next week's reading, but i think you will find it very helpful to also read about mike kelley's repressed education complex from the anthony vidler book. this is the assignment:

based on the memory exercises we did in class, i want you to make a scale model that is an accurate, 3-d representation of a place that exists in your memory (it might only exist in your memory, like it could be a buiding that was torn down or a place from a dream.) it can be a big place, like the woods behind your house, or a tiny place, like inside your mom's purse, but i want you to make as detailed and accurate and complete as possible a representation of it. remember to think about your point of view- how big were you when you were in the place you're remembering? were there mysterious, forbidden parts? were there things you couldn't see?

also, think about scale- the scale we're talking about here is emotional scale, so be faithful to your memory, not what you think is "realistic." if something in the space has an oversized importance to you in your recollection, represent it as oversized. if you can't remember part of the space, omit them.

you can use any materials you want, some recommendations are:
foam core, cardboard
sculpey, fimo, tape, wire
paint ink glue
wood
styrofoam
cloth
model train or dollhouse accessories

if you use xacto knives please be careful. also, if you would like to use the model shop to construct your model, please see dj alexander about getting the safety training.

ok, i'd also like to know if you guys are free to go to providence for a field trip on saturday feb 21. email me if you have any questions about the project, it is due in class on friday at 10am.
thanks
deborah

artists from friday notes for you all

2009-02-09T10:32:00.000-08:00

hey you guys

here are some artists we talked about on friday
look for good links about them for extra credit/ff miles!

felix gonzales torres
christian boltanski
places with a past/spoleto festival
camille utterback- really cool interactive video artist from s.f.

these are artists you guys mentioned:
mike giant
dave kinsey

this is my friend matt bua
and his installations with jesse berkowecz

i also have some specific suggestions for you guys, but anyone should feel free to look them up :

these were for brent:
katharina grosse
christine streuli- artist who uses stencils, represented switerland at the venice biennale
you might also like yoon lee (young san francisco painter) and we mentioned barry mcgee
and i think you'd like paul henry ramirez
alix lambert is the artist who tattoos people
wim delvoye tattooed a pig. he's belgian, check out his projects, they're interesting

tanya- look at old norman mclaren animations with jazz music
la photographer susan silton

roey- victor hugo and kara walker both did some amazing drawings with coffee
you should check out james rosenquist

rob- the artist who did the memorial to the utopian community was brian tolle
you should also check out fred wilson's project at the baltimore historical society and i have a good article for you about wilson if you're interested
ellen driscoll and christian boltanski are both good for memorials that blend fact and fiction.
finally you might like stephan hendee's installation work with light

lauren- you need to see salvador dali and luis bunel's un chien andalou (you all need to see this before you graduate)
you might like the fiber artist nava lubelski

austin- the painters i was mentioning for you include
john currin
elizabeth peyton
lisa yuskavage

rachel-
check out tony oursler- video projections of fabric, smoke, liquid
jessica stockholder
some la artists you may not know about:
fran siegel
carrie ungerman

we also talked about nam jun paik and robin rhode

ok, have fun searching! find some good stuff.
-d

Interviews

2009-02-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

Hello,

would anyone be interested in being my interview partner?

Artists ILike

2009-02-07T15:28:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to Kurt Halsey Frederiksen, an artist I really like.

No one seemed to know who he was when I mentioned him in class, so check him out :)

http://www.kurthalsey.com/

2009-02-06T11:03:00.001-08:00

Hello all, below are the details for my opening tonight:

The Hive Gallery and Custom Tattoo Studio

"2nd Annual Skate Deck Art Show"

Opening Reception Friday February 6th 7-10PM

1005 Main Street Pawtucket, RI

Unit 109 (inside the Hope Artiste Village)