1st Assignment

1. Name, phone #, and e-mail: Nah, nevermind. I know this already...

2. What’s your major? What year will you graduate?

I am a Fine Arts major with a concentration on painting.  Spring 2013

3. Why did you choose a photography class (or photography as a major), and what do you hope to learn from school in general and this class specifically?

I have always waivered between photography and art.  When the dark rooms disappeared I focused all my attention to art.  I still love photo.  The main reason I am taking the class is for a better handle on what to do after the picture is taken or after I load my art images on the computer.  I am hoping that this will be great information for my career.

4. What are your goals after graduation? Please list your goals in reverse order, starting five years out, then three, two, one, and six months.
Five Years: Successfully juggle part time professor while showing in at least two galleries, Three Years:  Be an part time professor at a university or college,  Two Years:   Be a part of at least two galleries and leave 500x. One year:  Be a part of one gallery other than 500x.  6 Months: Join 500x
5. What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influenced you/your work?
Lissie, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Corwin, Paul Booker, Maria Cassat, Damien Hirst
6. Where do you get information about current national and international events?
Googlenews.com
7. Are there any important websites that you are referencing for art/photo competitions and/or information?
I usually do a google search to see whats going on out there
8. What museums and/or galleries have you been to in the past year?
The Vault Gallery in Mckinney Tx, The Arts Gallery At Spring Creek in Plano, 8680Gallery in Frisco, Tx
9. Have you had any photo projects and/ or training in the past?
I took a photo class a long time ago where we used old 35mm cameras and the dark room.  I was a photographer for my high school yearbook
10. What is the value of art for the artist?
For an artist its the only form of completely honest and freeing communication.  When I create a painting, I am doing so as an Artist.  I am not a wife, mother, or daughter.  Therefore, my identity is not bound by the boundaries of those titles.  However, all the life experiences given by those titles are the greatest inspiration.
11. What is the value of art for the audience?
When I am part of the audience and I see, what I think is, a great piece.  Its usually because of two reasons.  One, the piece is communicating something I have thought or felt, but could never say out loud. Two, the level of the execution of the work
12. Is photography a vocation or an avocation?
Both
13. What is your passion?
Art is my passion.  Lately I have been consumed with the world through the eyes of my children (2 daughters, ages 2 and 4).  Getting the opportunity to watch how they receive the world is very interesting and always takes me back to when a big back yard with trees was magical.  I want to create that someway in my art
14.What are you afraid of? What makes you uncomfortable?

15. Do you have a passport?
YES!!! WHERE ARE WE GOING?? :)