Drawing Machines

Non-Traditional Drawing Final Critique, Part 1
Originally uploaded by Amy DiGennaro

We are wrapping up our semester with a critique of our semester-long drawing machine project. Check out the full album of images here. Non-Traditional Drawers: Please go into the album to label yoru works and write some notes in the Comments sections saying a little something about your piece (materials, process, etc), maybe posting some of your artist statements, perhaps adding some comments form the critique. Thanks! See you for part 2 tonight. And then...more hooping?

Thursday Night Drawing Club at the Walker Art Center This Summer

Millet at work in his studio, photographer unknown. Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912

From Scott Stulen's post on mnartists.org: "Drawing Club occurs every Thursday and Free First Saturday throughout the summer from 2-5 pm on the Walker Open Field. No invitations, special talents or art experience are needed to participate and contribute. Please check back on the Walker and mnartists.org sites in the coming weeks for more information of special drawing club news and guest artists. If you are an artist that would like to participate and would like to be featured on the Drawing Club calendar please email me (scott.stulen@walkerart.org) with your name, contact info and desired Thursdays to attend." READ MORE HERE.

Be there Non-Traditional Drawers!

Mural In-Progress

Jamie's section detail.
Originally uploaded by Amy DiGennaro

For the last few weeks we've been working on a group mural with non-traditional materials and approaches. The idea was to give each student/artist in both sections of Non-Traditional Drawing two pieces of wall to create a mural that would riff off the environment built as the work was developed over time. Some very cool things are happening, but I think if we were to do it again we'd go for one big substrate and working across the whole space as the individual sections never really melded into a whole. The result is a related grouping of wall works. Finished work is due tonight, so come back soon to see finished photos.

PS: As ever, click on the photo here to access the full Flickr album of all the work-in-progress.

Semiotics!

Joshua Mercil, Semiotics Project, Installation detail
Originally uploaded by Amy DiGennaro

The class once again rocked the project for our Semiotics pieces. We started by reading selections from Daniel Chandler's "Semiotics for Beginners" then the student artists just ran with it, exploring the multiple ways that things and images and all sensory data means. Some fantastic projects came of it. Click on the photo of Josh Mercil's installation in progress here to see more of his and the others' works. I still need photo doc from some of you...you know who you are! Give it!

View from the Boardroom

Boardroom 1
Originally uploaded by Amy DiGennaro

We pondered our creation and its destruction after pulling down both paper and tape installations, which took a matter of minutes. Kind of unbelievable after weeks of work to get them installed. Full photodocumentation in the Flickr web album. Click on this photo to see more than you ever wanted to see of us creating and destroying these installations, including a video that sounds like static.

Our Amazing Paper & Tape Installations

Interior view "Science"
Originally uploaded by Amy DiGennaro

One of the many installation views of our Paper & Tape installations in the basement of the Western building. I'll repost the statements each group wrote for their pieces below. They totally rocked this project, creating all-encompassing environments. Check it out! You can view the full album on Flickr by clicking on the picture at right.

Linley is for an art....

I am for an art that is wonderful.
I am for an art with no concept.
I am for an art that is chaotic.
I am for an art that is strange and mysterious.
I am for an art that is made of things from goodwill.
I am for an art that screams "look at me!"
I am for an art that looks like it's from the 1930's. An art that is old and vintage.
I am for an art that is like a box of chocolates on valentines day.
I am for an art that makes you wonder.
I am for an art that makes you think.
I am for an art of past rememberence.
I am for an art that is FREE.
I am for an art that makes you feel on top of the world.
I am for an art that is like changing of the seasons.
I am for an art that is dark.
I am for an art that is rusty and old, broken and torn.
I am for at of a city at night, for the bright shining lights.
I am for athe art of laying on a rooftop, watching the stars.
I am for the art of television.
I am for the art of piles and piles of clothes all over my room.
I am for the art of thunderstorms and the pitter patter of the rain on the windows.
I am for the art of singing in the shower.
I am for the art that is painted on the sides of buildings. Art that is illegal.
I am for the painful art. The art that sticks into your skin like a needle.
I am for an art is like jumping off a cliff.
I am for an art of fat cats.
I am for an art of worn out objects and decaying parts.
I am for an art that is used and thrown away, stepped on and smushed.
I am for an art ath is kicked, punched, and beat up.
I am for the art of tattoos.
I am for that art that smells of gasoline.
I am for an art of things burned in a fire.
I am for an art that is erroding.
I amd for an art that is just plain weird.