Event Photos

Click on the images to see bigger versions!

Important: Title plates!

Hi! We need to do title plates that will go next to the pieces! For these, you all need to send this info to JD for each piece you have for the show:

Title of piece
Your name and/or your mentee's name (for them, first name and last initial)
Medium of piece
Dimensions of piece

Send these to JD ASAP! jdhawkins801@gmail.com (oops! had his e-mail wrong! fixed now!)

Also send him your artist statements please!

ALSO! For this Thursday, we are not meeting in our classroom but at Provo Town Square for class. Bring your framed piece(s), ready to hang.

I think that's it for now. I will try to work on the official blog and get the rest of the mentor profiles up tomorrow.

a few things...

Hi guys! I have been working on the official event blog today adding more information and the first few mentor profiles. I have more profiles to add soon and the list of links you guys gave me for your sites are at home so I will edit the posts that need to have them added later but I just wanted to make sure you guys approve of how I am doing this so far.

Tomorrow my mentee is going to meet up with me to work on a few more things during our class time but I hope to be around as much as I can.

I have been seeing posters all around the school and that is very exciting!

If I still do not have your artist statement and/or bio get them to me ASAP! Also please give me your mentee's statements if you have not yet.

I hope things are going well for you all and I will see you tomorrow!

Workshop photos

Hey folks! The turnout for today's workshop was even worse than last weekend so I hope you all are working with your mentees at other times. In just a week from now we will be doing our show! I still need to get mentees' artist statements from most of you as well as your bios for the brochure.

I have been trying to take photos of the workshops and here are some of them. Click the small ones to see them bigger! Some of them are photos of mentors and mentees working and others are of projects being worked on. I plan to post some of them on the official blog. I will start posting artist statements there very soon too.

The bios so far

Ok folks, here are the bios I have so far. if I misread anything or you think some things should be changed let me know. there are a few things that I changed just a bit in some of them and I hope you are ok with that. Let me know if I misspelled any names or mistranslated what you wrote. If you have not yet posted your bio, please do! Hope to see many of you in a couple of hours!


Bios:

Erica Hamilton has spent 21 years of her life growing up in Orem, Utah. She loves family, traveling, anything vintage, Disney, and art. She is a full time student with the goal to become a professional artist.

Amanda Bronson is a fine art major at UVU with an emphasis in painting and drawing.

Sherry Murdock is an art major at UVU with an emphasis in oil painting and sculpting.

Sara Herrera is a fine art major at UVU with emphasis in painting and watercolor.

Derek Hegsted is a fine art major at UVU. He teaches fourth grade through twelfth grade.

Alisen Abney is a fine art student at UVU. She plans to study art history in graduate school and hopes to teach.

Thomas Tholen did animation story boards and layout for 20 years and is getting a second BFA from UVU.

Elise Hagood is a fine art major with a focus in graphic design and art history.

Shawn Fritch is an art major with a focus in graphic design and a B.A. from BYU in theater art studies.

J.D. Hawking is an art major at UVU with a focus in graphic design.

Sergio Ogaz is a graphic designer who uses a social personality to motivate art.

Larissa Norman is an illustration student at UVU. Her BFA show, called In Transit, will be taking place in fall 2011.

Rachel Haslam is a photography student at Utah Valley University. She will be showcasing her BFA show in Summer of 2012.

Jorge Rodriguez is a Fine Arts major who is emphasizing in Painting and Drawing. And political activism. And action figures. And...

Bios! and other Important stuff!

Hi folks! if you weren't here today please type up a very short (like 2 sentences max) bio for the brochure. Something like: "Larissa Norman is an illustration student at UVU. Her BFA show, called In Transit, will be taking place in Fall 2011." Please get these to me ASAP! Thanks guys!

also, our second workshop is on Saturday at 1:00! Please come if you can. Either way make sure you are working with your mentees because we are almost out of time!

If you haven't sent me your artist statement yet, please do! I am going to start posting them on the official blog in the next few days.

If you haven't sent me your mentee's statement yet, please do that too!

Please make sure you are working on your artist packages!

Artist Package

A site with info about what is needed for artist packages

First Workshop

Hi folks! Today we had fun with the workshop and there were awesome treats (Thanks to Alex's wife!) and pizza (Thanks so much, Amanda!) Hopefully those who couldn't come today will be able to come next Saturday or have been able to work with their mentees at other times. I got a few pictures (though they aren't great) so there is some documentation. Please make sure to get an artist statement from your mentees and get those permission slips signed! Thanks to those who have sent and posted their artist statements so far. This week I hope to start putting them on the the official event blog. I was thinking that maybe with the artist statements I should post links to websites or blogs of those that have them and would like the extra bit of promotion that could give. If you want that please let me know what link I should put!

I have managed to put a few posters up at grocery stores in Orem and AF though I haven't had a chance to get all the ones I took put up yet. I hope those who took posters are getting an opportunity to put them up and spread the adverting campaign out!

My mentee and I are having fun working on a short comic book! We are designing characters and then will put together a comic a few pages long. I am very impressed with her work and passion for art! She is already planning to go on to college and do art there so I am really thrilled to work with her!

Hope to see you all on Tuesday and I hope you all have had a good and productive weekend!

couldn't find linda

:(  I waited around at Linda's office on Friday (today) and didn't catch her. I guess she was in and out of meetings all day. I sent her an email, and am hoping to get the card or number for pizza tomorrow. But no promises.

Artist Statement
Amanda Bronson

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality- Paul Cezanne. I express and define myself through my artwork. My personal tastes, ideas, values, beliefs, and desires are revealed and may therefore become shared via the viewer! The things I value are diverse. Yet connection is everything! Physical connection with the earth, connection with our carnal being, our spiritual desires, connection to others. I am a steward and a protector, I stand for agency and development. As others grow and reach new heights my heart sings. I love service and nurturing all beings. Adventure, discovery, and to live this fascinating life is my desire. There are puzzles, hidden meaning, and endless possibilities to be explored.  What better way to achieve these objectives than through art.  My intuition guides me. Connection with my senses, connection with others. My art work expresses the universal truths that what is is and this world is our play ground. What connects us, we share a world, but this world it is interpreted differently within us all. Does my interpretation resonate with your being. Do you want to cry or sing? Are you touched? Are you alive? What do you see within your eye?

My Artist Statement

pas-sion:

an intense desire or enthusiasm for something

The first feeling of passion I can remember was in Charleston, SC, where I moved to at the age of seven from Roswell, New Mexico. The feeling I had of utter wonder and joy at the abundance of flowers and sweet fragrances Charleston had, has stayed with me throughout my life. The beauty is palpable, and my passion for beauty started there at a very young age.

I was an adult before I realized I had an ability for drawing. Upon entering UVSC in 2006, I started taking watercolor, oil painting & drawing classes, along with figure drawing and painting. Through time and experience, I discovered my love of the vibrance of bold colors. They speak to me and help me speak to all who view my work. I seek to bring a sense of joy to the viewer as putting color down on canvas or paper brings to me. I have also since found a love for sculpting and ceramics, something I hope to perfect in the future.

Announcements

Hi guys!

First of all, this Saturday (March 26th) at 1:00 PM we are planning to meet with mentees at UVU. Please contact your mentees and get them to come to meet at our usual classroom and bring whatever materials you need to work with! Alex is planning to bring some treats! Please try to come to this because we are running out of time! We hope to do this the next couple of Saturdays so we can get this done in a couple of workshop blocks.

Send Larissa your artist statment and a short bio about yourself (or leave it as a comment here) so that she can put together some info about us for the official event blog

When promoting the show, please send people to the official blog for info, don't send them to this blog.

Please contact Danae if you want to do screen printing and she will let you know about what you need to bring for that.

We need to get short bios from mentees and also info on their t-shirt size. we will try to get that on Saturday but if you are meeting at another time please get that info to Larissa and JD ASAP!

Thanks!

Official Blog updates

I am working on updating the official event blog and trying to decide what kind of things should be put on it. One thing I thought would be good would be to post our pictures and artist statements! I will need to get a hold of the photos that were taken and also if you could all get me digital copies of your finished artist statements that would be great! The copy team can also look them over and make sure there aren't any big errors in spelling and grammar. I would also like to help promote each of us by having links to our personal websites or other places where our work could be viewed or we could be contacted.

I would also like to maybe add some photos that have been taken of the process of us putting together the show and working with the mentees (though their faces shouldn't be shown in the photos).

If you have any suggestions for other things to put on the official event blog please let me know!

Final Press Release

I have already sent this out to Alex and the marketing team but I figured I should post it here for everyone. It doesn't have all the contact info filled in but otherwise this is the final press release:

Utah Valley University

For Immediate Release

Contact: (ENTER NAME)

Tel. (ENTER NUMBER)

Cell Phone: (ENTER NUMBER)

Email: (ENTER E-MAIL)

IDENTITY ART SHOW

I am Utah. I am UVU. I am a mentor. I am a student. I am art. I am Identity.

“Open Your ‘I’”

Join us on April 9th, 2011 at Provo Town Square for the exciting opening of this show. As you stroll through the gallery of works, listen to the engaging tunes of the band Holy Water Buffalo, appreciate the talent of local artists, and enjoy the night life of Historic Downtown Provo. We as students have been encouraged to “open our ‘I’” and discover who we truly are. We hope that the artwork displayed will not only showcase our talents, but our personalities as well. So please come and enjoy a night of art, entertainment and discovery. “Open your ‘I’” and be identified!

Francis Moore said “I’ve grown certain that the root of all fear is that we’ve been forced to deny who we are.” The Identity art show is a project designed not only for the senior Visual Art students at Utah Valley University to identify who they are as artists, but to also help provide youth within our community with the opportunity to work with artists to discover their own identities.

We as artists and students will display not only our own artwork, but artwork created by local youth in a professional art show. The Identity show will be sure to gather attention not only for the historic downtown Provo area, but more importantly to art as well.

If you would like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview with Alex Bigney, please call (ENTER NAME OF head of marketing) at (ENTER PHONE NUMBER) or e-mail (head of marketing) at (ENTER E-MAIL) or visit the official Identity event website at http://identityartshow.blogspot.com

Lakeridge school mural

Regarding tomorrow (sat) Monica said they will be doing a fresh layer of paint in the morning at Lakeridge, then they will be tracing and painting the murals of instruments on the wall of the band or orchestra room. So you can come around ten or ten thirty to help with that.  If you want to come for the entire day we would love to have you is what Monica said.  Her cell is 603.769.1602

Monica

From: Yocom, Monica

Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:25 AM

Subject: Transformation Event Details

Hello Volunteers,

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Lakeridge Junior High in Orem, UT and thank you for registering to participate in the school transformation event.   

Volunteers will execute projects that the school's administration identified as the top needs.  These projects include:

Paint the Orchestra Room which will go hand in hand with the $21,000 instrument donation that will be presented to the students on March 16th 

Refinish the teacher’s desk in the orchestra room

Organize supplies in the orchestra room 

Display vinyl motivational quotes throughout the school

Provide a thorough cleaning of the school windows 

 Please be sure to read this email in its entirety as it details important information regarding the school transformation event.  Please plan to arrive at Lakeridge Junior High School in Orem on Saturday, March 12th at 8:45 AM.

Once you arrive, please go to the registration desk, located at the main entrance of the school, to get your name tag and other information regarding the event. 

Volunteers should plan to arrive at 8:45am.  (team leads need to arrive at 8AM) volunteers may plan to leave around noon

Event DetailsLocation: Lakeridge Junior High 951 South 400 West Street

Orem, UT 84058-6733Date: Saturday, March 12Time:  9:00 a.m. - noonTasks and Volunteers Assignments:

Attached are the volunteer assignments for that day.   Media:

There is a chance that media could be in attendance anytime during the event. Please remember that Fidelity associates should not speak to the media. Instead media should be directed to Monica Yocom or Rob Witt. T-shirts:

Fidelity Cares t-shirts are being shipped to you today and tomorrow.  For those of you indicating you will be bringing family members, their shirts will also be shipped to you.  Please wear the t-shirts to the transformation event. 

What to Wear:

Please wear your Fidelity Cares t-shirt, jeans, shorts and close-toed shoes (such as sneakers).  No flip-flops please as your task assignment could change and we want to ensure everyone is dressed appropriately for any task. Remember, your participation in the transformation event on Saturday, March 12th is critical to the success of the day.  We have several projects to complete and only 1 day to complete all the work, so it’s imperative that each volunteer is available that day and arrives during the scheduled time.

Breakfast items will be served (coffee, donuts, etc).  Water, Gatorade and snacks will also be provided throughout the day.

We look forward to working with each of you this weekend.  Thank you in advance for your participation in this very exciting Fidelity Cares event!

Posters

EDIT: put the updated posters up!

First off, today we had Frank McEntire come to talk to us. Also, the t-shirts are finished and look great! if you weren't in class today make sure you get your shirt next time!

We have posters finished to use to promote our event! I am going to post them here for us all to enjoy:




Thanks for doing such great work, Design team!