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!