Apparently, I have been a horrible blogger. Has it really been three months since I last posted? Yikes.
I'll try to make this update short since I've got a meeting soon.
Life in St. Cloud has been wonderful. I can't say enough good things about my art history classes and the joy I feel when I'm in them. I just finished an 8-page research paper for my European 19th Century Painting and Sculpture class. Since I love the Impressionists so much, I wrote my paper about the first Impressionist exhibit in 1874. For my Baroque and Rococo class, I wrote a research paper that compared a work by Watteau with a work by Diego Velazquez. (I tried to take advantage of the fact that I could read sources in Spanish, but I didn't find any.)
As far as my Spanish class goes, I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above the water. My comprehension in class is fine, but when I'm doing Internet research for assignments and everything is in Spanish, I have a hard time discerning the meanings of most the words. It's very frustrating. I am reading my textbook, though, and trying to build up my vocabulary as that seems to be what my primary lack is.
My other two classes are not very challenging. Ethnic Studies is fairly interesting, and all we do in my Honors democracy class is write papers and meet once a week to discuss them.
I met with my Honors advisor on Tuesday to see what gen ed requirements I still needed to fulfill. Three of my gen eds from Olivet (Biology lab science, philosophy, and math) transferred but did not initially meet St. Cloud's requirements (or something). I was hoping that my advisor could pull some strings for me since I'm a double major and I would love to get finished in 3 semesters as planned. She thankfully accepted the three credits from Olivet, so now all I need for my gen eds is Communications (speech class) and a non-lab science. It was such a relief to know that I only have to take two more gen eds instead of five.
I still need to meet with both my Spanish and Art History advisors to not only talk about what classes I should take next semester but to discuss what could do with my majors after college. I haven't really thought about it too much... I know that may sound silly, but hey, it took me two years of college before I actually realized what I wanted to major in, so...
Anyway, it's meeting time. I will try to post more art-related news in the future.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
St. Cloud State
Today is Sunday and it's my fourth full day at St. Cloud State University. It's been a busy but totally rewarding. I'll start from the beginning.
The trip up through Iowa to Minnesota was, to say the least, tiring. I followed Mark the entire way and am proud to say that I never got lost - woo! But it was about 10:30 when we hit Rochester, MN (2 1/2 hours away from St. Cloud) and then I-94 out of Minneapolis was down to one lane of traffic due to construction - and this was around 11:30... ridic. Our arrival time at LSF (Lutheran Student Fellowship, the house where Mark lives) was 12:15. Then it was bedtime.
Thursday was early move-in day for the Husky Sports Band. My roommate and I, with her parents' and Mark's help, moved in around 9. Mark and I managed to fit my vanful of belongings into two laundry carts, so we only had to make one trip - pretty incredible. Katie and I live on the 12th floor (aka Honors floor) of the tallest dorm on campus, Sherburne Hall. We were lucky enough to get a corner room, which used to be a former lounge and is therefore two times bigger than the regular dorms. We have two huge windows, one that faces north and another that faces east. The view is AWESOME - I will post pictures of it and everything else soon, I promise. But seriously, the eastern view overlooks the Mississippi river and both windows offer a distant view of the entire city.
I've gotta say that living in the dorms again doesn't bother me one bit. Okay, I lied - it bothered me yesterday on freshman move-in day because the elevators were occupied so I had to climb 12 flights of stairs - but hopefully that will never be a huge issue any time soon. It's nice not to have to eat in the school cafeteria, too. Katie and I decided early on that we would utilize LSF's kitchen for all our meals (her boyfriend Andy also lives at LSF), and we plus Mark and Andy picked a night each week that one of us would cook dinner for everyone else. (We decided to do breakfast/lunch/weekends on our own.) Thursday was my night, so after grocery shopping, I made tacos!
Now we come to the reason for our early move-in to St. Cloud... Husky Sports Band! There's about a hundred kids part of this band, and we all spent Thursday night having a short rehearsal and getting to know one another. The Sports Band plays for a variety of activities at St. Cloud State, including football games, basketball games, and hockey games. It's a non-marching band, although we do march from the Performing Arts Center to the football field. The shows this year are Disney, Star Wars, and uh... I'll get back to you on the third one when I remember what it is. Oh, and our instructor is Mr. Tuomaala (that's too-ma-luh), and he's pretty crazy... haha, but awesome and probably the most dedicated music instructor I've ever known.
Friday was a band camp day, so from 9am-9:30pm we practiced music and worked on the pregame setup at the football stadium. It was about 85 degrees out when we practiced on the football field, but it didn't quite seem that hot - at least, the humidity wasn't that bad plus there was a breeze. Still, it seemed like everyone was dying... except for Mark and me. We were just happy it wasn't like Illinois with an added 10+ degrees for the heat index and oppressive humidity.
Yesterday was freshman move-in day, and every Sports Band member was assigned to work in a particular residence hall as a Husky Hauler from 7am - 11am. If we didn't, we would get charged $120 for the early move-in fee. It wasn't hard work - at least for me and the other two girls I was with. We didn't have anything to do from 8:15-10:30. After our shift was over, almost everyone attended the picnic that Sodexho hosted in the quad-ish area.
Last night the Sports Band played for the freshman commencement ceremony at Husky Stadium. For having such a successful band camp, our performance was a little less than stellar... to put it positively. Next week will be better anyway. Afterwards, I discovered that I was made saxophone section leader - yay!
Anyway, the past four days have been amazing. I feel completely at home at a state university - words can't describe how much I am enjoying it so far. There are some upcoming events I'm looking forward to that include classes starting, wind ensemble auditions next week, a trip to the Quarries for swimming and such, a Twins game in September that Katie, Andy, Mark and I are attending... the list goes on. There are also a few things I have that I'd like to do eventually, including visiting the Fine Arts museum and the Renaissance faire in Minneapolis and also visiting my aunt, uncle, and cousins in nearby Owatonna.
Speaking of family, there was one point last night, while we were standing on the field waiting for the commencement ceremony to begin, that I really really missed my fam... but I know I will be fine, because even if I wasn't, I have a lot of amazing people looking after me here.
And we'll close with picture time! (btw, Katie's boyfriend Andy took all these pictures - he is an amazing photographer, if you can't tell...)
Here I be marching at the commencement ceremony.
My roommate Katie - she plays clarinet in the Sports Band.
I love this shot.
Markus! He is the section leader of all 15 trumpets in Sports Band.
Saxophones and mellos
The trip up through Iowa to Minnesota was, to say the least, tiring. I followed Mark the entire way and am proud to say that I never got lost - woo! But it was about 10:30 when we hit Rochester, MN (2 1/2 hours away from St. Cloud) and then I-94 out of Minneapolis was down to one lane of traffic due to construction - and this was around 11:30... ridic. Our arrival time at LSF (Lutheran Student Fellowship, the house where Mark lives) was 12:15. Then it was bedtime.
Thursday was early move-in day for the Husky Sports Band. My roommate and I, with her parents' and Mark's help, moved in around 9. Mark and I managed to fit my vanful of belongings into two laundry carts, so we only had to make one trip - pretty incredible. Katie and I live on the 12th floor (aka Honors floor) of the tallest dorm on campus, Sherburne Hall. We were lucky enough to get a corner room, which used to be a former lounge and is therefore two times bigger than the regular dorms. We have two huge windows, one that faces north and another that faces east. The view is AWESOME - I will post pictures of it and everything else soon, I promise. But seriously, the eastern view overlooks the Mississippi river and both windows offer a distant view of the entire city.
I've gotta say that living in the dorms again doesn't bother me one bit. Okay, I lied - it bothered me yesterday on freshman move-in day because the elevators were occupied so I had to climb 12 flights of stairs - but hopefully that will never be a huge issue any time soon. It's nice not to have to eat in the school cafeteria, too. Katie and I decided early on that we would utilize LSF's kitchen for all our meals (her boyfriend Andy also lives at LSF), and we plus Mark and Andy picked a night each week that one of us would cook dinner for everyone else. (We decided to do breakfast/lunch/weekends on our own.) Thursday was my night, so after grocery shopping, I made tacos!
Now we come to the reason for our early move-in to St. Cloud... Husky Sports Band! There's about a hundred kids part of this band, and we all spent Thursday night having a short rehearsal and getting to know one another. The Sports Band plays for a variety of activities at St. Cloud State, including football games, basketball games, and hockey games. It's a non-marching band, although we do march from the Performing Arts Center to the football field. The shows this year are Disney, Star Wars, and uh... I'll get back to you on the third one when I remember what it is. Oh, and our instructor is Mr. Tuomaala (that's too-ma-luh), and he's pretty crazy... haha, but awesome and probably the most dedicated music instructor I've ever known.
Friday was a band camp day, so from 9am-9:30pm we practiced music and worked on the pregame setup at the football stadium. It was about 85 degrees out when we practiced on the football field, but it didn't quite seem that hot - at least, the humidity wasn't that bad plus there was a breeze. Still, it seemed like everyone was dying... except for Mark and me. We were just happy it wasn't like Illinois with an added 10+ degrees for the heat index and oppressive humidity.
Yesterday was freshman move-in day, and every Sports Band member was assigned to work in a particular residence hall as a Husky Hauler from 7am - 11am. If we didn't, we would get charged $120 for the early move-in fee. It wasn't hard work - at least for me and the other two girls I was with. We didn't have anything to do from 8:15-10:30. After our shift was over, almost everyone attended the picnic that Sodexho hosted in the quad-ish area.
Last night the Sports Band played for the freshman commencement ceremony at Husky Stadium. For having such a successful band camp, our performance was a little less than stellar... to put it positively. Next week will be better anyway. Afterwards, I discovered that I was made saxophone section leader - yay!
Anyway, the past four days have been amazing. I feel completely at home at a state university - words can't describe how much I am enjoying it so far. There are some upcoming events I'm looking forward to that include classes starting, wind ensemble auditions next week, a trip to the Quarries for swimming and such, a Twins game in September that Katie, Andy, Mark and I are attending... the list goes on. There are also a few things I have that I'd like to do eventually, including visiting the Fine Arts museum and the Renaissance faire in Minneapolis and also visiting my aunt, uncle, and cousins in nearby Owatonna.
Speaking of family, there was one point last night, while we were standing on the field waiting for the commencement ceremony to begin, that I really really missed my fam... but I know I will be fine, because even if I wasn't, I have a lot of amazing people looking after me here.
And we'll close with picture time! (btw, Katie's boyfriend Andy took all these pictures - he is an amazing photographer, if you can't tell...)
Here I be marching at the commencement ceremony.
My roommate Katie - she plays clarinet in the Sports Band.
I love this shot.
Markus! He is the section leader of all 15 trumpets in Sports Band.
Saxophones and mellos
Friday, June 25, 2010
Florida photography
My mom, younger brother, and I have been on vacation in St. Petersburg, FL since Sunday night. Yesterday my mom and I went to the Salvador Dali museum in town and today we visited the Museum of Fine Arts. Both were great trips. Here are some of my favorite photographs that I've taken during the week:
Monday, June 7, 2010
Summer!
I promise I have not disappeared off the face of the earth. However, I must admit my art-related endeavors have been few. I've mostly been doing photography since summer break started, so here are a few examples of that. Before I go on, though, I should mention that my summer break has been rather relaxed, and that's not necessarily a good thing. I've loved hanging out with friends but I need a job very badly. I've applied to quite a few places in Bloomington/Normal with no luck. I'm hoping to get a job by the end of the week at Panera Bread. Last week I went to St. Cloud from Wednesday to Sunday to get a few school details sorted out so that I'm ready to go in the fall. Okay, enough of that though. Here are the pictures:
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6 days to go!
... till I get to go home!
Yesterday I sold my poem/illustration project to a guy who wanted to give it to the girl who wrote my poem. It was my first art sell! I was pretty excited.
In other news, today my Illustration class is working on the mural for the men's homeless shelter. Saturday, Harry and I are going to the Art Institute of Chicago!
Couldn't have asked for a better way to end the last week of school.
For a little touch of retro, here's one of the last projects I did last year in 3D Design.
I call them the ''Van Gogh shoes''.
Yesterday I sold my poem/illustration project to a guy who wanted to give it to the girl who wrote my poem. It was my first art sell! I was pretty excited.
In other news, today my Illustration class is working on the mural for the men's homeless shelter. Saturday, Harry and I are going to the Art Institute of Chicago!
Couldn't have asked for a better way to end the last week of school.
For a little touch of retro, here's one of the last projects I did last year in 3D Design.
I call them the ''Van Gogh shoes''.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Sharpie King
You must go to this link and look at this man's art - made entirely out of sharpie markers!
http://blog.sharpie.com/2008/11/meet-the-sharpie-king/
http://blog.sharpie.com/2008/11/meet-the-sharpie-king/
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Graphics: Photo composite project
I really loved this project we just did for Graphics. I chose an art history theme (in case you couldn't tell... hehe).
The seascape/silhouette is a Monet painting called San Giorgio Maggiore at Twilight (or ''at dusk''), the statues on the beach are the Venus of Milo and Michelangelo's David, the paintings in the water are Man in a Red Turban by Jan Van Eyck and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, there's also Da Vinci's Last Supper and lastly The Great Wave by Hokusai.
No, the bench, beach, and boat are not from famous pieces of art. I just added them in for flair.
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