Personal Adornment Show-Katelin Bolig

I attended the runway show at the Haas Gallery. Walking in I wasn't quite sure what to expect. When the models started coming out I realized this was not supposed to look like a normal outfit, but wearable art. There were a lot of crazy outfits. The dress above was on of my favorites. I liked it because it was so realistic from far away. However, when she came closer you could clearly see what the dress was made out of. I thought it looked like one of my little sisters Easter dresses.
I definitely liked these outfits a lot. With having three separate pieces it really showed the concept. They all looked great, and the acting was also really good. The dumbbell pulling back her leg was a good addition. I couldn't figure out why she was crawling on the floor at first, and the strongest part of the display I believe was being strangled by the pill bottles. I believe that could have even been a piece on it's own.
This piece was really unique. I thought it was very elegant, like an evening gown. The color choice was really eye catching. I have yet to figure out what the black parts are actually made of, but I like the volume and density of it on the dress. It makes the dress stand out, and the matching hairpiece looked good too. The entire show was put together really well, and all of the performers did a great job making their wearable art. Some of the other ones that stick out in my mind are the Q-tip dress, the tan/brown dress made to look like a tree, and of course the octopus one was unexpected.

Hannah Morris, Lenore Thomas Printmaking Demonstration

It was very interesting to see Lenore Thomas's demonstration and hear her talk, it was interesting to hear a different perspective. She talked a lot about experimental printmaking. In her work she uses the same plate she has been using since grad school. She likes how it looks worn, she stressed how expensive printmaking is, and the importance of saving money where you can. In her work she experiments by placing the plate at different locations on the papar and by combining different printmaking techniques. Even though she is using the same plate her work looks different because of the different compositions, techniques, and colors. She also talked about how contemporary art is very much mixed media and it is acceptable to combine all different types of things. In her work she will use whatever she has to to make the piece how it needs to be.

Lenore Thomas Printmaking Demo

Lenore Thomas's demo was a useful insight into mixed media printmaking. In examples of her own work, she showed us how lithography, etching, silkscreening, and Xerox transfer in addition to painting and drawing can all be combined in one piece. She explained that in the present, unlike past artistic periods, "no one expects you to be just a painter, a sculptor, or a printmaker...use the medium that feels right for the project."

She demonstrated using white on white etching, multiple plates on one paper, and layering of different processes. She reuses some of her plates numerous times. While a repeating pattern can sometimes be recognized in her pieces, she also feels that it is important for printmakers to experiment.

She also pointed out ways a printmaker can use mistakes to their advantage. If something doesn't come out the way you expected, she says, use it as an opportunity to try something different. Don't rush through a project or get locked into a set pattern or printing technique. Printmaking is all about the process and requires time and dedication.

Brock Minnich Assignment #3

On Monday March 28, students and faculty of the arts at Bloomsburg University were given the opportunity to meet with Printmaking Artist Lenore Thomas.

Following an open printmaking demonstration she performed in class, which was an amazing opportunity to see the artist at work and the various mediums and ways of using those mediums out of the ordinary, the artist gave an open lecture to which she gave an insight into her artwork and the process that she achieves it through. Lenore's work includes several types of art processes including various printing techniques of etching and silk screening, as well as many digital images, xerox transfer images, painted images. Another aspect of the artists work is her use of wax within her work to create a sense of division or barrier between the viewer and the artwork so that the viewer can't completely access the image.



In Lenore Thomas' "Escapism and Imaginary Worlds" series, which dives into an abstract world of landscape and shapes whose forms take on the identity of a child's imaginary friend. However the artist uses etching in her work to personify the real world, the natural images produced through this process become a tie to reality.

Within her series called "Satan's Camero", Lenore makes a collaborative work with fellow artist Justin Storme. This series hinges on a relationship of strictly business and free flowing. Including images of industrialization and abstract-ism.



Something also catches the viewers attention is the way the artist titles her artwork, often with a comedic tone, such as "Sour Patch Kids Taste Like Thanksgiving" or "You Don't Know Me Just See My Penis" which is derived form the hit television series "The Office", and currently using tweets from Kanye West to derive titles for her art work.

Lenore Thomas' artwork is awe inspiring and challenges other artists like myself to think outside of the box and into a realm of free form and purposeful free form, and plainly just have fun with it.

Atchison~ Assignment #3

I went to Washington D.C. on March 20, 2011. I visited the Freer Gallery of Art and the Second Gallery I visited was the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art.

The First Gallery that I visited was the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. When we walked in, security greeted us and checked out backpacks. After passing through the security station, we turned the corner and walked down a grand weaving staircase that split in the middle, to wrap around the large piece of art hanging from the ceiling. This first piece of art that we witnessed stood 3 stories high and was the centerpiece of a fountain at the base of the 3 stories. It was a very tall skinny piece of black metal warped and bent to form swirling decadent spirals. Looking down from the top floor was an incredible vision. The black metal was such a contrasting medium from the blue tile fountain base. It seemed to almost devalue to piece artistically.

After walking down the staircase that split to wrap around the first piece of art we came into a dark room. This room contained statues of Idols from eastern religions. They were constructed from clay or concrete of some sort. Most were broken, or made to look broken. These idols would have been in temples to be worshiped and bowed down unto. Something I found very interesting was the fact that some of the idols didn’t have hands.

One of the other exhibits in this gallery was a pottery exhibit. It was particularly interesting to me because I took a pottery class in High school. It was interesting to see how these pots were almost flawless. They were very smooth, and the gallery had a hands-on window. We as viewers got to pick up pieces and feel the difference between them, weight, texture, and other differences. The exhibit had a large variety of pots, tea pots, cups, bowls, vases, and other assorted objects.

The Second Gallery I visited was The Freer Gallery of Art. This Gallery was mostly paintings until you got to the west wing. The first painting that I fell in love with, was the second in a set of three paintings. This painting was of a young woman sitting in a chair looking at a cello. It was peculiar because it was not as if she was playing the cello, but simply sitting there admiring it.

Once you moved into the main gallery, it held more and more pottery, artifacts, and sculptures. In one of the rooms, glass units lined the walls, Chinese room partitions were painted for each season depicting the change in one scene. These were absolutely beautiful pieces. There were small cushioned benches in this room, so I allowed myself to sit down and just gaze and the partitions for a while.

After leaving the partition room, standing in the main hallway was a massive wooden sculpture of a warrior. This sculpture was incredibly terrifying. I would not want to own this and keep this in the entranceway of my home. He was carved by hand and many different pieces of wood were combined to create this terrifying creature that stood approx.20 ft tall. The detail of this piece was incredible, and must have taken much time to complete.

After scrutinizing the devilish sculpture, we moved into my favorite room. This room contained pottery, but not average pottery. This room contained clear pottery. It was a very translucent material that formed these pots, bowls, and plates. They were gilded with beautiful intricate designs, and appeared to be extremely fragile. This room by far was my favorite room in the whole gallery. I stood amazed at the idea of translucent pottery.

Blog #3 Katelin Bolig

For my Art museums I choose the Philadelphia Art museum, and the Moore gallery. First I went to the Phili art museum. It was a pretty big museum, and there were some parts I liked, and others I did not really care for very much.

Philadelphia Art Museum

The piece above was one of my favorites. Claude Monet is one of my favorite artists. When you walk up to this piece and look closely it just looks like spots of paint, however, when you step back and focus you can understand the image. This is one of those pieces' that you can just keep looking at in my opinion, it is beautiful.I have not really seen that much Japanese Art previously to this trip. They had a Japanese Tea garden reconstructed inside the museum, and it was definitely one of my favorite things. Walking through I really loved this piece. I want to make a long piece like this sometime, I think it looks great. It is a simple piece, and yet really detailed.

This piece by Frans Snyders really stood out to me. I went back to this piece three different times. The fruit in the wreath jut popped out so nicely, the colors are fantastic. The painting is done very well, and the fruit looked so realistic.

Overall, I had a good time at the Art Museum. My favorites were Monet, Van Gogh, Paul Cezarrse, and the Japanese Art. The picture below is a picture of my sister Sarah and I in the museum.

Moore Gallery

This was one of the pieces in the installation. It was titled "Everything & Nothing." Inside a big empty room there were only a few pieces. There were cardboard boxes made of canvas and silk screening, an extension cord made of rope and tape, a few other odds and ends, and these receipts which were my favorite. They were actual receipts, but they were silk screened on canvas. I thought they were done really well, they looked as if they were on paper at first glance.

Another cool piece I found at the Moore Gallery. The back round of this was on the wall seamlessly. I love the photography It is so clear, and the cat was an excellent touch. The composition was good, and the props that they added really made the scene.

I haven't decided how I feel about this piece yet. I could not figure out at first what it was, but it is in fact human hair. There is a bunch of different kinds of hair all placed into different patterns to make this piece come together. It actually does look really cool, however, I think it kind of grosses me out a little. But nevertheless it is most definitely interesting art.

My trip to Philadelphia was a success, and I learned a lot. It was also cool to get some new ideas, and decide what techniques I would like to try in the future.

Assignment #2 Pictures

It took forever and one of my roommates but here they are...

Assignment 2 (Michael Rothenberg)

Since I could not go to the art walk I went to the Art Space exibit. One exibit I liked the best was Sara Mikas quilt exibit. What I liked most about this exibit was the certain color schemes she used in her quilts. The combination between machine and hand made works, shows the time and effort she put into each piece.

The lasttime I have seen an exibit similar to Sara's was at the art institute. I liked that one a lot, but for a smaller scale version it was a lot easier to see up close details in Sara's quilts. Overall I feel that she showed very impressive pieces of work, I enjoyed looking at it.

Another thing I noticed from the exibit was her setup. To me her setup seemed to be similar to a flea market of some sort. She did have certain works hanging professionally, but she chose to use close pins for certain pieces aswell.

Assignment #2

The artist I liked the most was a photographer. I liked his work because he had a wide variety of photographs. His range was from prom and senior pictures to elegant buildings in different countries. I think he was looking for work because he came up to me and asked if I knew anyone that wanted a family portrait done.



The photos I was most attracted to were the ones in fields. Some of the objects, such as a couch, shouldn't have been in a field and some, like barns, belonged there. I thought it was interesting to find such strange things there. The strange things, such as the couch, looked as though they had been in the field for a while and had even growing with its surroundings. The field photos and the other country-feeling ones reminded me of my home in Lancaster. I could easily see those woven chairs and old water pitchers in my house.

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The photographer I talked to said he did a lot of portraits mostly as a regular job just to make money. However, he really enjoys to travel and find these unique buildings and landscapes to photograph. I was going to buy one of his pieces as a present for my mother, but they were too expensive. I think she would have really enjoyed them also because she and the artist seem to share the same taste in photographs.

Brock Minnich Assignment #2

The ArtWalk-in at the Bloomsburg Moose Exchange was one of the best was to spend a Thursday night in downtown. The ArtWalk-in featured several local artists and students, all of whom were incredibly talented artists which made it hard to just stand or even keep your eyes in one place. After venturing through the multiple rooms and floors that made up the ArtWalk-in, I eventually found an artist whose artwork aligned with the very artwork that captivates my own interest.

This artist is Michelle Yost, a member of Photo Stop- a photographer's cooperative whose artwork captures nature and children. Michelle started photography after having a bad experience with a cooperate photography branch, so she picked up her own camera and began taking her own photos.

Michelle's artwork captures scenes that evoke a feeling and mood inside the onlooker. The photographs in her collection that most captivated my interest were the more ominous ones that she took of landscape found around her home and those that were taken Eastern State Penitentiary. These photos capture a very mysterious and spooky side of our world, and continue make the onlooker think about the composition.

art walk : )

I visited the Art Walk at the Moose Exchange on Thursday night. Walking through the two floors, I found many artists with interesting and provoking works. Among some of my favorites were a wire sculpture of nature-man John Muir, silkscreen teeshirts by inkfinger, a painting of a giraffe's skeleton, as well as the two pictures i've included of the dress & the frankendolls.

The painting on the right stood out to me because of the discomfort it caused my friends. The two other girls I brought along with me pointed this piece out to me, and were disgusted by it, as if it actually was parts of a baby stuck to parts of a really small lady. I thought that despite their deviant appearance, they were standing together, holding eachother lovingly. One could go so far as to say its romantic. : )

I spoke with the artist who created the dress in the picture on the left. Unfortunately, I've since lost her card & the flier she gave me for her show at the end of March. She had many different prints on cotton, and a few different exmples of dresses she had hand printed & sewn. This particular dress was the first dress that she ever made, and she said that she was charging less money for this piece. She said that there are minor imperfections in the stitching and printing becuse she was relativiely unfamiliar with the process. I liked thatall of the fabrics and dresses were entirely hand designed by the artist.

Assignment #2 by Courtney Martin

After attending the ArtWalk-in at the Moose Exchange, I came across 2 artists' work that appealed to me; (1) Abigail Smith Kurecian and Ralph Hinkle. Abigail Smith Kurecian's work consisted of pottery. I was especially interested in her work due to the fact that I enjoy making pottery myself. After speaking with Ms. Kurecian, she told me that she has a strong background in both painting and drawing. As in the image that I have posted, many of her works displayed were extremely detailed and colorful. I believe that these works definitely emphasized her drawing and painting skills. The colors that she uses also reflects the region of Arizona, in which she resided for many years. The colors being turquoise and earthy. Her works consisted of mugs, bowls, tile pieces, and canisters. I enjoyed being able to see her work up close and personal.

The next artist that I viewed was Ralph Hinkle. He is currently a student here at the university and is studying painting; therefore, many of his works displayed were paintings. The image I have displayed is that of a self portrait. He told me of another piece that he is working on using fabric and mirrors, which I became interested in. He then informed me of the fact that some of his works will be on display in Ready Go Burrito in town from the end of February to the end of March. I found this information to be intriguing because I have never seen work on display in that location and actually went there last week to view the display.

Overall, the ArtWalk-in was an enjoyable experience. The fact that many of those artists work there and display their work daily is awesome! I am glad that Bloomsburg has a place where artists can express themselves and I hope that more ArtWalks are planned in the near future.

Aj Diaz; Assignment #2

Of all the amazing artists at Art Walk In, i chose to interview Chello, a painter and photographer studying at Bloomsburg University. Chello tells me her goal in all of her art it to make up for lost time. As she grew up, she was told the art was unnecessary, and that expecting to make a living doing it was out of the question. The term "Starving Artist" was somewhat of a joke to her, as she said "I assumed that being an artist would result in me being broke, so i stayed away from it. Then i got to the point where i was broke, so i figured, why not go for it?"

Of all the mediums and materials Chello uses, her favorite is acrylic paint on canvas. She loves the control she has over it, being able to adjust the texture and consistency. This allows her to mix paints that fit her different needs in each piece she creates. Her inspiration and subject matter come from heavily from her dreams, as well as her children. She also draws inspiration in the beginning processes of a painting. As she starts to brush in the background color, she might see a shape or figure she likes, and works with it.

Having worked along side Chello, my favorite thing about her art is how she boldly tries new things, with no worry or apologizes . She will review the final product, and is very quick to learn from her mistakes. Her obsession with the processes brings comfort to her, she says. In her paintings, the shear size of her works seem to pull you in when you stand next to them, and take full advantage of the space, leaving the viewer consumed by the piece. Much of her photography is rather dreamlike and she utilizes some alternative methods to achieve some very surreal results.

Robyn Burton: Assignment #2

Sarah Mascarah, a photographer that showed at the ArtWalk presented an amazing set of photographs. Her work consist of digital prints that were of grungy looking settings of buildings or objects that had a beautiful urban feel to them. I was drawn in by the colors that she photographed which were greens, reds, browns, rust colors, or any colors that gave an urban look. After speaking with her she told me interesting things about the work and what she does in order to get these beautiful images.

Her reason for making the work is that she is interested in abandoned buildings, and the history of the building or area. She researches an area that has been abandoned before she travels to the location to photograph it. She said her work was found all throughout America.

For her to choose her location or subject matter it has to be abandoned for forty years, and has to have a scary feel to it. She seems to like to keep the locations of her images secret, because when I asked where one image was from she said she would not tell.

She has no professional background for photography, but started taking pictures when she was 11 years old when she was given her first camera and continued with it. Some things I also found interesting about her work was that she found documents in the buildings along with leftover clothes, machinery, and sometimes even food. When she goes into these abandoned places she has to wear a mask due to the mass amounts of led paint and asbestos. I think that makes the work even more interesting with the danger she has of going through to get these photographs. After learning all of this I give her much respect as photographer, and I believe she is very talented. If you wish to see more of her work goto www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmascarah

Brittney Logan | Assignment # 2 |

The artist I interviewed at the art-walk in was Jane ; Jane’s work is based around her family. She began working with people because she enjoyed their forms and figures and the facial expressions they could show. Jane decided to really become in-depth with working with the figures of people and their facial expression when her daughter was throwing a tantrum one day and she captured it. Jane said once she seen how angry her daughter was and the expression she caught on camera she knew she wanted to continue working with people.

Since she sees people everyday she figured it would be a great theme to continue with. Jane doesn’t have substantial background in art, and she is currently taking courses now to better her skills, she just always had natural talent in painting and started from there and has been painting for numerous years. In her free time she enjoys painting her kids and family members. Jane enjoys working with watercolors and oils and pastels. Jane said although she has explored different types of media she wants to continue with oils and charcoal, she says theirs just a different feel and style she can get from using these materials.

I really enjoyed her artwork, like I talked about earlier she’s very good in catching expressions of people, the picture above is her daughter, I really enjoyed how she only added color and value to the skin areas, not only is she separating the material things from the body itself, she is showing the full anger that her daughter is experiencing at that exact moment, when you look at this picture you can see the anger and you feel her screaming at you, when I seen it I was drawn to it automatically, I can just connect to this picture, sometimes when your just angry you just need to yell and get it out of your system and that’s what attracted me to Janes work in the first place.

"Ralph Hinkle's piece of the form of a women's body."

Kyle Gosson's Assignment #2

Seunghyo Hong, a photographer, is a man who came from a ranch in South Korea. He loves to take photo shots that catch beautiful images at right moments. He said he received his DSLR camera and trained by himself, played with the camera and found it motivated him to become a photographer. He wants to challenge the new thing and experiment with visual, colors and abstracts. Just to play with people’s eyes, or you could call this as “Trompe l’oeil.”

Hong wants to capture something that has a visual with a very strong compassion or feeling, or some odd structure angles of buildings. With the people, he wants to take pictures of their special moments as graduation, engage, wedding or newborn babies. Something is new and gets people inspire to see the photos, give them good memories. However, with landscaping, he loves to catch the colors of the skies and leave a lot of space open. That is giving you the feeling that you are pulling into the picture and be part of it too.

Hong follows his dream and travels around the world to collect every beautiful image that he had been seen. There are few places he went to: Mexico, Nova Scotia, St. Cyril, Washington DC, New York City, Philadelphia, Korea (home) and few others too. He lived couples of different places around world and current lives in the Susquehanna Valley of Central Pennsylvania.

I looked through few of his photo on the wall at the Art Walk and I found two picture that I really enjoy to look at them, something relate to outdoor
nature with strong atmosphere. The first one is the lighthouse, it is from Nova Scotia and then the second one is Ricketts Glen, a waterfall in Pennsylvania.

Ashley Wingate Assignment #2

After walking around art walk at the moose exchange in Bloomsburg, I came across the work done by Jessie Kilby. With photography as my concentration, I just loved the quality and composition of her work. I could see how some people may find her work offensive, but I thought she photographed these pictures very tastefully. I felt that you could not only see just the subject, but the photographer and subject interaction that was going on while these pictures were taken. Also, the tonality of these pictures and the contrast really help make these photographs empowering.

When I talked to Jessie about her photographs, she said she finds nature and landscape photographs to be very boring. She really enjoys being able to interact with her subjects and get to know them for who they really are. She also said that when she gets closer to people and gets to know them, they become more relaxed and comfortable around her. They don't just see her as a photographer, but they see her as a friend. This has helped her open the door to taking pictures of human sexuality, which was the overall theme of her work displayed at art walk.

I talked with Jessie about what made her want to become a photographer and why she used the specific media she was using, a fiber based photo paper. When Jessie was in high school she took 2 years of photography and fell in love with it. Her teacher at the time told her that she should pursue her passion for photography. She decided to follow that passion because she can't draw and she also said that she realized she was a very visual person. When she's out anywhere she's always looking for photo opportunities, as if looking at her life through a lens.

benjamen gerrity assignment 2

Sara Mika's quilt work takes grandma's past time to a new level. She uses both hand and machine to physically construct the awe inspiring quilts. The images are modern and unique, her humorous style pours out of each work. She uses a combination of blue,yellow, and green in works such as "give peas a chance", and red,purple,pink in works such as "cupcake". I think her color combinations and imagery work really well.

Sara deserves a lot of credit for the painstaking handcrafted design of each quilt, but it's the T-shirtesqe style of her work that i really enjoyed looking at. She adds words or slogans such as "Give Peas a chance" which i think makes her art more commercially appealing.

Overall i definetly enjoyed her quilt work, it isnt everday you get to see handcrafted personalized quiltwork, and her style takes the process into a different direction that i think is good. Sara is definelty the antithesis of the traditional overpriced amish style quilting of southern and central pennsylvania

Phoenix Dressler - Assignment #2

For the past few weeks, a unique exhibit has been on display at the Art Space gallery in Bloomsburg. The exhibit, named as “In Stitches” by its artist, Sara Mika, displays her 'Mock Pie Studio Fiber.' This is more easily recognized as the creation of art quilts. While a few of Mika’s other art quilts and smaller works were on display, the centerpiece of the exhibit was a group of art quilts called “Mended Mistakes.”

A picture of the exhibit from Sara Mika's own website.

“Mended Mistakes” is a rather interesting exhibit. According to the artist’s information on the piece posted at the exhibit itself, the materials used in each of the many quilts in this one piece come from a single online purchase of about 200 ‘badly mended quilt blocks,’ all similar in design, but varying in colors and patterns. A lot of the quilts are the same in accordance to size, but each one has a personality of its own due to how they are constructed.

Each quilt in “Mended Mistakes” plays off of each individual quilt block’s imperfections and colors, leading the eye through a variety of patterns even if they occupy the same amount of space. Each quilt has its own story, due to the way each block was mended together, not a one of them completely alike to the next. This piece displays that something ‘old’ or supposedly ‘bad’ can be made into something new and unique with a bit of work, and thought.