Class Speaker on Interships

In my Professional Practices class at DAAP we has a speaker this past week about internships.  The speaker was Fine Arts student John Grgas.  John shared his experience as an intern in the spring of 2010 in the Golden Triangle district in Denver, Colorado.  John told us that he researched and chose five galleries that interested him within this district, contacted them, meet with each one and finally chose one that fit what he was looking for.  A useful tip he shared was that each gallery offered him an internship because he went in dressed professionally and offered basically what an internship is--free labor, so he got his pick of the litter.  The gallery he chose was Walker Fine Art and with this gallery he learned how sales were run, how the gallery goes through artist submissions and several other key things in running a gallery.  John soon became in charge of the gallery's social media and developed better communication skills in his time with the gallery.  One of the biggest helpful tips that John stressed was that gallery owners LOVE easy to hang work.   His advice on internships was to do at least one intern if not more, be professional and don't burn any bridges, learn anything they are willing to teach you and always send a thank you note when your internship is over.

The only pace that I have interned with in Indian Hill High School and that internship has always been very relaxed and has been seen more a a volunteer effort but I always help out with everything that I can, from set construction to scenic painting.  And their next show is coming up soon! I will be sure to post about my next intern experience.

Below is the link to John Grgas on LinkedIn.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/homeschooledninja

Artist of the Month! #1

In DAAP, I'm often asked which artists do I look at and it took me a while to give a legitimate list.  I had just never paid much attention to who's art I looked at before.  There were the classic artists of course, like Da Vinci and Picasso but not many others.  Over the past couple years I have built up a decent repertoire and will be sharing each month with you.

The first artist is Mary Doodles.  Her first name is Mary, but I don't know her last name. I discovered her on Youtube when researching watercolor techniques.  Each week she posts a new time lapsed video of her art.  I am fascinated by her techniques, skill and creative themes.  Each video is complete with theme music and ends with her signature.

This is my favorite video of hers because of the narrative quality of piece.

In this video, Mary Doodles displays a clever self portrait as well as her unique skill as an artist.

Here is the link to her youtube page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/marydoodles

I greatly admire her skill with illustration and envy her greatly.
I guarantee that you will be memorized and become unable to stop watching all of her videos.