PSUMFASPendoftermpresentations112012

END OF TERM PRESENTATIONSTuesday, November 20, 2012

Sharita

Erica

Mark

ZACH

Zachary Gough makes festive, social art projects that critically explore personal values, often by connecting people and groups with one another, to challenge and inspire the ways we operate today. In the past, his projects have manifested as a marching band, movement performances, a board game, a pseudo-business conglomerate, and collaborative radio.

Dawson City, Yukon. Fall 2013

Research Phase

Erin

"There is no substitute for experiencing an environment at first hand. Recognizing this, educationists have long argued for more learning outside the classroom, "in the field". It would be a brave geography or social studies teacher who would argue against fieldwork in principal. Yet in depressingly few schools does it have much application in practice" (p. 10)

"All these techniques for involvement-and we need to be continuously devising more-are devices for developing the habit of observation, the habit of evaluating, the habit of questioning decisions in the environment...But an environment which does not cater for the known needs of children and adolescents is not tolerable one and should not be tolerated." (p. 32)

“Most of my friends with whom I discussed ideas of interaction, value, and generosity have followed their art practice out of the area of art. Social workers, Yogis, and hermits they have become, which in a sense is quite beautiful. I am reminded again of the idea that art about life is not so important for what it does for art but what it does for life” (Ben Kinmont p. 61)

Debated Territory: Toward a Critical Language for Public Art

Suzanne Lacy

PRIVATE PUBLIC

artist as experiencer

artist as reporter

artist as analyst

artist as activist

Artist as Experiencer

"To make oneself a conduit for expression of a whole group can be a profound act of empathy. When there is no quick fix for some of our most pressing social problems, there may only be our ability to feel and witness with reality taking place around us. This empathy is a service that artists offer the world"

Artist as Reporter"In the role of reporter, the artist focuses not simply on the experience but on the recounting of the situation; that is, the artist gathers information to make it available to others. She calls our attention to something. "

Artist as Analyst

"When an artist adopts the position of analyst, the visual appeal of imagery is often superseded by the textual properties of the work, thus challenging conventions of beauty. The artist's analysis may assume an aesthetic character from the shape, rhythm , and coherence of the ideas or from the relationship of those ideas to visual images.

Artist as Activist"Diametrically opposed to the aesthetic practices of the isolated artist, consensus building inevitably entails developing a set of skills not commonly associated with art making. To take a position with respect to the public agenda, the artist must act in collaboration with people with an understanding of social systems and institutions. Entirely new strategies must be learned: how to collaborate, how to cross over disciplines, how to choose sites that resonate with public meaning, and how to clarify visual and process symbolism for people who are not educated in art."

Public Matters suggested 'dating' an organization for a while before collaborating...

Buckman Elementary

King School

Portland City Archives

Portland Art Museum

Meals on Wheels People

Downtown Neighborhood Association

Field Work Maintenance

SAL

2013

LADIES' NIGHTLadies' Night is a project proposal that seeks to celebrate the women artists on display at the Portland Art Museum. For every woman artist on display in the museum's collection, one female museum visitor will be admitted free of charge to the 2013 Shine a Light in honor of those artists. Museum visitors will be asked to wear a(n) (indentifier) with their sponsor artist's name. The amount of visitors during Shine a Light is roughly the same as the amount of works exhibited throughout the museum, approximately 2000, so the total number of women let in for free should be roughly proportionate to the amount of women represented in the collection, illustrated by said identifiers.

why now?2011 Guerilla girls survey found:4% of the Met's contemporary section26% MOMA (2% women of color)23% Guggenheim (5% " )

National Museum of Women in the Arts estimates:5% of art currently on display in the United States was made by women

Break, 15 mins.

Thanks for Sharing Erin.

Now it's time to take a break...

JeffWright

Fall 2012

A new book is being written

but how?

Creative Opportunity

Finding CreativeOpportunities in my existing Obligations

My Family

Employment MFA Program

At Work:

● Letters of Recognition● Posters of Recognition● Afternoon Walks● Personal Profile

Gabriela

education

potential

tacos

Gabriela

Gabriela

Mario

heatherfirst year

What captivates me are the spaces in between: between norms, between realms, between people. These undefined, intangible, and transient areas bring into question our existing “truths”. By looking at the invisible and listening to the silence, I search not for new definitions, but a deeper understanding of our interwoven nature.

statementwriting and research

research

current

mildred'slane

nyfa - chez bushwick julia reist, jeremiah runnels

simone fortimovement and language

improvisation workshop

music, improv, conversation

online journalcommunication