Update on the future/A blog about pizza

Hello all,

First and foremost, I will send out your evaluations for the altered book project tomorrow afternoon.

Also, please be aware that the drawing you received from a classmate should be altered by tomorrow.  In the meantime, do not forget to upload a photo of the drawing as it is with your description of it and fill out the critique form I sent you and send it back to me via email.

Also, tomorrow, the next assignment will be available on SAKAI.  This one will be quite different and will not require any drawing!!!!

So, what is going on here?  Well, tonight, I am giving an artist talk.  This usually happens when you do a residency.  An artist talk can take many forms, but mine will be a traditional power point presentation, where I talk about some of the work I have made in the past.  I am excited about it and hope that people come to see me.  Another resident artist from Chicago, Kristina Paabus, is also speaking tonight.  See her work here:

http://kristinapaabus.com/home.html

I really love her work. Here, she is mostly working on screen prints, but if you look at her website, you will see that she also makes 3D work.  EXCITING!

Also, this Saturday, I will venture out to New York City for 2 things: 1. The best slice of pizza and 2. art.  Yes, in that order, I'm not going to lie.  (NYC is only about 2 hours from here).

Now, this best slice of pizza thing may be a bit elusive, so I may have to try more than 1.  Just kidding, but seriously, I know that people in NYC take a great deal of pride in their pizza, but I have never had a slice there that lived up to the hype.  Nevertheless, all is not lost and I am still willing to try and try and try.....

Also, while there, I will forgo the usual museum thing I do and visit galleries instead.  This is mostly due to the fact that there are actual prints I want to see in galleries.  I am especially referring to the Robert Motherwell: Prints from the 1970's exhibit that is talking place at Marlborough Gallery.  Here is a link to that gallery site:

http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/exhibitions/robert-motherwell-prints-from-the-1970s

Now, the gallery scene in NYC always lives up to the hype.  No other city has this kind of scene, with what appear to be warehouses  full of galleries.  Really, I do go to New York City for the pizza and art, but mostly, the energy of this huge metropolis captures my soul every time.

Pictures will follow this adventure.

Monika