Month: November 2014

Beeler: improv actress and set designer; this woman is a successful, smart girl who was handed opportunities that she never rejected “when doors open, walk through them.” She was very involved in the “hide out”, painting their backdrops every few months for the new shows. She has an agent for her acting, and she has been working with that and strengening her acting skills for about six years. Her group, with her husband in it, have done of 550 shows in the past 9 years. Recently she opened up a satellite coffee bar. Beller’s senior show consisted of oil paintings of food, which was more popular than she ever expected; she has continued doing them and sells them. Something that meant a lot to mean that she mentioned “create the things you want to exist in the world”; this is something i’ve always lived by with my art. Another things she said, “I like to make people’s ideas come to life”, really struck me as thoughtful.

Overall she gave me the most confidence of any of the speakers thus far.

Marino: I really enjoy how the pump project is geared to help the poor artists who make up austin and strive to find an affordable studio. Another thing she mentioned was how her studio tries to work with kids and influence art in their lives and thats so important in my life. I love how theie community is so open and how the 22nd and 23rd will be open to the public for anyone to see the art. Her astronomy work is beautiful, and really interests me. Her connection between the dirty, damp street and the sky really captured my attention. Her jello- rock mold piece was really pretty.

Dockery: her presentation was much shorter, and I didn’t feel as much of a personal connection to her work because i am not much a photographer.

Marshall McLuhan was an artist of his time; by this I mean he understood the styles and mediums of his generation and generations to come. ‘All Media Us Over’ expresses McLuhan’s belief that one cannot change what is going on around them, that they must just accept the times and events at hand.

Marshal discusses the impact of televisions in the 19^th century, but as predicted the technology of the now and of the future is not limited to TV’s. Other modern forms of technology like computers and smart phones allow people to express themselves in new ways, and to always remain connected to things around them. Social media is a good example of how people express their creativity with one another. This is both good and bad for a few reasons. Bringing people together and allowing new methods and mediums for channeling communication and creativity are things technology have brought to our world. On the other hand, the fear is that people are more involved in their devices than the world around them. Creating memories and exchanging conversations are things the modern day have in some ways hid away.

Art and communication have a lot in common to me; both are interoperated entirely differently by people of different back grounds, ages, and likes. Marshal McLuhan showed me through his work that there is a common ground for all types of communication and art in technology.