It's the end of April! That means too many shows to count let alone attend! Tomorrow night is the opening of the Responsive Environments show, for which my group has been cleaning and assembling all morning and will be far into the night. Syracuse has their "Third Thursdays" which is a big sweep of art openings and Connective Corridor events on the third Thursday of every month. What's unfortunate is that during my class's show, my professors have their own show, the grad students have their MFA show opening, and all the galleries have cool openings. And since I'm never downtown (car-less) it will be hard to not go to these while I am downtown for our show. All of us have plans to sneak out though. : )
I would say the best thing I've learned from being a junior and going to shows with faculty and grads is that I'm not as young and inexperienced as I've always assumed. I have important things to add to the conversation, dad gummit! (Dad Gummit is something my mom says all the time. I don't know how to spell it but rest assured it's only Texas slang for dang it.) Anyway, feeling equal has proven much more useful than feeling inferior. I know a lot of people don't ever have this issue, but for a shy and quiet girl, being brave enough to overcome an inferiority complex is kind of a big deal. But believe me, if you're shy, there's no reason to be! Just walk up and talk to them. For me, I deal with artists, and it's been a revelation to me that these guys are in the same boat I am, just a little further down the river. They still struggle with concepts and connections and getting technical things down. I'm about to be a senior, then a grad student myself maybe, and even though a lot can happen in two years, it's not that long of a time. Especially when you consider the grad students you're talking to yourself. Now I am not advocating disrespectfulness, which I think is a thin line people cross often when joking around or arguing a point. But then everyone deserves respect!
Yall please excuse my didacticism. I know I sound a little preachy sometimes. ; )
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I'm a Computer Art student, which means I can focus on anything from interactive installation to animation to video games. I also play cello as a non-major in the Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra, and participate in extra-curriculars like African Drumming and Ballroom Dancing. Transmedia is the title of the department computer art is in, which also includes film, video art and photo. There is photo and film in Newhouse too, but that's not us. : )
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