Blog 10: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

I am currently continuing to do my volunteer work at the American Museum of Ceramic Arts. I have learned a lot of new information about how to start a show. I am starting to realize how much work I have gotten myself into...

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

One of the pieces that I really found a deep interest with was the article called "Psychological Effects of Art on Humans". I thought that the way it explained the human mind was extremely useful in an advertisers' point of view. Not only are you targeting your audience on a very physical level through demographics research etc, but you are also more able to change their emotions from the pieces that are shown in the exhibit. It stresses a more important role on choosing the pieces wisely in order to have emotional themes throughout the entire exhibit. This will help me with choosing the pieces that I choose to exhibit, because I now have a better understanding as to what will effect which part of the brain. 


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{This is the photography studio that I usually work in with the girl on the right, Jill. She's the photography intern, and  I help her. The man on the left is Roady, he is the arts director of AMOCA. He's placing one of the headlining pieces for the last exhibit down for us to photograph for advertisements and the catalogue books. }