Blog 21: Independent Component 2

LITERAL:

a)   I, Ivy Jordan, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b)  My source was the same as always: My mentorship at AMOCA under the supervision of Nicole Frazier and Susan Reed.

c) HERE!!  (from 2/2 - 4/28)

d) I completed helping my supervisors carry out the everyday tasks needed in order to keep the museum in running condition. I observed the activities that AMOCA does in order to reach out towards the community, as well as helped with the installation and progress of their newest show in their artist studio gallery. It will be a high school show called "THE ART OF FOOD" . It was a really great experience getting to be a part of it.

INTERPRETIVE:

This is one of the pieces that will be printed and added into the final tapestry, I know it isn't very impressive, but the whole process of measuring and doing math to find the right proportions for it in accordance for the tapestry dimensions were a bit more complex than it seems at first glance. It has taken several weeks (meaning about 4 days considering I only come in once a week) for me to even conceptualize this monster.

These are what the finished glazed plates look like. Well, finished as in the end of my job. However, they need to go into the kiln and get fired then they will come out extremely glossy and finished looking. There were hundreds of racks of plates just like this. Around 800 of them to be a little bit more exact.

 This is the program which sponsored the art show that I am getting the privilege to work with.

This is the progress that we are making with installing the High Schooler's work. All of these walls and blocks had to be brought in from the backrooms of AMOCA which required a ton of heavy lifting. Also, we painted several pedestals black for a more interesting contrast to enhance the visual appeal of each piece.

APPLIED:

I would have to say that the thing that helped me most in my discovery for what the most important factor in curating an art show is would probably be seeing the entire process and playing a somewhat vital role in it. It was interesting seeing the process and thought that goes into making an amateur show like this one, and in all honesty it seems like a lot of guess work. I wonder if it is somewhat the same for larger museums..