Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 2nd we have guest speaker Richard Whitten, from Rhode Island College, in to speak about the portfolio requirements involved in transferring to RIC.

Afterwards there will be ample time to work at the computers on your artist's statements or Powerpoint presentations. I will open the equipment cabinet for anyone who needs to photograph work. Work can be shot in either the computer lab or one of the open spaces in room 4060, in the art dept.

Steven Mardo, 2D-The Illusion of Depth

This coming Monday, Oct. 19th we have a guest speaker, Steven Mardo. We have other business to take care of as well. Be sure to check your email for specific details and other announcements.

National Portfolio Day

Student work from the School of the Museum Arts Boston

Huge portfolio review day taking place tomorrow in Boston sponsored by SFMA and the National Portfolio Days Assoc. There will be representatives of art programs from all over the country ready to look at your work. Grab 10-15 pieces and head up to Boston for the afternoon.

Here's the link for details.

Sunday, October 4
12 to 4 pm
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

This Monday we begin shooting work for portfolio development.

If you have your own camera bring it along. I'm bringing a small digital point and shoot if anyone needs to use it. Or, you might find people willing to trade you some camera time for help with their set-ups. Whatever works. There are also some card readers available. Be sure to bring a flash drive so you can save and transport your images.

We will have on hand a small tripod, and 3 halogen lights, along with backdrop paper for shooting 3-d objects.

I suggest we start with no more than 3-4 items each for this first round. After that we can pull the equipment out as needed.

Class blogs

Links to your individual blog sites are now up so click on over and see what some members have going so far. I enjoyed the comments on our classroom adventures in technology!

Use your blog to start putting down some thoughts about your work, examples of work, and those things that influence it. At this stage it's a conversation between yourself and the rest of the class. It doesn't have to be perfect.

To get started check out Mike Collington's amazing photographs.



If you didn't give me your URL last class you can email the address to me when you're ready.

Reviews and blogs

Our next class, Mon. 9/28th, is reserved for individual portfolio reviews. I will be sending an email out to the class to your ccri.edu address reminding everyone of their time slots. From the work I've seen so far it looks like a great group.

Fall 2009

Gearing up for the new semester. Updates in progress. See you soon!


Linda Grausgruber, Spring 2009