I'm sitting in one of the many student lounges located around ODU with the sound of sports news being broadcasted on the the big screen behind, something certainly not to be found in the humble lounge at the VAC. I have no need for going in all of the buildings here on campus, but the few I have been in seem to have these isolate lounges all through out the building. Accept of course, the Visual Arts Building. Of course. They do have a Student Art League which meets every Thursday. Were I down here those days anyways, I'd gladly attend. As it is I drive down here 3 days a week and it would be just too much to come down any more than necessary, especially on my decrepid car. Other than that however I haven't noticed any further opportunities to hang out with fellow artists on campus. It makes me feel isolated in a way, something I was able to avoid at TCC because I took all my Gen Ed classes online. I know it's oging to take some time. Even at the VAC it took me a semester really to get comfy cozy with everyone there. And since I'm almost starting over at ODU, I'm back to taking a bunch of Gen Ed classes, so I'm not taking several art classes a semester like I used to; I'm only taking a graphic design class this term (I had to drop my drawing class.)
On another side note there are two upcoming art shows. The first is
Renewal which is run by the same people who do Spirit in October. As it stands right now I have one piece to submit so far, am hoping for at least one more.
For the collage I used colorful pictures of space, ripped 'em up and then made a phoenix out of it.
The other is at
D'art Center, an art gallery in Downtown Norfolk. I've been so pressed for time to even come up with pieces for Renewal, that I doubt I'll have time to making anything for D'art. It'll be nice when I've been making art for a while that I'll have a larger volume of work that I won't have to sweat it when submission time comes around. I've got ideas but lately I've been having problems of how I want to go about executing them For now at least I have this piece, I'll update if I get around to creating more in time.
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