As our first project, we will each do a "painting-a-week" based on the theme Portraits: Around the House. The only rules are that we must work 8"x11" or smaller and it must have something to do with our theme. It can be any media, anything in our house, any level of "finish." Look for our first three pieces to be posted by the end of the day Sunday July 1, 2007.
We look forward to hearing your feedback!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Portraits: Around the House
Profile of a Twenty-Something Artist: Kristen
I too went to Adrian College and received a BFA in fine arts in 2004. At the time I was pre-art therapy and on track to go to graduate school in Washington D.C..So I went to D.C. and I hated it. Art therapy was not the day job I was looking for while I was creating art and getting it out into the world. (That's its own blog). After convincing everyone that I made a big mistake I moved back to Detroit, and tried several other jobs including painting murals in wealthy homes.
I'm currently working at a great job as an executive assistant for a furniture repair and refinishing company.I love my current job. The economy is terrible though, and I might not have a job next week, but we'll just have to wait and see. I have no idea of what I'll do if that happens. Art school didn't give me the "worst case scenario handbook for artists".I do know that having my art friends ,and our get togethers, has made it clear that we all want to have a reason and a place to showcase what we're making. This is the place!So welcome to our blog. We all agreed that we don't need a big fancy gallery to make us feel like successful artists. So stay tuned and keep checking in to see what's going on with our art and us every week.
Kristen
Profile of a Twenty-Something Artist: Abbey
I am Abbey Adams and also graduated from Adrian College in 2004 with my BFA in Studio Art with a Business Administration minor. Last winter I enrolled in a continuing education certificate program at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. I finished my mini program in Digital Print design although still feel like I'm learning. Ever since graduating I seem to have a harder time making art and have only a few finished pieces. Deadlines are hard for me, as you can see, but this new blog project is helping me work on that. It also helps to have two friends who keep pushing me to get it done!
I currently work at Starbucks Coffee and live in Royal Oak, Michigan. I love my city and, most days, my job. I get to meet all kinds of people, work with great friends, and drink coffee all day and night. At the same time, I feel like I'm not moving forward the way I had thought I would after graduating from school. I want to be an artist while having a "career" and have been thinking about the kind of life I want to create for myself. If I could have fun, be creative, and feel like I'm doing something that is important to me and the world in some way. Life is in the details, I am learning. This blog project is jump starting everything for me, I can already feel it. I am making new art, creating goals for myself, and giving me all kinds of energy.
Can't wait to show people who I am and what I can do. I have one other site with older work that I try to keep up-to-date at abbeyshea.sitesofourown.com if you are interested in looking. Feel free to write me any time and thanks for checking out our site!
Abbey
Friday, June 15, 2007
Profile of a Twenty-Something Artist: Rachel
My name is Rachel Sherwood and I currently live in Novi, Michigan. I just turned 25 and I am a Department Manager at H&M, a clothing store. It pays the bills, but folding clothes isn't exactly the meaningful, soul fullfilling career I always hoped for. I keep reminding myself that, with time, I'll find something better. Hopefully this website is a stepping stone on that path.
I graduated from Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan with a BFA in Painting and Graphic Design in 2004. At that point I moved to Philadelphia, PA with a program called Teach For America. I taught 7th grade for one year in innercity Camden, NJ. This was one of the most life-changing experiences I've had. I learned a lot about myself, about how to stay sane in even the most demanding situations, and how much alike all people really are.
After that, I took a much less demanding job in retail and moved back to Michigan to be closer to my family and friends. Recently Abbey, Kristen and I have started having monthly dinner parties to discuss art among other topics including finances, romance, and general feelings of doom inspired by being 20-somethings. This blog has come from that colaboration and hopefully will open some doors for us, and inspire others who come to see what we have to say.
Rachel
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Welcome
Welcome to the "Quarterlife Artists" Blogspot. This blog has been created as a place to create and discuss art as well as some of the challenges of being a 20-something artist. We, (Abbey, Kristen, and Rachel) met while attending Adrian College in Michigan. We became friends while taking classes together in the Art Department and hung our Senior Show together. After college we took separate paths for a time, but recently have all ended up back in Michigan.
We started a series of monthly dinner parties as a chance to talk about the art we were (or in most cases, weren't) making. We also started discussing other hot topics in our lives including finances, romance, work-life balances, etc. This blog has come out of those discussions.
We are interested in "painting-a-day" blogs and are hoping to try something similar to that here. At first we will do weekly installments while we get the hang of it. Eventually we hope to offer our paintings for sale, and possibly other services.
Please bookmark this page and check back weekly to see what's new.
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