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My name is Bekah and I am a freshman here at Butler! I am an Art + Design major and love sewing and being creative. I also love dancing (I'm on dance team!), eating cereal and shopping at Target.

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Art Now

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Bekah

Happy Thursday all! Art Now was this Tuesday and Wednesday, and it was a success! If you are unaware, Art Now is the art show put on by Butler’s art students at the end of each semester. The show takes place in the Reilly Room and lasts two days. Being an Art + Design major, I had all of my work from this semester in the show.

I displayed my body of work, which was a relational art piece about how people interact and forge friendships. I also displayed a piece I made out of a busted up George Forman Grill, as well as a collage of sexual innuendos. Art is fun.

"Innuendo? InYOURendo"

I absolutely loved all of the displays, and seeing all of my fellow classmate’s work was great. My favorite aspect of the show was the dance floor. There was a taped off section of the floor that you had to dance through whenever you crossed it, and on Wednesday, one of my professors and two of my classmates and I had a silent dance party. This consists of each participant listening to music on their iPod and dancing together as if the music is playing throughout the room. We looked like fools because there was only music playing in our ears, but it was great.

I also really enjoyed an interactive piece made by my friend and classmate, Britt. She made a mermaid tail and encouraged people to get inside the tail, take a picture, and post it with the hashtag #ArtNowMermaid. I most certainly took a picture, as did many other people. It was great fun!

P.S. If you missed the show, or if you just really love art, swing by the Art Annex past AV and check out Art at the Annex, featuring work from two senior majors. It will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tomorrow!

Me, being a mermaid.

Good luck on finals, and have a great end of the week :)

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Classes

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Bekah

Happy Friday all! Today marks the end of the first week of classes in the new semester. HUZZAH! My first week back at school was a little stressful, but once I get back into school mode, I will be good to go. I am excited about most of my classes this semester, which is promising.

I am taking the second half of my FYS, or First Year Seminar. All freshmen have to take this class as a sort of transition into being able to read and write at a collegiate level. My class is called Rock & Roll High School and I absolutely love it! I had this class last semester, so I already knew the professor and kids in my class, which is nice. The class is about youth culture and the influences it has in literature and music, so it is a blast!

I’m taking a class called Revolution, which is kind of an art history course, but we also have projects mixed in. I am really excited for it because I honestly don’t know that much about art history, and I would love to learn more.

Another art class I’m taking is called Process. All art majors and minors have to take it, and you essentially make one project throughout the whole semester. We are encouraged to use unconventional materials, or explore with a medium we haven’t used before. I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet, but I have been collecting old lists, clothing tags, and random stuff I find on the ground, so hopefully I can incorporate that somehow.

I just declared a journalism minor, so I am taking my first journalism class about news writing in print. I love reading and writing, so I am anxious to see if I enjoy journalism as much as I think I will. I’m excited to see how this class turns out because I have never done anything like this before.

Unfortunately I must take a science class as well. At Butler we have the Core Curriculum, which is a set of classes that everyone must take in order to graduate. There is a natural world (science) credit that has to be fulfilled, so I am taking Urban Ecology to do that.

Ew, science.

The class doesn’t seem too sciency, but I loathe any type of science, so I am not particularly pumped for it.

Those are all the classes I am taking this semester, so hopefully I will learn a lot and enjoy all of my classes. Have a fabulous three day weekend, and thanks for reading :)

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Art Now

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Bekah

Happy Friday everyone! Hopefully everyone is finding ways to be productive and stay calm whilst preparing for finals! (Did you read my post about stress managing tips?)

This past Tuesday and Wednesday was the annual Art Now event in the Reilly Room. Art Now is the art showcase that displays the work from the art classes throughout the semester. Since I am an Art + Design major, I featured my work from my drawing class in the show.

My display.

The show was absolutely fabulous! I was so excited to see the work from artists other than the lovely work I see during class. There were a lot of interactive pieces, which was super fun. One of my favorite interactive pieces was a chalk board in which people wrote things that they want to do before they graduate. It was really exciting to watch the viewers interacting with the artwork. My favorite thing on the board was a student’s desire to join a twerk team. To whomever wrote that: I will gladly join you!!

My favorite piece in the show was a portrait of Leonardo DiCaprio done by Shelia Tomasbi. I just can’t get over how smooth his face is and how the smolder in Leo’s eyes has been captured to perfection. This picture is truly glorious!

Leonardo DiCaprio by Shelia Tomasbi

If you didn’t get a chance to make it to Art Now this week, do not fret! There will be another one next semester! Have a lovely and productive weekend, good luck on finals, and thanks for reading :)

A student's creative display.

 

 

 

Life-size portraits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. First Fridays start today! I am showing two pieces at the Harrison Center this evening, so if anyone is interested in viewing some artwork, be sure to check out the various galleries opened tonight!

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First Fridays

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Bekah

Happy Friday! As you obviously know, it is the first Friday of the month. I am very excited about this because every first Friday of the month, the Indianapolis art community hosts an event called First Fridays.  This event takes place at art galleries around town and allows you to go in and see the studio space as well as the work various artists have created. I am going on the First Friday trip today with some of my fellow art students and I am so excited!!

I am from Peoria, Illinois, and my town also had First Fridays. Unfortunately, I never attended a First Friday gallery tour back home, so I am extra doubly excited for this one. We will be going to the Harrison Center for the Arts, Gallery 924, and Fountain Square/Murphy Art Center. Since I am an Art + Design major, I obviously love art! I enjoy visual arts, as well as the performing arts, and one of the things I love most about Butler is that there is always an opportunity to immerse yourself in the arts. I will most definitely take pictures at the galleries this evening and post some next week!

Also, here is a picture of me and Ashni’s pick up line, quote, and joke board today!

The pick up line, quote, and joke board

Joke of the week: Why do melons get married? They cantaloupe!

Happy Friday and thanks for reading :)

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Art + Design

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Bekah

Hello all! As you may or may not know, I am an Art + Design major here at Butler. Since this is just my first semester here, I am only taking one art class right now. I am enrolled in Drawing, which is one of the basic required courses of someone in the art program. In this drawing class, we present three sketches each week, plus one big project, as well as in-class drawings from observation.

Tuesday is critique day where we bring in the project we worked on over the weekend and present it to the class. We also present our sketchbook and get feedback from the class. I love crit days because I love discussing art and seeing what everyone has created! Thursdays are a little rough for me. We draw what is in front of us for three hours straight. The class sets up a still-life, which is basically a bunch of objects grouped together, and then we draw it. By the end of class on Thursdays, I am mentally drained! It is a long three hours! We are then given another homework assignment to present on Tuesday, and so the cycle continues. Below I have listed some of the work I have created in this class so far! Have a wonderful Wednesday, and thanks for reading! :)

Project 1: Self Portrait

Project 1: Self Portrait (Chalk pastel, sharpie)

 

 

Project 2: Object Still-Life

Project 2: Object Still-Life (Graphite)

 

 

Project 3: Mark-making

Project 3: Mark-making (Sharpie)

 

P.S. A Fun fact about the third project- that entire thing is composed of little tiny dots. This technique is called stippling. It took me three days to do. Fun stuff!

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