go to art school

two offers, one rejection.

my two favourites both gave me unconditional offers and i was absolutely delighted. good boost to the ego. the decision was really difficult but eventually i made one, so i’ll be starting in september and am SO looking forward to it!

A wonderful art school, very free thinking, experimental, interdisciplinery, practice orientated, interesting lecturers, good facilities, beautifully situated …

wow!

that the school asked me to bring to the interview. and it is ages since i ever did anything like that and i’m finding it pretty hard.

wow! very scary indeed since it’s in another country. but brilliant and a bit unexpected…
wonderful school in a tiny place…
the interview is in two week’s time

I handed the portfolio in today, along with a hundred other people. I’ve had some problems getting the neccessary paperwork sent from one country to another and if it falls because of that I’ll have to cry. In fact I already did, because it really might.
But for now, I’m relived to have done it and very excited. Whatever happens, I know I’ve worked hard and will continue to.

application time for the schools I’m trying for starts now.

I’m just trying to get the last couple of pictures finished and am sorting out the presentation. Have bought myself some pale grey passepartout card to back all the pieces with. Fairly neutral but neither black or white and draws the different styles together a bit. Written some short texts about the work to go along side it. Written a personal statement and have my references and certificates all bagged up.

Same lady who looked through it the first time offered to take a glance at the final thing and I do hope she’s positive about it..

I’m feeling generally more positive about the whole thing.

OK, I was shitting myself before this, because I do find it hard to show anyone my stuff. Should actually have dine this a lot earlierso I’d have more time to accomodate any useful criticism people gave me. But I am so glad I did at last and it was actually a very positive experience, especially since I’ve been losing faith in a lot of my pieces and the teacher I’d asked to look at them was very positive. She gave me some very useful advice and was able to see things in a different way to me, suggesting more effective ways to show pictures together that I hadn’t considered. Also reminding me that no one is looking for perfection at this stage, rather for potential and openness and an interest in seeing things differently and expressing this visually.

I am very grateful for her taking the time to this and for her insightful comments. I have regained soem of the motivation I’d lost.

So I go to life drawing and etching classes at a local college, bacause I want to learn even if I’m not in the position of going to school full time yet.

At class today I actually plucked up the courage to ask the teacher if she would take a look at my portfolio with me. She agreed and we made a date. How exciting, how nice of her and how nerve wracking.

Finished the hand embroideries and one painting of a series of three.

Time is still a major issue as other responsibilities don’t just go away, but I’m still managing to work fairly consistently.

I have offers from a couple of people to look through my work and help me get it into some sort of order and I’m very grateful for that. Although I find it scary to show my stuff to other people, I know I need feedback and advice and I know I just have to get over it.

Have been attending etching classes for some time now and I just love it. Now I have a couple of prints that I consider good enough to put in a portfolio. And there are several not-prints in there already.

I’ve been sewing all day on a large embroidery, one of a series, and I’m not at all sure whether the poeple I’m applying to consider this art, but I do.

And I’ve almost finished my personal statement, but I still need to have a couple of people look over it. However, fear showing my stuff to other people is one of my great weaknesses that I really need to get over. Goes for the art even more.