Right now I wish I was a billionaire, and had a plane ticket to Maastricht. Being held, at this very moment, is the Maastricht European Fine Art Fair. Curators, directors, collectors are all flocking there right now for the chance to buy a Rembrandt self portrait ( THE LAST ONE TO BE SOLD!!!) and a beautiful Steen painting ( both of those have been sold already, but still -earlier YOU COULD BUY THEM! EEK!). I'm pretty jealous of all the wheeling and dealing and acquistion that is going on there, I want to be a curator, trying to get the next big artwork for my small museum (or large one!). So if you are still wondering what to get me for my eighteenth birthday, just hit up the Maastrict European Fine Art Fair - I'm sure I'd love anything there! haha jk, but seriously - I wish I was there.
Click here for more on the art fair
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
The only thing that has really been on my mind since I got accepted to AUR (YAY!!!) is where to go to school. I've narrowed it down ( I think) to AUR and BYU - but they are pretty much opposites, and I'm torn.
BYU
Price= A lot cheaper than Rome :)
Student body= 30,000+
Location=Smallish college town in Happy Valley
Proximity= Hour and a half drive from home, less if the familia moves like they are thinking about.
Campus size= Very large
Scholarship= One year tuition
Religious Affilliation=LDS
AUR
Price=Expensive + Plane ride
Student Body=500-600 students a semester
Location=Rome, one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world!
Proximity= A really long flight ( random google search gave me about 18-24 hrs including layover) away from home.
Campus Size=Very small
Scholarship=I don't know yet
Religous Affilliation=None, but Rome is a very Catholic city.
So I really do want to go to Rome - but it's so expensive and it would be really scary! I don't know what I'm going to do. I might go to AUR for a year and then transfer back to BYU or another U.S. college. I want to major in Art History, later go on to get my Ph.D, and later then that work in a museum. My stepdad told me to contact some college level Art History profs, I emailed about 6 or 7 and heard back from three - one voted for Rome, one for BYU, and another told me neither, so it didn't really help that much, lol. What do you think? Where should I go to college? (Lori, you are probably the only one that will read this - so I should just say Lori, where should I go to college? hahahaha)
BYU
Price= A lot cheaper than Rome :)
Student body= 30,000+
Location=Smallish college town in Happy Valley
Proximity= Hour and a half drive from home, less if the familia moves like they are thinking about.
Campus size= Very large
Scholarship= One year tuition
Religious Affilliation=LDS
AUR
Price=Expensive + Plane ride
Student Body=500-600 students a semester
Location=Rome, one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world!
Proximity= A really long flight ( random google search gave me about 18-24 hrs including layover) away from home.
Campus Size=Very small
Scholarship=I don't know yet
Religous Affilliation=None, but Rome is a very Catholic city.
So I really do want to go to Rome - but it's so expensive and it would be really scary! I don't know what I'm going to do. I might go to AUR for a year and then transfer back to BYU or another U.S. college. I want to major in Art History, later go on to get my Ph.D, and later then that work in a museum. My stepdad told me to contact some college level Art History profs, I emailed about 6 or 7 and heard back from three - one voted for Rome, one for BYU, and another told me neither, so it didn't really help that much, lol. What do you think? Where should I go to college? (Lori, you are probably the only one that will read this - so I should just say Lori, where should I go to college? hahahaha)
Monday, March 3, 2008
sixes
Miss Couturable openly tagged everyone who read her blog to share 6 unimportant things about themselves, and since I haven't blogged in a week and I don't really have anything too pressing on my mind, I thought I would do it.
Rules
1/ you link back to the person who tagged you.
2/ post these rules on your blog.
3/ share six unimportant things about yourself.
1. I hate chinese food. The smell of it makes me sick.
2. Watching Footloose or Grease instantly puts me into a really good mood. If I am ever grumpy - tell me to go watch Footloose, lol.
3. I love watching ballets. I think it is the most graceful and beautiful thing one can do with one's body.
4. My latest guilty pleasure is answering questions on Yahoo Answers! It makes me feel smart when I can answer the history questions!
5. Lately I have been thinking about what I will name my children (who knows why, ha I don't even know if I will have children!), and I have decided it would be super cool to name my girls Audrey and Elisabeth after two of my favorite woman artists - Audrey Flack (super-realism) and Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (Roccocco, she did the portraits of Marie Antoinette!) and a boy Marc after one of my absolute favorites Marc Chagall (surrealism/fantasy).
6. I just looked over at a Gaudi poster I have in my room, and I decided my 6th random fact will be that I love Gaudi! Even before I knew anything about art or architecture or Art Nouveau I loved Gaudi! His stuff is just so cool and unique, when I visited his Park Guell it reminded me of disneyland! Gaudi is awesome.
Well there are my 6 unimportant facts, this was a lot harder than I thought it would be!
Rules
1/ you link back to the person who tagged you.
2/ post these rules on your blog.
3/ share six unimportant things about yourself.
1. I hate chinese food. The smell of it makes me sick.
2. Watching Footloose or Grease instantly puts me into a really good mood. If I am ever grumpy - tell me to go watch Footloose, lol.
3. I love watching ballets. I think it is the most graceful and beautiful thing one can do with one's body.
4. My latest guilty pleasure is answering questions on Yahoo Answers! It makes me feel smart when I can answer the history questions!
5. Lately I have been thinking about what I will name my children (who knows why, ha I don't even know if I will have children!), and I have decided it would be super cool to name my girls Audrey and Elisabeth after two of my favorite woman artists - Audrey Flack (super-realism) and Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (Roccocco, she did the portraits of Marie Antoinette!) and a boy Marc after one of my absolute favorites Marc Chagall (surrealism/fantasy).
6. I just looked over at a Gaudi poster I have in my room, and I decided my 6th random fact will be that I love Gaudi! Even before I knew anything about art or architecture or Art Nouveau I loved Gaudi! His stuff is just so cool and unique, when I visited his Park Guell it reminded me of disneyland! Gaudi is awesome.
Well there are my 6 unimportant facts, this was a lot harder than I thought it would be!
Monday, February 25, 2008
So how do you really feel?
This morning I started to think about Mondrian and his artwork. He took all emotion out of his work - he only used straight lines, creating geometric squares and rectangles, and only the three primary colors -red, yellow, and blue- and white and black. I began to think about how sometimes I wish we could do that in life. Just take all the emotion out of it and just have the facts - like Mondrian took all emotion out of his art, and just focused on design and compositon, the facts of art - no emotion to screw it up! Mondrian was always an abstract, minimalist painter but he became even more simple with his designs as he got older. And if I'm remembering my facts straight, he liked the simple designs the best. Sometimes this is how I feel too - the further you get along with something, the more you just want it to be simple! I love Mondrian!
After I thought about that for a while I also thought of the Romantic painters - specifically my favorites, Goya and Delacroix- whose goal was to bring out an emotion in the viewer of their work. Sometimes I feel that way too, if I care about something I want you to care about it too! Sometimes if I am really mad, I want you to understand why I'm mad, and feel a little anger yourself! Whenever I see Goya's "Third Of May" I always feel mad at Napoleon! I feel bad for the people of Spain. This is exactly what Goya wanted! Whenever I see Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" I feel patriotic! And I'm not even French! haha. All of the works I have seen by Goya, Delacroix, and most other romantic artists - have made me feel an emotion. And sometimes I want that too, I want you to know and understand.
Then as I continued to think about emotion and art, I thought about Expressionism. Of the Fauves and the German Expressionists. Who wanted to express their emotions, their attitudes toward their self and the world, but they didn't use any set standard of symbols or way to do this. They just painted out their emotions, and it wasn't for the rest of the world to understand. Sometimes I feel like this too, I don't need anyone to understand - I just need to express my emotion. I love a lot of the expressionists - Kandinsky, Matisse for sure, Franz Marc, Roualt. Beckman is crazy, but I like it! Derain, Kirchner - pretty much all the expressionists are awesome! haha. But back on topic - they really do express their emotions without caring if anyone really understands what they are trying to say, and sometimes I feel like that, too.
Well, this is one of the reasons I love art, there is something you can relate to in any mood! lol. Emotion in art hasn't always been a question. Especially the emotion of the artist hasn't been very important till recently, and I think it is interesting - the role emotion has in art. Yay art!
After I thought about that for a while I also thought of the Romantic painters - specifically my favorites, Goya and Delacroix- whose goal was to bring out an emotion in the viewer of their work. Sometimes I feel that way too, if I care about something I want you to care about it too! Sometimes if I am really mad, I want you to understand why I'm mad, and feel a little anger yourself! Whenever I see Goya's "Third Of May" I always feel mad at Napoleon! I feel bad for the people of Spain. This is exactly what Goya wanted! Whenever I see Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" I feel patriotic! And I'm not even French! haha. All of the works I have seen by Goya, Delacroix, and most other romantic artists - have made me feel an emotion. And sometimes I want that too, I want you to know and understand.
Then as I continued to think about emotion and art, I thought about Expressionism. Of the Fauves and the German Expressionists. Who wanted to express their emotions, their attitudes toward their self and the world, but they didn't use any set standard of symbols or way to do this. They just painted out their emotions, and it wasn't for the rest of the world to understand. Sometimes I feel like this too, I don't need anyone to understand - I just need to express my emotion. I love a lot of the expressionists - Kandinsky, Matisse for sure, Franz Marc, Roualt. Beckman is crazy, but I like it! Derain, Kirchner - pretty much all the expressionists are awesome! haha. But back on topic - they really do express their emotions without caring if anyone really understands what they are trying to say, and sometimes I feel like that, too.
Well, this is one of the reasons I love art, there is something you can relate to in any mood! lol. Emotion in art hasn't always been a question. Especially the emotion of the artist hasn't been very important till recently, and I think it is interesting - the role emotion has in art. Yay art!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Movies & Books
Right now I am (sort of) watching the Academy Awards. It has gotten me thinking about movies I haven't seen that I want to, and movies I haven't seen for awhile that I would like to watch again soon! I decided I should make a list, so I don't forget!
And while I am making lists, there are two movies in theaters now that I want to see - 27 Dresses & Definitely, Maybe. Also now that I have made a movie list, I want to make a book list! So I am going to, these are books I want to read:
hmmm I am sure I will think of more books and movies later, ha, but that is all for now. Looks like if I ever say I'm bored, just remind me of this post!
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Center Stage
- My Fair Lady
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- La Vie En Rose
- Steel Magnolias
- The Little Princess
- Gone WIth the Wind
And while I am making lists, there are two movies in theaters now that I want to see - 27 Dresses & Definitely, Maybe. Also now that I have made a movie list, I want to make a book list! So I am going to, these are books I want to read:
- Pride & Prejudice
- Jane Eyre
- Gone WIth the Wind
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Twillight
- Cry The Beloved Country
hmmm I am sure I will think of more books and movies later, ha, but that is all for now. Looks like if I ever say I'm bored, just remind me of this post!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Time Travel
I really can't wait till graduation. I often think before I go to bed, how I hope I will wake up the next day and it will be June, haha. I am so excited to get out of high school and be done with all the drama and immaturity! Today, for some reason, I have been thinking about how much I hate high school a lot. In all fairness, it probably is my own fault I hate high school so much, I should be more positive about it, and should have gotten more involved - etc.,etc.etc. But I didn't, and I hate it, and I can not wait till it is over!!! Ha, I still haven't decided where I want to go to college - all the places I'm still considering though I will be really excited about going to, when I make my final decision. What I really can't wait for though -is to start working. I can't wait till I have my PhD, and am curating at a museum! I can't wait to get out of Utah and be living in an awesome big city with an awesome museum! Ah, I really can not wait!! So since I do not know of any time travel available, I guess I will have to wait out the next 86 days till graduation. Wish me luck! ha.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
web design
This year I have taken two web design classes offered by my high school. Because of this I decided to enter the web site development category in some FBLA competitions. The last few hours I have been working on my website for the state competition, and man it is hard! Ha, any one who is an awesome web designer has my respect!! I have also decided I hate geocities. That is all that is on my mind as of now, because its so darn frustrating!!
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