Winter Break

I can't believe that winter break has come and gone already! I had a very relaxing time at home with my family and didn't do very much, especially art. After a long action-packed semester of art classes, I took a break from doing any "art" art. Sure I sketched in my sketchbook, but I didn't paint or anything. What I did do was make clothes. Inspired by many of the clothes (actually, all of them) in the movie Penelope, starring Christina Rici, I made myself a dress to wear on Christmas day.

For Christmas I received my own sewing machine (up until this moment I've been using my sister's). I'm extremely excited about it and foresee many more garments in the future!

Here is the link to a video my friend Rachel and I made for our Time Studio class. The assignment was to make a performance that has three elements. For any of you who are confused like I was two months ago, performance art it live art made by artists. Performance art usually isn't very theatrical, but mostly makes political, economical, etc. commentaries on society. For this 3 Element project, we were required to have three elements in our performance that lasted 3 minutes, for example of a performance would be me watching a movie infront of the class and making comments about the movie aloud or something. The elements would be myself, the movie, and the class. Yes, this is a very different and interesting art but it is also extremely fun. So, here is the youtube link for one element of the performance piece Rachel and I collaborated on. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G75ACqs2Rzo