Saturday, November 29, 2014
Go Behind the Scenes at Carnegie Mellon School of Art Open Studio, Dec. 5
Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University: The School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University will host its seventh annual Open Studio from 5-10 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, in the College of Fine Arts building. Free and open to the public, this event offers a behind-the-scenes look at more than 50 undergraduate and graduate artist studios with work-in-progress spanning sculpture, painting, video, gaming, performance, interactive art and more.
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This sounds like a really interesting event and the fact that I had no idea it existed demonstrates how easy it is to be isolated from what is happening on campus outside of one's own school. The event is open to the public, which is great because it could potentially give the Pittsburgh community the opportunity to develop a better understanding of what goes on in the College of Fine Arts. But this also sounds like it could be a really enlightening event to members of Carnegie Mellon outside of the School of Art. I wonder what sort of publicity has been distributed for this event, I don't know that I would have found out about it if it weren't for this post. I would be interested to know if the intention is to attract more of a Carnegie Mellon student audience or appeal to the broader Pittsburgh area. Either way, this is an event I think I will really consider trying to make it to. Even as a student in the College of Fine Arts here, I actually do not know very much about what happens in the School of Art.
This is such a wonderful event! It's exciting for all the talented artists at CMU to have a chance to show their art to the greater Pittsburgh community. I know that for me it is easy to be trapped in a bubble about my work, working in the same type of atmosphere, always getting responses from the same people. It's great for students in the CFA to have this kind of experience presenting their work!
That said, I agree with Sydney when she says that this doesn't seem well advertised. I, for one, had no idea that it even existed. What a shame if I had missed this opportunity to see the work of my classmates! It seems like event would be well served to be mentioned in a mass email to the school, at the very least, if not given a more prominent position in campus advertising.
I think this is such a great idea. Watching other types of artist work through their process, would be beneficial to all of us, in the way that foundations of directing teaches us to see from the directors perspective. I do agree with the other commenters that this should be more publicized and that being in the School of Drama tends to put a wall between us and the rest of campus. There are so so many groups and activities outside of theater that could benefit our general education, but also our process as artists. I hope that in the future the School of Drama students will take it upon themselves to be more educated about whats going on around the rest of CMU.
Nine times out of ten, I forget that the School of Drama is technically part of the College of Fine Arts. Which should be harder, considering I live with a Design student. Just as I hear Drama students lament the dearth of CMU students from outside Drama who come to see the shows, so too I would imagine the students displaying their work at these events feel. That said, Drama and (for lack of a better term) non-Drama CFA are really missing out on demographics who, while not well-versed in their particular brand of art, still lead an art-appreciating and art-centric education here at CMU. If events like this were emphasized in Purnell, I'm sure there would be more interest generated and many people willing to attend. In addition, this speaks to the larger gap that exists within CFA. The "real world" is often harder on the arts, and being invested in and supporting the arts outside our own is crucial to not only our success, but the success of art as a culture and human legacy.
I can't wait to attend this event! I really admire how diverse the school of art is and how the students are encouraged to work with interdisciplinary mediums and concepts. Recently, there was a project presented where microbiology was explained through puppetry. It's so cool to think that there were artists and scientists, who are usually not associated with one another, working in the same space on the same project. It's amazing to see what can be accomplished when great brains in "opposite" subjects collide, so I am especially excited to attend the BXA presentations, as those students specialize in combining practices for the sake of art!
I think this is a great idea and i hope that i get to go. Similar to when you present a portfolio, i think seeing art in progress is always a lot of fun. It really gives you a window into the artists mind and their process for how the art is created. I think this is especially fun when you get to come back later and see the finished product. Its kind of like what makes creating things so much fun. I also like that it is not just a senior art show type thing, but that it is really representing the whole range of students of various levels in the school of art. Besides that, i think itll be interesting to see where other artists on campus work, since we're typically so isolated in purnell.
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