Residency - Perpich Arts High School - Kathryn D’ELia - 5 hours
Residency - AVIVO - Jes Reyes - 5 hours
My first official day at AVIVO consisted of observing the open studio atmosphere. Around noon, artists started filling in to work on their personal projects. Collective members had their own studio space within the room, but everyone that shows up was able to use the materials in the class. Jes, her coworker, Christie, and I were available for feedback, conversation, and helping navigate the room.
The biggest takeaway that I was anticipating the most was the opportunity to get to know the artists personally. The range in skill, personality, and background means that every day will be truly unique. The air at AVIVO is so positive and supportive, I’m very excited to continue on.
At Perpich this week in the Drawing to Painting class, we introduced planar analysis, emphasizing on facial planes specifically. After a brief review on using vine and compressed charcoal as a medium, students paired up and took turns referencing each other from life to practice.
The Advanced Painting class began a two-day long reductive oil painting in order understand how to use this technique, especially in underpaintings. I participated in the demo for the class period. Later in the week, we switched gears and the students were introduced to palette knife painting, which seemed to challenge some. To conclude the week, Kathryn and I finalized plans for the lesson I will teach in mid March. Now that I am more integrated into Perpich, I have been noticing both the skill level and needs of the students which will help me produce a lesson that is relevant.
