South High School- David Olsen- 4.25hrs
MCTC- Gregory Rose- 4.25hrs
This week at South High School was my presentation for the students. I came in and had two hours to prep, making sure that the projector worked and that my presentation also worked. For the most part I was really excited by my presentation but I found out that the school’s security system blocked out Instagram not allowing me to use the links I made to show Tom and Hillary’s Kinetic pieces. Still the presentation had a lot of images and showed a wide variety of artists from different backgrounds. I spent about 30 minutes presenting, showing different artists’ works and answering the occasional question. The last portion of my presentation was wholly Q&A though. The students mainly asked me questions about MCAD, tuition, and scholarships. I told them about MCAD’s portfolio day and some scholarship opportunities. They also asked a lot of questions on how I build my hand crank hand and how I hung the concrete cabinet. So, I got to explain French cleats and how to make 90 degree gears which was a lot of fun. At MCTC the students worked on gridding and transferring from printed photos. The students took to it quickly and most of them finished the structure of their drawing by the end of class. I started class by running lecture and I also gave a short introduction to the lesson I will be leading next week and asking students to look at different patterns in the time between now and next week. A few people where enlarging at odd ratio’s so me and Gregory helped with the math. Most of class was spent checking in one on one with each student and helping them to progress with their drawings. A few students brought in multiple photos, so we talked about which one had the strongest composition and why.