he past three weekends have been so awesome! Unfortunately, midterms and lab work have really be picking up lately, and I haven’t had a chance to write– so this entry will recap the month.
Life on Mars…
No, I’m not referring to little green martians. Life on Mars is the title of the 2008 Carnegie International art exhibit.
Briefly, the Carnegie International show is hosted by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, and occurs once every four years. Around 40 of the world’s leading contemporary artists created pieces about their interpretation of Life on Mars; you can read more about the exhibit here: http://blog.cmoa.org/CI08/the-exhibition/the-exhibition.php
This semester, I’m taking Art 100: Concepts and Creations in the Visual Arts.
The class is designed for non-majors; its part classroom learning, part studio. It explores all sorts of unorthodox arts and modern artists. Our class, along with two other PSU art classes, went on a field trip to Pittsburgh to visit the Andy Warhol Museum and the Carnegie. (The art department sponsored the trip, so the coach bus and museum admissions were paid for.) The museums were so awesome! Best of all, the Carnegie show was hosting an event for University Students night; the entire museum was full of other students, either from the area, or on a field trip like we were. They had a whole social area set up in one of the exhibition halls, complete with little hor d’eurves and an uber trendy DJ. It was probably the closest to a “happening” I’ll ever get…. I LOVE contemporary and conceptual art, so Life on Mars was probably one of the best art exhibits I have ever seen. If you can get to the museum, it’s definitely worth checking out!!
Homecoming!!
My friends and I live off campus now, but we went back to watch the parade at the same spot we always staked out. We’ve got this picture of 5 of us from freshman year, standing outside of Simmons watching the parade….Freshman year, you aren’t really sure who you’ll end up friends with; we sort of expected we were going to branch off and find our own groups, but we just got closer as the year went on. Now, as seniors, the same crew of us are still together. So we stood in the same spot and retook the picture. I can’t believe this is our last homecoming!
The football game was AMAZING. In addition to our inter-school rivalry, there is an inter-family rivalry between PSU and Michigan in my house, so we just HAD to win this year. I was nervous during the first half, but I knew our team would pick it up… Go State!!
And now, with our victory over OSU, let’s see a BCS Championship bowl team!!! Miami, anyone….?
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