Artists in Residence

Art Hop

2008-08-25T15:02:00.002-04:00

Nate has a blowtorch

2008-07-29T09:58:00.003-04:00

it's the resin that makes them look so good

2008-07-28T16:50:00.007-04:00

i finished my four panels today by adding the resin to them. i couldn't have done it without the help of sara and janae (my fiancee)... well, i guess i could have... but it would have been a lot harder... so thanks again, ladies

hopefully i didn't make too big of a mess...

-x

boy meets girl... girl floats away

2008-07-26T01:26:00.013-04:00

i didn't photograph these two very often either. however, kenny and i made a time-lapse video of me working on the girl, so maybe we can get that up here.the final finished characters

some close-ups and this of course means two more finished panels
now it's time to resin

- x

we're going to the city

2008-07-23T22:59:00.009-04:00

so i was working on my artist statement... then i decided to work on something else. at least it's still work related, right?

this time we see the bottome panel's progress.... which apparently i didn't photograph as often...

more finished characters i forgot to take a close up of the central guy, but...
it's my second finished panel... so that's cool.
-x

12/15

2008-07-21T22:13:00.003-04:00

Three more panels to go for Marycrest. The finished pieces are wrapped up and ready to be sent over to be installed. Here is the beginning of the final three. These will be on the third floor.

-Sara

Foundersssss

2008-07-21T22:02:00.003-04:00

I realized I haven't really put up any pictures from Founders. The pieces for Marycrest came much more naturally to me, for some reason, yet everything, including my multiple pieces for the Founders lobby, will be completed this week.

For Founders I am making three paintings for above the couch, 4 painted beams to sort of "cap" the columns in the room, and then I have over 140 small panels which I will put on the ceiling in an overlapping collage. I made a physical sketch of a possible layout which I've included below. Also included are all my works in progress and the planned layout for installation in the weeks to come!

-Sara

Crits are Cool (x2) July 15, 2008

2008-07-21T20:19:00.002-04:00

Crits are Cool (July 15, 2008)

2008-07-21T20:17:00.001-04:00

brief history of flight

2008-07-16T16:21:00.012-04:00

here are some progress shots of the top panel... i'll pretend you've all been clamoring for them.first finished characters.
which means one finished panel
- x

This bridge will only take you halfway there

2008-07-09T14:30:00.000-04:00

-Sara

Work, work, work

2008-07-07T16:22:00.001-04:00

Nate

Katie

Christine

Artem

Sara

**Not Pictured: Lucas. He had to go to class. We'll get 'im though.

i'm gonna need a bigger room

2008-07-05T21:06:00.000-04:00

panels assembled

first signs of life

well you're in your little room
and you're working on something good
but if it's really good
you're gonna need a bigger room
and when you're in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started
sitting in your little room
III

-x

First finished pieces...

2008-07-04T19:59:00.001-04:00

..with just a few more coats of polyurethane to go. Forgive some of the crooked lines, those are because of my camera angles and not my painting skills! -Sara

let's get this party started

2008-07-01T16:08:00.000-04:00

some tests to make sure i could actually do this.

my panels.

next to me for a size reference. this is slightly obscured by my naturally bad posture, however. (but check out how small christine is next to them!)

-x

hey you, with your ear against the wall

2008-07-01T15:37:00.000-04:00

so i realized i haven't updated everyone on what i'm actually doing. well, as i said before, lennie wanted me to combine elements of what i had, so this is the result. hope you guys like it... if not... i guess i'm in trouble...

-x

Progress...however slow it may be

2008-06-27T16:14:00.000-04:00

Quite a few changes have been made to my original proposals for Marycrest.

Instead of having the additional, attached panels of wood, I have condensed my grid idea to single panels for the sake of practicality more than anything.

Here are two samples I have started (these being about the fifth attempt and variation over a 2 week period).

They are far from finished but off to a good start, I believe.

-Sara

whistle while you work

2008-06-25T21:39:00.000-04:00

hello all.

i figured since the most i've contributed to the blog is a voice hopped up on helium, i thought i'd fill everyone in on what i'm up too.

the project i'm working on involves liquid emulsion coated onto wooden panels, which is in its self rather interesting. the cool part is that i get to make the emulsion "from scratch." like baking a delicious jelly. or perhaps a scrumptious one. if there is such a thing...

most of the time i refer to the chemical formula as a "recipe". so...yum.

i haven't blow my hands off yet.

>insert reaction here<

and i don't know if i want to post images yet... basically i want you to think my project is awesome for as long as i possibly can.

see for yourself in august!

i'll post pictures after "the great reveal" (that's what i'm calling it)

-k

mission statement

2008-06-25T15:22:00.000-04:00

we have good ideas.

special thanks to ed norton for lending his voice to our little video

-x

2008-06-24T13:09:00.000-04:00

above are pictures of my workspace wall, a sketchbook of sorts.

Marianist Work

2008-06-20T11:06:00.000-04:00

We are a little more than halfway through the program now (scary how fast the summer's going!) and by now we have all started working on our final ideas and products. Here are some of the images I've been working on recently:

Above are some images of illustrations I have taken from old books in the Marian library.
Below are a few examples of the images of nativity scenes I have taken from the displays in the CPC building( the old NCR building).

And below are examples of the pixels I have been working on and some different colors I am considering using.
-Christine

shepard fairey

2008-06-17T13:55:00.001-04:00

-x

if we don't make it we'll fake it and see this through

2008-06-17T13:44:00.000-04:00

so, i came up with two very open-ended narratives consisting of four panels each. i thought this would be the best to go with the music lucas is doing so that the images would provide the story and the music would be the soundtrack to it. i wanted to leave them open-ended so that as different songs were played in the space, the interpretation of the story might change.

i wasn't sure which series i liked better, so i left it to lennie. he also liked both of them, so now he's having me combine them. let's see if i can pull it off.

- nate x

Artist's Blocks (continued)

2008-06-12T14:47:00.001-04:00

My space...

Example of image transfer for Founders (aviation theme)...
Example of image transfer for Marycrest (Oregon District)...
Practice painting on canvas board (unsuccessful!!)...

-Sara

Artist's Blocks

2008-06-12T14:41:00.000-04:00

This week has been a lot of planning and re-planning, so to speak.
I cannot get my hollow core doors cut until Tuesday, and I still have to pick up more scrap wood, so I've been experimenting a lot and playing with composition and color while waiting to actually start creating my pieces. With only 6 weeks left its been a rather frustrating few days.

Sketches for the Marycrest lounges...

Sketches for founders...

Example of an image transfer and panel overlapping for Marycrest...

-Sara

like a wacom.. but in real life...

2008-06-11T15:26:00.000-04:00

i don't do much painting.. other than in photoshop, but i wanted to do a fullsize rough of what one of my pieces might look like. this is the result. the second picture includes the elusive dave chesar as a reference for scale... he's not around much, so i figured i should take a picture of him to cherish when he's away.

for the main lobby i was playing around with a painting style i've used a couple times before. they're just basic color field pieces. when it dries i'll probably add some more detailing. formal art isn't really my strong suit, but i do have fun making these, so i figured i'd propose it.

i should have had dave pose with this painting too...

-x

Meeting with the Managers

2008-06-06T15:51:00.003-04:00

Some of the artists presenting their final 2-3 proposal ideas for their assigned spaces.

Now our goal is to finalize decisions, address technicalities, and finally start creating our pieces.

Progress In Marianist Hall

2008-06-03T16:05:00.000-04:00

My work for Marianist Hall is moving ahead pretty well. For the first floor of Marianist my plan is to take pictures on campus and blow up the digital pixels from the images, focusing on color and structure. My idea deals with a play on photography versus painting and addresses pushing a medium like photography in order to challenge the medium's original intent. Above and below are some examples of pieces I've been working on and how I've been playing around with the idea:I am also working on images for the 2nd and 4th floors of Marianist Hall. I have been in contact with people from the Marian Library on campus and am considering taking pictures of some of the nativity scenes and different religious artwork from the library and the old NCR building to put up in the Marianist Halls. Below are some examples of that work, too:

That's all for now!
Christine

i'm a junkyard full of false starts

2008-06-03T15:42:00.001-04:00

just some of the ideas i've had so far for this space... hopefully they're leading somewhere

-x

Lots and lots o' squares

2008-05-30T14:48:00.000-04:00

Yesterday we met with the facilities managers and narrowed our proposals down to 2 for each space. Here are some images of one of my more developed proposals for the five Marycrest lounges.

I was attracted to the use of multiple panels forming an irregular grid, in order to provide the spaces with variation, depth and texture. For each floor I've chosen a different color theme, as well as a different photo transfer of images from around Dayton.

These images include downtown, the wright flyer, the ghetto (student neighborhood), the dayton art institute, and the humanities building on campus.

There are approximately 150 panels and all, which I would like to make out of wooden doors. Each collection of paintings would be about 7 feet wide and 4 feet high on walls that are 16 1/2 by 8 1/2 feet.

hoooorrayyyy.

-sg

vwkillers

2008-05-30T10:25:00.000-04:00

short video (approx 3 min) sampling some of my proposed artwork with some of lucas's (lucas'?)(lucases?) music. the focus was repetition and time, given that this is a hallway that leads from the outside to dorm rooms, from dorm rooms to the outside, to a conference room, and to a cafeteria.

enjoy.
-nate x

someone's a fan...

2008-05-27T00:30:00.000-04:00

Christine, Sara, and I went to the canal street tavern to see Sharon Lane play. it was amazing. Christine even brought Jeff Jones along.

-katie

measuring lawnview

2008-05-27T00:08:00.000-04:00

Artem needed to measure the laundry room in Lawnview, so Nate and I opted to help him out. You can imagine how much work I did..

it is now completely clear where Nate Christopher actually came from...

Artem was convinced the washers led somewhere else

"the throne"

-katie

more work photos

2008-05-27T00:02:00.000-04:00

-katie

work days

2008-05-26T23:45:00.000-04:00

here are some studio pictures of us kids that i have been meaning to add. from top to bottom: christine, nate, artem, lucas, and sara.

christine is building models of her space our of chip-board.

i thought nate could not see me... turns out i am not all that stealthy.

artem is a self-proclaimed leper. (hence the bandana)

lucas works mostly on the computer, pasting bits of soundwork together: always a treat.

sara always paints like this.

i am completely serious.

plenty more on the way

- katie

marianist,thrift shop adventures, and such...

2008-05-21T19:06:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone! For my project I am working in the Marianist building. I am putting up
artwork in the first floor, second floor, and fourth floor halls. As you can see the halls are pretty plain- neutral colors and blank walls. I plan on putting up some photography and maybe incorporating some printmaking in there somewhere, (with sara's help). Some of my ideas include taking color pictures in the marianist library in Roesch (UD's library) and taking pictures in Merc (Merk??) the warehouse/gallery downtown on third st. that had an incredible setup for Urban Nights. We'll see what happens!

The image to the right is a picture of one of my cardboard models for Marianist. A few of us have started making our models early. We each have to make models for our spaces. That's been an interesting experience...

So what has been my motivation in getting through the cardboard fiasco? Well, I'm glad you asked.....

Katie and Lucas and I went on a thrift shop adventure, visting a few stores in town for stuff for our projects which is where I found this Lite Brite. And I love it. It's in mint condition almost. I also found a great soviet union record from the sixties which Artem has been translating at random. It's fantastic, too. And fun to listen to while working!
That's all for now!

Christine

Marycrest Lounges

2008-05-21T10:09:00.001-04:00

Here is some info on my other spaces...the 5 middle lounges in Marycrest.

I thinking at least one big painting on the large right wall of each space, and if time, maybe one or two corresponding smaller paintings above the trash compartments. That way the viewer sees art no matter which direction they are coming from.

Artists I've really been drawn to for this project include Maggie Taylor (thank you Christine, for introducing me to her!)and Tanja Softic. No concrete ideas yet in regards to subject matter.

-sg

public art

2008-05-20T13:44:00.001-04:00

in the van to go tour dayton for public art
first stop was mcmrf (mcmrv?)... it stands for something... but i don't remember what. they don't have public art, but they do have a ton of stuff that could potentially make art
we stopped at this legal graffiti wall to check this version of public art... you know... the graffiti kind...

then went around riverscape to see statues of some really rich white people. christine really liked his yellow sweater

lucas just really liked himthey had a sculpture of the first giant cash register. we celebrated by jumping on it
i thought it might be fun to lose my wallet
those guys thought it might be fun to steal some rims

-x

katie's periscope ...

2008-05-19T16:15:00.000-04:00

.a lost traveler was tired...and so was it with function?

..metra..

Founders Lobby

2008-05-19T15:58:00.000-04:00

Sara here. Investigated one of the 6 rooms I have been assigned (the other 5 are lounges in Marycrest.) Here in the lobby of Founders there is extremely poor lighting and drab decor.

My initial ideas are to create some framed silkscreens along the wall behind the couch, probably containing patterns linked to stained glass or floral elements (preferably with some tie to UD or the city of Dayton in general). It was my hope that I could enlarge this design and paint directly on the wall with windows, but due to limitations placed on the spaces by facilities this may not be possible.

For Marycrest I'm thinking two paintings per lounge. And watch out for our performance pieces. Poetry readings and such. :)

We'll see.

-sg

..a temporary affair with fruit of loom..

2008-05-19T15:31:00.000-04:00

...

...attacked by sprinklers, nate came out the victor with a level9 defense sheild...

...

...jeff suggested the close ups...

...metra...

2008-05-19T15:13:00.001-04:00

us, as accurately as my preschool drawing skills could allow.

-k

squid machine

2008-05-19T13:51:00.000-04:00

lucas says this is our first group project. he also says it's part accident, part art. he also mumbled something about gnawing the scalp as he walked away.

this is a little video we made featuring some music by lucas because everything we said during the filming was pretty stupid about how cool we thought it looked.

enjoy.

location location location

2008-05-19T13:11:00.000-04:00

artem has south quad, which includes lawnview and artstreet. still no word on what he will do and exactly where he will do it

christine has marianist which includes the second and fourth floors as well as the hallway on the first floor leading to west

katie has the north wing of marycrest. seven floors of terror

lucas has vwk along with...

me, nate, though we don't know where all we'll be able to go in that building

and sara has both the founders main lobby and 3-7 in the middle in marycrest

2008-05-19T12:33:00.001-04:00

Our Studio

2008-05-19T12:29:00.000-04:00

This is where we will be working all summer for our different projects

nue crue for summer.08

2008-05-19T11:52:00.001-04:00

left to right/top to bottom sara, artem, nate, lucas, katie and christine yeah, we're pretty hardcore. we'll be making artwork for residential buildings on campus this summer. our sphere of influence this time around encapsules the south quad, marianist, founders, marycrest, and vwk. we'll be posting updates pretty regularly so you can check our progress or just see what we're up to.
-x