My night as an art hawker

 

Last night I volunteered to help at a fundraiser for the Art and Design Department at the University.  I had no idea it was such an event!  All I knew was I was there to sell hats, posters and aprons.    When I arrived, the place was packed to the gills, the auction had already begun and the place was hopping!

If you were somebody, you were there, and I saw all kinds of people that I thought I knew, but couldn’t place.  The problem is I’ve lived too many places and been involved with too many things.  I can’t remember everyone.  Someone thought he recognized me, too, but when he asked my name and found that I was working the event and was simply a lowly art student, he moved on rather quickly.  I got sort of tickled by that one.

My stint with my art class is coming to a close.  I’m going to an extra session this morning (yes, on a Saturday!) to finish inking a poster, and then I will just have to work on binding my six signature sketchbooks into one book.  I’ll be able to work on that in Monday night’s lab.

Everything finishes Wednesday, Dec. 5.  There’s no final exam, just a final critique, or as they call it in class, a crit.  Then we’ll be able to pick up our projects or if we don’t want them, they get thrown away. 

I think I’ll pick mine up.  This class has been an eye opening  and mind expanding experience.  I’ve enjoyed it immensely, and I would recommend anyone who has always wanted to experience an art class to dive in and try it out.  I’ve found you’re not always surrounded by artists.  There are some, but not the entire class. 

And I guess I’m doing okay.  My instructor has recommended that I look into enrolling in Drawing and Painting classes, much to my surprise!  When she told me that, I had already signed up for Intro to Computer Graphics, which is an evening class.  But I’ll keep her thoughts in mind.  I just hope they’ll offer them in the evening at some point. 

Have you ever thought about taking some classes at a local college?  If you’re not interested in getting credit, sometimes you can audit the class; take it and only pay a nominal fee.  At the university where I’m attending, you can audit a class for only $25, I think!  You still have to pay for supplies and fees, but it’s a far cry from the cost of tuition.