Art stuff
I have two bits of art-related news. First, I got my letter today from the Merit Scholarship Committee. This was a scholarship I applied for a few months ago that is offered by the art department. You submit 6 pictures of your art, and they award the scholarships based solely on merit. They award several scholarships, and they award them at different levels each year depending on how many people apply and how good their work is. I was awarded $3865, half of which I will get for the fall semester and half for the spring semester. Yay! This week I also put in my petition for residency so hopefully I will get in-state tuition rates for the fall. If so, that scholarship money would put a much bigger dent in my tuition.
The other bit of news isn't necessarily news yet, it's just something that might happen. I might have a solo gallery show for the month of June. This hinges upon a few things, one of which is whether I can get enough pieces together by that time, and the other of which is whether the space has been rented by someone else before then. I'm considering putting up my huge painting that I'm working on right now,
along with these:
In addition, I want to put together a group of Giclee prints of these... I have only colorized these three so far, but I have over a dozen of them total that could be done, and I think they'd make good prints (and would be the kind of thing I could see someone actually buying to hang in their home or business)...
It's a small gallery, so those paintings plus, say, six of the bottle prints would pretty much fill it, I think. Even if I would be renting the gallery myself, the ability to say I've had a solo show is huge, resume-wise. Also, it would get me some exposure in the local art scene, give me a shot at maybe even selling something, and create the potential for even getting a review written. It would be a great opportunity for me.
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