The field trip to the TMA and 20 North Gallery was beneficial to me in many ways. Being in the Sights and Sounds gallery gave me a good idea on how I am going to display my pieces in both their housing and lighting. Being in the gallery atmosphere also gave me a sense of relief when it comes to seeing the final product.

Our time at 20 North was also greatly beneficial to me. As an artist who spans across disciplines, I do at some point hope to have work in galleries at some point in my life. Our time with Condessa was valuable in the sense that she took the fear away from the experience. External galleries have this intimidating factor to them, and seem like an unreachable goal. The way she explained the process of application and communication with the gallery really seemed like common sense when boiled down to the roots of what she was saying. This really gave me a feeling of relief and a confidence boost about applying to an external gallery.

Today in class, I was spending time working on a new model and was able to come into the Collab Lab and begin a 3D print for a new mold. After class during my time with Margaret, we discussed the potential to speak with the graphic design staff about how to present my work. On top of this, we also discussed the possibility of getting a patent put on my design, and bringing my work to the Hatch for further funding or awards.

During this week of class we presented our previous works and where we would all like lead into the BFA show. It was a bit reassuring for me to see that everyone feels a bit lost about certain aspects of their projects just as I am. There seemed to be a wide range of ideas and execution for everyones projects, and I look forward to seeing them come together!

The reading that we were assigned “The Digital Divide,” spoke to me but in an almost flipped perspective. Throughout my time at Bowling Green my interests have shifted immensely from my major and my practices. Having discovered and fallen in love with glassblowing, my priorities within digital art have changed from pursuing animation and concept design to 3D modeling and rendering as a means of prototyping and producing my glass pieces. Because of this shift, this has lead me to feel a sense of alienation from the digital program as a whole. None of it spoke to me, and I just went on creating things that I felt as though I had no connection with.  Even so, I found and thought I had the perfect means of combining the two for my thesis, but apparently it is not enough.

Now I am tasked with finding a way to further push digital art into my thesis. We discussed ways of including video, projection, AR, or animation into my work, but nothing has clicked yet. We will see what comes with some research, and continuing to push forward to make my work valid among my other digital peers.