Spring break:Vegas

What a way to start off spring break. I went to Viva Las Vegas for a friends 21st brithday.

It was a blast, lots of safe drinking, dancing, fun in the sun, and wonderful food.

These are me and my gal pals at our hotel all dolled up for our first night on the town. yup thats monica of wecan.

 So we went to the bank at the belligo for the first night and i was just taking random pictures. this is my groups favorite picture out of the trip because of the girls face in the back. Well the cute guy helps but its all about the girl and her face. We didn't see this photo until after we got back and just started busted up laughing.

 The girl in the middle is the birthday girl. She begged and pleaded for me to go to vegas because I just kept saying i need to study and work on projects during spring break and she said nooo studying during your spring break you got to party, so  i did. it was blast.

Thats my trip to vegas. we didn't see any celebs this time, ( last time we saw a good portion of the cast of gLee, it was awesome since I love that show and indirectly partied with them) But all in all the time was fun. I didn't have any pictures of us at the pool since i was too scared of ruining my camera.

Second Life part two

Ok so here is this thing. I didn't like my time with it at all. I worked pretty much daily on it. I got frustrated with it many times. This is as close as i could get it i tried for 3 days. I couldn't figured out the hair to make it the way i always do it on myself along with the shoes. I thought dressing Barbie was hard when I was younger but then this was just annoying beyond belief. I don't have time to just sit and spend hours upon hours to make an avatar.

Toni Dove

Toni Dove is a virtual artist. in this picture she created what seems to be futuristic science lab. everything seems to also be projected onto glass, with the things like gears moving. Dove collaborated with Michael Mackenzie. they made this viewable through looking a camera so everything comes alive that way. In my opinion this just weird. I don't want to do look through something for a minute or two.  There will be a line of people trying to see the art work too. I don't like to be rushed when looking at art.

Edweard Muybridge

Edweard Muybridge took this photo(s) to prove that horses do get airborne. At one time during galloping they are off all four hooves. the point of his work was to show the movement in a human and animal that the human eye can't see. With this photo I find it really cool that the horse going at full speed is very focused and only moves his legs while going, unlike a dog whose head is usally moving around constantly granted I do understand that the horse is trained racing horse. With Muybridge idea of photographing movement made and still makes people ponder the movement in everything. There even has been a sport show based on his idea. Can't remember the name of it but it does certain plays and sees the what happens to the body and sometimes the damage to the human body.

WE CAN..part II

So the WECAN gallery was awesome. Way better than i expected. It was quite small but totally better. you could be more intimate with the work and not feel over whelmed by how much there is to see in such little time. The outcome of people was amazing, people ranging 5-68 year there. The members of WECAN were very nice and I'm not just saying that because I know some of them but just the way they interacted with other guests. The WECAN members answered all the questions and greeted every one that came in and visited and explain what they are.
   It was also really cool to see that the gallery was part of the Long Beach Art Walk. Many galleries are put on the streets of 3rd, 4th and i believe 5th street. The members were excited about being part of the Long Beach Art Walk. It was like seeing a kid on Christmas morning, they were jumping around and talking about how much more people they can add to their list for emails, facebook, and mailings.
  Here all the pictures I took and then some that I borrowed:

 sorry this one came out blurry. ^

This painting was sooooo cool because the colors are so dark but with the flash of my camera so much more color showed up. without the flash there is no purple to see and the decreasing of the black to coral isn't as detailed without the flash.

These were my favorite for so many reasons. 1. I love pizza, 2. I love music 3. they popped more than the other paintings. 4. THEY'RE ON CASSETTES!!! Talk about recycling!




I also liked this one for the transparent and what one thinks when he or she see its. When I saw it i thought about how California use to be property of Mexico and filled with cowboys and now that we moving far far from that romanticism of the old west its slowly disappearing.

 

The painting with the bug and the one above are from the same artist! These had similarities with style and color. The red popped a lot in these. The artist was there too, really cool guy, laid back and easy to talk to. 

The owl. I found this one to be amazing because its like a conscience, like Jimny Cricket. He's there to make one double think their discions.

I found this one to go well with the owl one which is below. This is the reaction to not paying attention to the deeper meaning of the owl painting.

 When I see this one i think of the person hanging out their work tools for the day, wishing for the day to finally put it for the last time. Its the person's favorite work brush and it got the person through think and thin.

My friend and her cousin the back round. We like to take pictures a lot so i told her to do her model face. :)

 

This is the outside of the venue and here are people going in and out of it.

Second Life part one.

Not liking Second life so much. Its taking me days to set up the little person like me. im pretty computer savy but this is just getting on my nerves. I've downloaded like 3 viewers, talked to support tech people and still got no where til now. I stayed up late too which didn't help my energy for work but i have ways around that so i hope that i finally downloaded the right software to do this....Right now with the generic avatar i look like a blonde tomb raider, just saying.

WeCan

So My artist project got changed to writing about my friends art group WECAN. 

First off  WECAN stands for Wilmington Enrichment Community Artist Network.

"Promotes and supports the arts in Wilmington and the greater Los Angeles area through art exhibitions, performances, cultural events, and workshops.

Based in the “Heart of the Harbor” we are a collective dedicated to providing and inspiring others to create and engage within the community through art. By creating a platform for engagement, we hope to spark interest in others throughout our area.

WECAN wishes to collaborate with local venues throughout the “Heart of the Harbor” and the greater Los Angeles area in order to provide the community with a safe space to share and celebrate local talent and creativity.

We are in the process of developing interactive workshops and events focused on themes including, but not limited to the following: Art techniques, Health and Wellness, Cinema, Cuisine, and much more!"

-www.wecan-la.com 

When I inteviewed my friend Monica, she pretty much gave me the same answer above, so I thought i'd use their description. after all they all co-wrote the description so why would it not be the same.  


Also another website of their's is facebook of course. Please add them as a friend. I can garndtee you'll learn something everyday from them. They'll post artist birthdays (artists being rappers, singers, bands, actors, painters, scupltors, and much more) its amazing,I truely do learn something everyday from them.  My favorite thing about their facebook page that they'll do an ARTIST OF THE DAY.  It can be wide range from anyone, I learn more about artists this way because some the people mentioned aren't in art history books, galleries, pieces at the norton simon, the gettys', the huntington library. They give so much info to enrich one's life and even day. Today's artist is Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/wecanart


In my own opinion the best thing about WECAN is that they will show pretty much anyone's art. Age doesn't matter to them.

 Here is the group putting their last exhibit together as a group. It takes them roughly about a month a half to set up.

Slangair Residency! 02.07.11 - 03.26.11

 See there's the candy I was talking about!! ^^

Heres some of their music days/nights , WECAN popular lens is the fish lens, its fun and very intringing since everyone doesn't know when the pictures are being taken. I love looking at the people in the background.

If you wish to submit art work you can find this form underneath at their website. www.wecan-la.com please go for it. Everyone's got to start somewhere.