In Response to Websites

Portal Wisconsin:

Within this simplistic website there are numerous tabs with areas for both events and artists a like. Searching under visual media in the interest areas tab brought to my attention many up and coming exhibits surrounding art in the Wisconsin area, including Jordan Eagles: “Blood Illuminations” which is a show I'd be interested to attend due the artwork physically being apart of the artist himself. Besides that the gallery of art pieces within the gallery tab is quite inspiring for that they give astonishing examples of art in every form imaginable.

Wisconsin Arts Board:

While on the exterior the Wisconsin Arts Board website seems the most bland, the magic comes from the opportunities provided from within the digital walls of white and purple. With the hardest part of choosing an art school besides the overall questioning of your parents being the stiff and ever lengthy bill to go to such an establishment, WAB posts grant opportunities that could help lighten the economically overbearing weight off your shoulders. Along with this WAB also has monthly news dealing with art surrounding the Midwest area along as well as links to art directories around Wisconsin.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards:

This website is truly a enigma for that while I truly love the artwork of my fellow peers as well as the awards and bonds they offer, my stomach knots up just writing about it for that I feel disheartened when going back to my measly art for that I feel there is no comparison. To say the least I'm jealous of those with greater skills in my fields of interest, but who isn't? All in all I do like this website for that even if I know I'll never be on it, Scholastic gives credit to young artist and shows them the respect they deserve.

The final day

Well my ever silent and few followers, today is the day at which this summer experiment closes. While I can say this whole shebang of sketching and blogging and working on projects and taking pictures and so on was a bit tedious and overwhelming at somepoints, I can also say I truly progressed as an artist in some demerit for that I conquered the mountainous giant that is adobe flash and already have three animations under my belt. With this I also feel my ability and overall interest in photography has risen, as proof by the bundle of well developed pictures in my flickr. Even though I didn't have the eureka moment in which I suddenly became the expert artist that is needed to excel in this class, I feel that I've become more and more satisfied and content with my art over the last months. These pasts months excluding the pains and gripes of educationally required activities was also quite a blast seeing as I visited schools and had a pretty rad summer job. Also I got to go to Michigan which broaden my views on things to do while sitting on a boat for hours on end while your phone is broken for almost two weeks (sorry about that). Though many good things have occurred in this three month span of time, from within this blanketed bed from which type these ever condensed summaries, I am overcome by the generic summertime regrets of not seeing or doing some things, but with said regrets come things to strive in the next summer to come. Music to end this summer include G.G Allin's Carnival of Excess, Andrew Jackson Jihad's Candy Cigarrets and Cap Guns, and Merzbow's Pulse Demon. 

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