Journal Entry #4 March 30

FREE FOR ALL

I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself for the free for all. My name is Chelsey Peck and I am originally from Los Angeles. I moved to Santa Barbara three years ago to attend SBCC. I lived in Tropicana Gardens my first year and absolutely loved it. I played competitive volleyball for six years, so when I moved to Santa Barbara I decided to quit and just focus on school. My second year at SBCC I moved into an apartment on Trigo with my best friend and still live there today. I just transfered to UCSB last fall and I decided to double major in Communication and Art. I am almost done with my Communication requirements, so now I am basically working on my art requirements. It has been really fun double majoring because when I get tired of one subject, I can easily take a class in another subject. Although it has been difficult because I have to take a lot of units each quarter, currently I am taking 17 units and still trying to maintain my social life. I love art and I love UCSB and I am so excited for this quarter!

My facebook link is: http://www.facebook.com/chelseypeck

Journal Entry #3 March 30

ART SHOW REVIEW

I went to the UCSB art show yesterday at room 479. I've never been in that building before and it was a really delightful art show. First I visited the dome artwork in the main building called Telemodelectriver by Julian Alexander Scalia that was made with CRTs, conduit, oil drums, and video. This installation was very intense because first you just follow a couple of arrows cut out of carpet padding into a room with a huge white dome and weird video images inside of it. There is also blasting music in each corner of the room, and when I went into the dome I felt a very claustrophobic but I thought the artist did a really good job in making it a very unique and intense experience. I also saw all the wood pieces of artwork, and my friend even climbed on top of the enlarged table/chair piece, it was pretty amazing how large it was. I also really loved the part digital part plastic pieces. The colors were so vibrant it looked almost like they were from an oil spill. The food was amazing too, I never realized how much fun the art shows on campus are. I can't wait for the next one.

Journal Entry #2 March 29

CONCERNS AND FEARS FOR THE CLASS

I am extremely excited for this class, however I do have some concerns. Today I met with my section for the first time and my TA Desiree told us that this class probably will be one of the hardest classes we will take. Of course that intimidated me, but I think it will be fun at the same time. Another fear that I might have is attendance, we are expected to make every lecture and section and I know sometimes things come up so I hope to make it to every class this quarter. Also this class seams to have a lot of projects and assignments, and I am taking a lot of classes this quarter I hope I can keep up. Other than those concerns, I think this class will be very interesting and beneficial for my art career.

Journal Entry #1 March 28

RESPONSE TO KIPS LECTURE

I really enjoyed the very first lecture of Art 7a Spring 2011. Kip is so enthusiastic and I can tell he is very passionate about art and teaching. I'm looking forward to creating, evaluating, participating, and experiencing art and life. It was interesting to me how we subconsciously recognize iconic images. We watched a video and viewed some images, and it was so interesting how many specific instances I related them to things I have seen before in the past. Kip keeps lecture exciting and full of useful information. I can't wait to see how this quarter will unfold. I also thought Kip’s story of his first art class was classic. He explained how the class critiqued a pile of trash in the corner of the room, when they thought one of their peers had created it. The point of the story is how can we decipher what is art? As Eleanor Antin once described art as, “Making meaning happen.” I also learned a new word during lecture, synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it. I think for this class the understanding of the meaning of a piece of artwork is going to be crucial.