This time last week I was trying to sleep. But, let's be honest, I was lying in bed, unable to fall asleep, because I was so excited to be going to New York. That's right - the Big Apple. From 5am to 11pm I was on a whirlwind pace while my mind ran marathons trying to keep up. But it was worth it, I'll be the first to attest to that.
Just to give you a small taste of my nonstop day, here a just a FEW of the many photographic scenes and art I saw last Saturday.
Perhaps I should give you some background information, but before I do... pretty snazzy collage right?
I finally had time to put effort into one of my blog posts, and I am pleased with how it came out. I am also pleased to announce that the process was simple enough that I can duplicate it - though perhaps with not so many photos. I do apologize if you cannot see each photo clearly, but there were just many that I wanted to share!
But back to the beginning. This NYC trip was not just a random trip where my friends and I decided to hop on a bus - and I do hope that if you are reading this, you would know me better than this than to expect that I would EVER do that - unplanned and on a whim - though I guess one can never say never. Anyways, this NYC venture was a trip through our art department. It is required of some Art Majors to go for their classes, however, it is open to the whole art department which, if you will recall, I am now a part of! My drawing teacher strongly encouraged our class to go on this yearly trip as the day promised adventures. I jumped at the opportunity to do something different for a weekend and, not having work, I signed up with a couple of friends. So that's the background information.
A (very brief) summary of the day then? Obviously the day started out as a very early morning. However, this was all rewarded. I chose to spend my time in the Chelsea Galleries - a tired looking part of town but thriving in art life. I can't even express how many galleries I saw last week, and we were only there for a few hours! Thankfully my art professor (and fantastic advisor!) was there to guide those of us in Chelsea and picked a great selection of post-modern art for us to view. While most of the group opted to go get lunch, I, and 3 other students stayed with Prof. Z and continued our whirlwind journey, after which we walked 5th avenue (and quickly stopped at Starbucks), to catch our bus at the MOMA, where the rest of our group was.
In general sum, that was my day. I throughly enjoyed gallery hopping - as I have never done that to THIS extent before - and I came back inspired and ready to produce great works... kind of. If you have not experienced galleries before I do recommend doing it once in your life. It is a very different experience than museums and there is free stuff involved. Not to mention all galleries are free to get into, fantastic right?!
I appologize for my verbose post, but perhaps it will make up for my lack of posting recently. :) Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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