Cooper Photo Exhibition

The PHO 112 class is having a Photo Exhibition today from 4-6pm at Jalapeno's Mexican Grill, in Cooper Texas. Cooper is one of my favorite little East Texas towns, and Jalapeno's is definitely my favorite restaurant in the region. The food is very good, and very fresh. Everything is prepared on-site, the chicken and beef are first-rate. Most importantly, the owners, Jose and Hilda are wonderful, caring people.

It's my hope to have a new show at Jalapeno's every semester. I'd love it if we could work with Cooper High School and have a show of their students work, or even have a show from Paris Junior College. I'd also like to find a few other venues for exhibiting the students work. My plan is to make one set of frames each semester until we're swimming in them. This semester alone I've made (with the generous help of Jeremy Newton) one hundred frames from maple boards.

The images for this exhibition were all taken in Cooper, and are really nice. My hope for the future is that we'll have a nice system for hanging the work on wires from the ceiling in the restaurant. I think it also be smart to include the Music Department and/or the English Department when we have openings. Wouldn't a poetry reading or some live music be cool?

Final Exam

The final date for your final exam is Monday, May 11, at 1:15-3:15. Apparently there is STILL some confusion about what you are to turn in. Your GROUP needs to turn in 6 matted images. Originally you were supposed to do this individually (please see the April 23 post), but since you were confused about it, I've relented and now you may just turn in the assignment as a group. You should also have your blog complete- all assignments and all articles.

Today, Wednesday, you are to turn in images for the English assignment. You DO NOT have to include text with this assignment.

Today, Wednesday, you should have your print for the Cooper show framed and ready to hang. I came in last night and finished the frames.

Today, Wednesday, you should have a small poster for the Cooper Show, please put it on your blog and also distribute it around campus. If the show doesn't have any advertising, no one will know about it!

If you have ANY questions about this, please contact me at 573.220.5968, or email me at vwascovich@mac.com.

Final

Pearls before swine.

In the outside chance that the university will close its doors because of the swine flu epidemic, you're final grade will be based on all the assignments that you've posted on your blog, the quality of those assignments, the quality of your blog, and your attendance.

I strongly suggest that you get your blog as up to date as possible as soon as possible.

Final, finally.

Please have six matted images of the studio shots/collaborations matted for your final on Wednesday, May 6. Be sure your blog is up to date with all assignments and entries. Remember, your blog is to have two entries a week- which you were to comment on, plus all your assignments. If you do all of it the last minute, you won't be getting as good a grade as if you worked on it during the semester. The intention of the blog was for you to explore your work, and help create one online.

You'll also need to finish the frame that I built for you, for the Cooper show. That means it needs to be sanded and you'll need to apply two coats of urethane to it. I'll have the finishing materials in the woodshop. We'll mat and frame the work on Monday in class, so please have your frame finished by then. Also, we discussed making a poster for the show, I'd like each of you to make a small poster for the show and post it on your blog as well as distribute it to your friends and family.

The Assignment

Okay, below are the four groups. In each group are two stories. Each of you needs to pick one story to illustrate. You'll need at least 6-9 images. You'll need to use direct, bounced, diffused, focused light, not all in every shot, but each at least once. PLEASE be prepared to work in the studio on Monday. This means lights and props.

Group 4

Gravitational Pull
By Danielle Brownsberger
Light penetrates the eyelid-thin linen curtains, exposing cyclones of swirling, indignant dust storming through the air. The torrent of skin and wind coils and gains momentum, like a puddle of dingy dish water withstanding the drain. Compelled toward a plump white planet, the satellites rocket hysterically in their orbit. The corpulent mass revolves on thick porcelain thighs, electrifying every particle of earth and man in its trajectory.

Algebraic Reasoning
By Danielle Brownsberger
There is an amazing execution of craft at the Bureau. An army of statisticians, each one of them lusting for arithmetic, advances on the third floor at precisely the 0900 hour. Armed with protractors, TI92 calculators, graphing paper, and Sudoku, they descend on individual cubicles that belie their precise coordination. They rival the synchronized movements of the Filipino inmates who perform “Thriller.” These math men are pure harmony. Balance. Proportion. Sex.