Sorted
Ten years ago I was finishing up my stint as a full-time art student.
At Mission College in Santa Clara, CA, I took basic drawing classes, 2-D concepts, life drawing,
color theory, and the basic Adobe software classes.
Then I transferred to San Jose State and I took Representational Drawing, Intro to Illustration, basic thru intermediate Photography classes, and basic thru advanced Typography and Graphic Design.
I had saved most of the projects from these classes – it’s hard to get rid of things that I spent so much time on. But all those art papers, matted photos, and presentation boards take up a lot of space. I had been thinking about photographing the work and thinning down the collection to just a few representative and favorite pieces. Last week we purchased a new camera – a Canon Powershot SX 20 IS. We also got an Epson scanner.
At the same time I was sorting through a lot of other stuff that was stored in our spare bedroom…
Now my artwork is archived and I took a whole hatchback load of gently used mat boards, fabric remnants, and collage material to Mecca, which is like the Salvation Army for artists and teachers.
KT, I always think you are so talented. Your work, even in the early school years, are very impressive!
I saved a lot of my school work too, but so shamed to look at them again! I have tons of leftover art supplies, do you know if there is a Mecca kind of place in the Bay Area?
Thanks, TungTung! It definitely brought back memories of school days.
I went to a place like Mecca in Berkeley about 6 or 7 years ago – I can’t remember the name and have no idea if it’s still there. Maybe you could do a search for “artists materials exchange.” I LOVE Mecca. It feels so much better to send leftover art stuff to a place where it will get re-used than to throw it in the trash. You might also try Freecycle – the one in Eugene changed the name to Pay It Forward – it’s a Yahoo group and you can post stuff to give away and maybe a teacher or art student would be interested.