May Blog Post

Well this event was with Rafael Serrano and it was a solo exhibition. His work was mixed media so it was photography and with paintings. 

This event I got to organize the food which I'm very proud of because it looks pretty and classy. 

This event was fun and there was actually a random after party and it was fun but sadly I couldn't stay for long and this event was a success. 

Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

- What I'm most proud of with my block presentation is that I actually made great timing and I was much more comfortable presenting again. I was more prepared than I was with my first presentation and that i made time as well.
(2) Questions to Consider
a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?
AE       P          AP       CR       NC
b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE       P          AP       CR       NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

- What worked for me with senior project was that I get to have a head start in something that would probably do in the future and get to study about it through the year. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

- I wish that I didn't fail my first presentation and cited my sources better. I wanted to get the P that i wanted but I wasn't prepared. 

(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

- With senior project I have the chance to figure what I want to do with my life or a consideration towards it. With helping my mentor Christina I learned to set portraits, labels, bands or DJS, and how to make the food look pretty in big events. Also giving me the responsibility to actually run on of the websites that SPACE gallery has. Its a head start for me in life and I do appreciate it.

Blog 21Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     By the end of today I will have a 135 hours.

·     Christina Franco-Long & SPACE art gallery (909)6231694

    Interpretive

 What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

- What I gained in this experience was actually everything. I learned what art galleries do to curate there events and how they organize and how it connects with music and the audience. I gained a new piece of knowledge that I'm possibly using in the future.

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

-With mentorship it helped me break down to all my three answers and what's really important to the gallery and how it's being success with everything. 

April Blog Post

This month the event was based on local photographers. It wasn't a big event but it still got the right amount of people to come at the end. This was actually a big deal for an intern at SPACE, it was his first event that he ever should his work in. It was a great boost for him because he is a great photographer. 

Exit Interview

Content:

(1) What is your essential question and answers?  What is your best answer and why?

- How can a curator best promote a photography installation at an art gallery? My best answer is promote the event on the blogs of photographers who are going to display their work at the gallery.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

- The process I took to get my best answer was that every source that I found was related to having social media. I broke it down which social media was used the most between the art gallery and the photographer. They both communicate through blogs and Facebook. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

- One of the problems I faced was finding the right statistics related to social media. With the help Pittman expanding my answers horizons I found great and solid statistics.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

-Bamberger, Alan. "Artist Websites: How to Increase Your Online Traffic(And Keep Everyone on Your Site Longer)." & Read, Shirley. "Exhibiting Photography. These two sources are probably my best because it explains how to work with photographers and how to promote them step by step.

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

Content:  

LITERAL
(a) “I, Viviana Bravo, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

- Well what helped do my independent component was actually taking a class at IPoly. This class was ROP photography.
(d) Explanation of what you completed.    
INTERPRETIVE 
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   

- Well from this I learned a lot of different genres of photography. For example Landscape and Pop art, these two are different genres of photography. Landscape photography is calming and talking pictures with warm natural colors. Pop art is mostly portrait photography, it usually has bright crazy colors, pink, green, etc. 

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

- It help me break down how to find the photographer to put in art gallery depending on the theme. It also helped me expand my idea for my first answer because it involves hiring a popular band. With that you have know what kind of genre the photography is. 

March Post

This month there was a new event at the gallery it was women photography month . It was fun met different people and listening to a band playing live. 

Third Answer

-EQ

•  How can a curator best promote a photography installation at an art gallery?

-Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

• - Ensure the gallery is part of an art district

-3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)

• -It actually self promotes the gallery being part of an art district. Art districts usually have major events for example art walk usually there is families, artist and a lot more people sharing art and have gallery events. This also makes you involved with your committee  and can help you promote event by going around through other galleries.

-Concluding Sentence

• Ensure the gallery is a part of an art district it has the best location to have events and it automatically self promotes the the gallery and artist.  

Forth Interview Questions

1. How can a curator best promote a photography installation at an art gallery?
2. From your personal experience as a curator what kind of art work stands out to you and why?
3. How do you figure out what kind of setting you want in each event?
4.Who is your favorite photographer and why?
5.When you have booked the photographer how do you figure out what kind of music should be played at the event?
6. From past experiences does the photographer do any complications before the event? If so what kind of complications?
7. Are some events actually seasonal or historical in some way? Explain.
8. In this business do you have to put some type of share? Do you have to pay for the music and food?
9. How did you start of with blogging and working with other social to promote the gallery?
10. How do you put your blog "out there", do you have key terms?
11. Besides posting the photographers pictures on your blog do you post your own or do other interns post on the blog? Or should it be their own blog?
12. Besides you, do other people have certain roles to work with the social media websites?
13. Of course you try to get emails for know the gallery and things like that but do just do important events or every other event? How does that work?
14. Is there any other blog strategies to capture the audience attention?
15. Knowing that the internet is a big source of promoting what do think is another good source to promote the gallery?
16. From what I have seen usually the gallery has come cool activities through out an event, what are you guys planning out this time?
17. In every event do you guys try to challenge yourself to become better or make the gallery noticed?
18. Since you work with Christina how does the whole agreement work? Do the photographers have to be the genre or can it be different?
19. Have you ever improved with donations? Or does it hit rock bottom?
20. What do you think about ensuring the gallery is part of an art district as my third answer? 

February post

This event was cool, the first major event I sadly couldn't go to because it was during winter formal but luckily the week after that there was small event with a live performance by Electrician. It was fun but I couldn't really stay long. I did help out with some of the music equipment and it was cool to meet the lead singer and listening to a different genre 

Advisory Meeting #2

EQ

How can a curator best promote a photography installation at an art gallery?

Answer #2 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

Keeping up to date with putting information on your blog/social media.

3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)

Blogging is actually is actually on of the important key of being in the art business. SPACE, where I do my mentorship has there own blog and keep up to date but also with Facebook and other social media websites for people that are interested to go to the event or any other occasion. It also helps you keep in contact with the photographer you're working with, its best way to keep a good connection.

The research source (s) to support your details and answer

Bamberger, Alan. "Artist Websites: How to Increase Your Online Traffic(And Keep Everyone on Your Site Longer)." Artist Websites: How to Increase Your Traffic and Keep Visitors On-Site Longer. N.p., 2013. Web. 17 Jan. 2014. <http://www.artbusiness.com/artist-websites-how-to-increase-traffic-keep-visitors-on-site.html>.

Concluding Sentence

Keeping up to date with your information is very important because it helps advertise the gallery and quick sneak peaks before the show to keep people interested and it helps to have a way to communicate with the photographer.

Blog 15 independent component 2

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

-  I'm going to do the same thing as my first independent component which was my class ROP  photography. Im going to figure out the more different genres of photography and how things work with the photographs sizing (JPG)
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

- Going to class every Mondays and Wednesdays and too keep my grade higher than a P. 
3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your in more depth .

- I will be exploring different kinds of genres in photography and actually figure out which kind of gallery they go to (underground, major cities, local, etc.)  

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) “I, Viviana Bravo, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Well actually my source is my teacher Jack from ROP Photography. 
  
• What I have completed was a my ROP photography class to get the understanding of photography since I'm promoting it in my senior project. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  
  
  This is actually my first semester grade from the class. 
  
  
• APPLIED
  Well through my expierence in this class was that understanding the point of view that photographer all demands on what kind of photography they enjoy and see what kind of theme it is. For example black and white, it can add so much emotion and just focusing on one subject like wedding ring or even even a chair. It can have so much meaning. Plus with photography it can help curator do better in advertising as well like your own business card. That was actually one of projects to find the right texture of a picture and having a great business title and logo. It helped think outside the box and I think it help me figure out on of my next answers 

January post

 

This months event was more of a band grudge theme. Nick Zinner and Malia Jones were the photographers and they are both in different bands. Nick Zinner is actually the guitarist for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs which is a great band in my opinion. Malia is in a band called The Dum Dum Girls, I have never heard of them. 

The people in this event well the audience were very retro and underground in other words "hipster". My mentor Christina actually did not like Malia because they dissed on Pomona which she had proved them wrong. The pictures that you see are actually from the gallery. The top three are Nick Zinners  and the bottom three are Malias. 

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
- The most thing i'm proud of my presentation is my activity. The class seemed to enjoy it and did I, but next time i'm possibly going to use iPads for it would be easier on them to find the photographers and musicians.

2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
-Even though the activity was great I still make time on my answer one which i need work on and explain more on the content because i was going all over the place. Lack of evidence as well.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
-What really worked for me was that people just enjoyed my activity and how people actually new some of the photographers.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
-MAKE TIME, TRY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL & FIX MY POWER POINT.

5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be? 
- Im not really sure yet but i think i'm going to start looking into marketing and things like that.

Blog 11 Mentorship 10 hours check

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
- It all depends on what the owner makes me do. For example most of the time through out the week days i just sit at the front desk but on major weekends I help with organizing the food, drinks, and see if we get some donations and have meet new photographers. 
2.   Who is your contact?
-Christina Franco-Long she is the owner/director
              -(909)623-1694, spacepomona@gmail.com
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   
- I have 50 hours exactly if you take out the 10 hours from the summer.
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
- A lot of things happen for an event you have prepare everything a couple of days before the actual show. You need some way to promote the event and try to get as much people to sell the photographs. Music has to be there if not then it would be awkward and depressing. 
5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.  

Senior Project, The Holiday

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
- This break I went to my mentorship like every Tuesday & Wednesday but every time I get there me mentor isn't there or shes leaving because of the holidays so it was hard to get my hours. But this past weekend I went to Laguna Beach with some friends and i saw some galleries. I tried to see how they introduce themselves and how things were set up. 
2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
- I didn't really learn much over break. Its winter break and I was busy trying to relax and being away from school. 
3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
- My mentor and or Rocio the co-curator because they both have the experience and they do this kind business and they also already took the classes in college. They know a good percentage about owning and promoting and art gallery.