congrats to me!

So I went to the Juried Art Exhibition Reception today (I had four pieces in it!) AND I got an AWARD. It's the Marguerite Wetherill Eschbach Art Award. So I got a little bit of money and a good resume builder. I was sooooooo unbelievably excited about it. Plus my boyfriend and my mom were able to be there with me. The piece that got the award is the one pictured below. I still think it's funny that i didn't enter the original piece. I entered a print of it because the frame and matte I already had was too small. All the other awards went to friends of mine as well. So congrats to everyone!



I also ordered my business cards and bought my hosting site. So much money but well worth it. I should have my business cards in a week or so and I should have my website up and running by spring break. The front side is going to be UV spotted just where the monster is (so the monster will be shiny and everything else will be a matte finish). I'm so excited to have them and finally have something to hand people. Since I bought the hosting site (www.OmNomMonster.com) my email is usable now (but have to figure out how to access it yet. haha)
And last but not least I have decided to tag along with my friend Katey for a weekend in Chicago. She has two grad school interviews during so I get to go visit galleries and such while she's at those. Any SUGGESTIONS are completely welcome. I've never been there and really I know I want to see is the Bean. Plus I should have my business cards by then so I'll be able to hand them out!



And lastly in my travel plan news...SEATTLE! It's really happening. My boyfriend and I have bought our plane tickets and have plans to stay with my uncle while we're there. I can't even state how stoked I am to go. I've been trying to figure out what galleries I want to visit and what I want to see while I'm there. Hopefully my uncle (and anyone else *cough*anyone*cough*) can give me some good advice!

whoa boy.

phew. winter quarter is flying by. my last job is finishing up so now i'm back on the job hunt. (gross). i decided not to take the mac worthington internship. it seemed like they wanted a free salesperson than an intern. no thanks.

good news is that i got 4 out of 5 pieces into otterbein college's juried art show and the last piece got into the starving artists reject show. whoot! now hopefully something sells.





work is continuing on my honors project and self promotion pieces. class is going well. boyfriend is good. life is good. minus the fact that i am a dirt poor starving artist.

but i am going to SEATTLE over my spring break. going to check out the scene. get some business cards out and take my portfolio with me. it's going to be awesome. the boy is going with me and we're staying with my uncle for free which is fantastic. soooo much to do before then.

update

such a busy busy week.

i got a new temporary job over at westcamp printing. good news is it pays more than min. wage, i can work about 20 hours a week, and it's within walking distance. bad news is that it's really cold and i don't sleep anymore/i crash around 9pm because i work at 7am.

i also have an interview for a new internship at MacWorthington art gallery. interview for that on wednesday. if i get it i'll be there on saturdays.

soon sundays will be my only days semi free. every other week i'll still have RA duty. and hopefully frisbee will pick back up this quarter.

in creative news, i've started my annual report project for my design class and i'm about to start my next painting. soooooo much to do sooooo little time.