Pinch Pots for Puppies

Help raise money for a local animal shelter by making pinch pots to be sold at November's art market!

Come to the ceramic's studio (basement of the ETC) on Friday, November 5th, at 1:30. We'll be there until 5:00 and then we'll be going downtown for First Friday. Hope to see you there!

Art Club Meeting- Wednesday October 27th!

Hey guys!
Our next meeting is this Wednesday, October 27th. We'll be at the usual meeting place at 12:30.
Since Halloween is next weekend, I'll be bringing in some treats!
Feel free to bring candy, cookies, cupcakes, etc to share :)
We will be talking about a charity project called Pinch Pots for Puppies, the upcoming Art Club/Drama Club sponsored Blacklight dance, and the museum trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Hope to see you there!

Updates: Co-Sponsored Art Club/Drama Club Dance

Yesterday, a few members of the art club met with some members of the drama club to discuss ideas, plans, and details for the upcoming dance.

We decided to go with a blacklight theme. Think bright neon colors, "rave", glow sticks, glow in the dark paint etc

The most urgent issue that was brought up during the meeting was ideas on how to promote the dance. We need ideas for poster designs to promote the dance, the sooner the better. If you have an idea and only have the time to come up with a rough sketch, no worries, just bring it to our next meeting.
The dance is in three weeks, so the sooner we come up with a complete poster design, the sooner we can start advertising the dance. This event should really help out our club, and if a lot of people are interested in going, we'll be able to raise more money for club activities and things like our club t-shirts.

We also need ideas for how to decorate for the dance, so if you have any ideas that you think would work for a blacklight dance theme, share them at the meeting :)

The date for the dance will be Friday, November 12th
Tickets will be $5 per person

Art Club/Drama Club Meeting on Friday, October 22nd!

The Art Club and Drama Club will be meeting on Friday to talk over details for the co-sponsored dance. This is an important meeting, so please try to make it if you can! We will be talking over a date for the dance, possible themes for decorations and advertisements for the dance, and budget details, among other things.
We will be meeting at 3:00 at the Holy Family Hall (not the art studio!) in room 118 (by the elevator on the first floor). Hope to see you there!

Art Market @ Campus Center: October 20th and 21th

This month's art markets are scheduled for next week on Wednesday October 20th and Thursday October 21th. We will be meeting at the campus center at 12:00 and will probably be there until 1:30-2:00.
Once again- if you don't have anything to sell this month, stop by and hang out.
Last month's market went great and we're hoping for an even better turn out this time around!
(If you have anything that you would like to sell just bring it along and we'll put it on the table! I've found it helps to have price tags or a small sign with the prices of whatever you are selling.)

See you there!

Attn: Art Therapy Majors! Info on Creative Arts Summit

For the Art Therapy Majors that are interested in volunteering at the summit, you must contact the volunteer coordinator in order to participate. I sent out a message with her name and email address and what to include in the email. If you can't find the email, please message me so I can resend the information to you. The Creative Arts Summit should be a great time and a great opportunity! Once we are given more information by the volunteer coordinator, we can start planning our day trip to New York. I'll keep you posted with more information as I find things out!

Logo Designs for Holy Family Basketball Tip-Off Event

Hey guys!

Holy Family's Basketball Tip-Off Event Commitee is looking for a logo to be printed on t-shirts. These shirts will be handed out at the tip off event for Holy Family's mens and womens basketball teams this year! If you are interested, sketch out a design and bring it to the art club meeting (this wednesday, October 6th).
The designs can include anything related to basketball, a tiger, a hoop, etc . . . think creatively! This is a great opportunity to showcase your design skills, build your resume, and help out another campus organization :)

Art Meeting next week! October 6th 2010

Our next meeting will be in the art studio in the basement of the ETC on Wednesday, October 6th, at 12:30.

Bring Lunch (and some ideas for club events)! :P

WE WILL BE TAKING THIS YEAR'S CLUB PHOTO FOR THE YEAR BOOK! So make sure you wear something you like, but no logos on shirts please!

We will be talking about the New York Museum Trip, the recent art markets, info about the drama club/art club sponsored dance, volunteer work opportunities, and ideas for future events!
Hope to see you there! 

Art Market @ Campus Center: September 28th and 30th

This month's art markets are scheduled for next week on September 28th and September 30th. We will be meeting at the campus center at 12:00 and will probably be there until 1:30-2:00. If you have class, don't worry, just swing by afterwards during the normal lunch period :) Even if you don't have anything to sell this month, stop by and hang out. It really helps to have club members support the art markets, so just stopping by for a while means a lot!
If you have anything that you would like to sell just bring it along and we'll put it on the table! I've found it helps to have price tags or a small sign with the prices of whatever you are selling.

Anything artistic/creative works for the art market. In the past, items like hand painted t-shirts, hand made jewelry, painted cigar keepsake boxes, hand painted tote bags, small drawings and paintings, painted glass candle holders, copy books with collages, hand made picture frames, and pins.
Think outside of the box, be creative, recycle things you already have to make some really cool items.

The art markets help raise funds for the club and put money in your pocket as well! Money collected at the markets is split 70%-30%. With 70% going to the seller, and 30% going to the club's funds. This money will be used for upcoming events such as the New York trip to the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) as well as the dance that is being co-sponsored by the art club and drama club.

Undergraduate Open House: Sunday October 3rd

Hey everyone!

There will be an undergraduate open house at Holy Family University's main campus on Sunday October 3rd. Tables will be set up for student organizations and the art association is invited to participate.
If you're free that day, please try to stop by at anytime from 12:00 to 3:30 to help set up, hang out, and represent the club :)

Thanks!

Attention Art Therapy Majors

If you are interested in volunteering at the Expressive Therapies Summit in New York at Times Square, email: holyfamilyartclub@yahoo.com
or email me directly at kcarroll863@yahoo.com

They're looking for volunteers and in return we can participate in various workshop and enjoy everything for FREE :)

This is a great opportunity for networking, meeting other art therapy students, and getting a taste of what the field is like, plus a day in New York! The Summit will be in mid-November from the 12th to the 15th. Let me know if you're interested and I'll get some more information about it.

Check out the website for the Summit here:
http://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=caea71ec-7ccb-44a6-ac31-8f83fada5489

Welcome Back Social

Thank you to everyone who attended the social today!

It was a lot of fun and great way to get to meet new club members and catch up with old club members.
I know that there were a lot of things planned for today, including mass during lunch, so there were a few people who couldn't attend.  For those of you that couldn't make it, here's a recap of the meeting:

Wednesday's at 12:30 were decided to be meeting time this semester. Meetings will only be once a month, and you'll be updated about that here on the blog, as well as through email, and the facebook group page.

We discussed the Flea Market on Saturday, September 25th. We are looking for suggestions for an activity to sponsor for the flea market. We will be provided a table to sell arts and crafts- this is a great opportunity for you to make some extra money as well as raise money for club events. I'll be sending out more info about the Flea Market next week!

Art markets will take place in the Campus Center and will be another opportunity to sell art and crafts. The money raised from these arts and crafts will be divided 70% to the person selling the product and 30% to the art club funds. A lot of money was raised last year. We should make it a goal to match or exceed what was raised last year. The money we raise will allow us to go on trips, sponsor fun events, and put money towards things like club t-shirts.

Gallery trips to Center City on First Fridays were discussed. This is a great way to fill that gallery paper requirement for those of you taking art classes right now. You can get into various galleries for free and its an amazing night out. They have so many things going on during first Friday, its definitely an event you don't want to miss! If you're interested in going to the next one- October 1st- a few of us will be going, feel free to come with us and hang out :)

We discussed a trip to New York to see the Museum of Modern Art in early November. Depending on how much money we raise at the flea market and at art markets, we could partially or completely cover the cost of the trip. We decided that we will travel to New York by train. There will be more information on this soon :)

Christian discussed collaborating with the drama clubs on poster designs for play, as well as set designs. We are also talking about co-sponsoring a dance with the drama club which would be another fund raiser. Lets get creative and think of some unique and fun ways to decorate for the dance!

Danielle suggested that we have art critiques for those in studio classes or those who are just working on their personal artwork who would like some input and suggestions from their peers.

We are also interested in having club members step up with their own project or idea for the club that they can run. We want the club to be managed though a group effort and we want everyone to have a voice. So if you have a cool idea for the club, share it!

Finally, we talked about different volunteer opportunities. We might have opportunities to volunteer for plays, creating set designs. If we can, I will be sure to get everyone information on that as soon as possible. Another idea, Pinch Pots for Puppies, would be an opportunity to work with ceramics and create pinch pots that will be sold to raise money for a local animal shelter. This is a fun opportunity to learn about/be creative with ceramics and help out a good cause. We are interested in finding more opportunities to give back and are always open to suggestions!

The next meeting will be in early October, however there may be events planned for the club within the next few weeks. We'll be in touch about different opportunities as they come up! Thanks guys!

101 Way to Get Involved!

Come support the HFU Art Association at "101 Ways to Involved" next Tuesday, September 7th!

We will have a table set up for people to check out in the ETC (Education and Technology Center) and will briefly be speaking about our club and what we do :) This event is geared towards showing new students the opportunities they have to get involved in campus activities and events. If anyone who was in the art club last year would like to stop by the ETC at lunch to support the club, it would be appreciated!

WHYY Creative Campus

In the Spring Semester of 2009, Holy Family University professor of art Pamela Flynn and art students were interviewed for a television segment on WHYY. This was a very exciting time for the art department and it was an honor to be chosen among the many other "creative campuses".

The segment opens a window into the true nature of Holy Family University's art department. Individual artistic expression is supported while skills are reinforced through the guidance of art professors. Former art association president and art education major Gina D'Emilio sums it up: "My professor influences me a lot. She doesn't necessarily put forth her own ideas about her own artwork and make it seem like every time you do a project it looks like something that she did before. That's something that I try to steer away from when I'm teaching my own kids because I want them to have their own artwork, not look like someone else's. I want them to have their own ideas and really learn to not copy someone else's artwork or ideas and go with their own. And that's something I learned here. "

Check out the video here:
http://www.whyy.org/tv12/fridayarts/index.html

From Holy Family News and Events Page:

"WHYY Web Exclusive Features Art Department (8/4/2010)

Holy Family University’s art department is featured in an online video at WHYY.org throughout August.

The Holy Family segment is a Web exclusive that is part of WHYY’s “Friday Arts, College Edition” feature and can be viewed by visiting www.whyy.org/fridayarts.

The video includes an interview with Professor of Art Pamela Flynn, MFA, as well as students talking about how the art department not only teaches young artists, but also empowers them as individuals.

The piece was developed as part of a WHYY grant-funded project called “Creative Campus,” which produced video shorts on a dozen select area college art programs.

Those video features have been broadcast on WHYY-TV as well as online at www.whyy.org/video throughout the year.

Video segment topics have included culinary arts, choirs, theatrical groups, dance troupes, architecture, and visual arts programs.

The Holy Family segment was produced by Rob Stoller, a local film producer and University faculty member. "

http://extra.holyfamily.edu/news/news.asp?id=617