artsy fartsy time

After three and a half weeks of workworkwork, block break is finally here. Probably the funniest thing is to contrast students the night before the end of the block and the moment classes finally finish. I don't think anyone slept the last couple of days before the block ended- we were a school of zombies trying desperately to put the finishing touches on respective final projects (I finished my 20 page essay!!) I think that these 4 day breaks between classes help promote some level of sanity within the school-both for the staff and students. But it starts alllll over again on monday

Despite the copious amount of time I spent researching and powering through problem sets, the last block was one of my busiest months artistically. During the blocks before Christmas I was beginning to feel so stressed and unlike myself, mostly because I had forgotten to make time to play music and paint and draw and dance and do anything that didn't involve writing essays. But I think that I am starting to find more of a balance now between getting my school work done and remembering who I am. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I am starting to become more involved with writing music and making art again- either with Arts and Culture Council initiatives or most recently - helping out with the Quest mural project.

For the past week and a half, Quest hosted our first artist in residence: Patrick Thompson. Pat is based out of Nelson, BC, and has spent time all over the world (most recently in Barcelona, Spain) participating in art shows and collaborating with groups to create large scale murals. Quest was lucky enough to have him stay with us and design a mural in our soon-to-be art/music studio. A few students helped with the painting process (although Pat did the vast majority of the work) and the finished project is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was such cool experience to see how a large scale project actually materializes, and I am so happy to have had Pat as an artistic mentor. Apparently the plan is for Pat to come back again to add more to the wall - so if you missed out this time, you can always come back next year and maybe steal and autograph from him haha.
I'll upload photos of the Quest mural within the next few days, but if you want to check out some of Pat's past work go to:
http://www.allthingsfat.org/
or
http://them.ca/artists_profile.asp?mid=135
(Pictures of the mural are available on this website!) ch-ch-check it out

Peace and love,
Caro