this week and the week before.

I forgot to write a blog last week. This is what I did. I tried to collaborate my installation class project with the jr. seminar class project. I wanted to have clown images in my installation so I painted my face like a clown. Unfortunately, Utrecht disappointed me once again. I was looking for Non-toxic face paint and they had none. I’ve been there three times. They said they ordered some and they didn’t. SO I bought non-toxic finger paint instead and it makes me look like a horrible Crayola paint tribal woman. So, I abandoned the idea and did something else.




I started documenting my installation when the crit was over. I've decided to expand on the nightmare idea. Just make it more surreal like. SO here’s a picture that influenced me. That’s what I’m doing this week. I scheduled a studio session Friday and Saturday.

Michelle Posadas links

MICHELLE POSADAS

Overview of Recent Images of my work as an artist, teacher, organizer, and facilitator:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x313/michelleposadas/AAI%20Photos/



- As a sophmore in college I was an intern at Philagrafika and was the main coordinator for a giant public art extravaganza. I worked with hundreds of artists, students and volunteers, created a 260 foot print called Broadstreet Broadside. This mammoth accomplishment allowed Philadelphia to set the worlds record for
the longest print.
Images of Broadstreet Broadside: http://www.printcollaborative.org/pressmaterials.shtml
More information: http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/broadstreet_broadside_stops_traffic.pdf

- Here are my images of my Senior Thesis in 3D Fine Arts at Moore.
Senior Thesis: http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x313/michelleposadas/American%20Still%20Life%20-%20Senior%20Thesis%20May%202004/

- Spiral Q is a non-profit arts organization that bring communities together and using art as a vehicle for social change through parade and pageantry through the construction of giant puppets. I worked with Spiral Q Puppet Theater for 5 years as an artist, teacher, program manager and facilitator. During this time I was also in intern my Junior and Senior year in college.
Organization website: http://www.spiralq.org

- Here is an example of the work that I did with Spiral Q. Last summer, I planned and conducted a week-long residency for a "Peace Camp," with a coalition of high school students in Southern California.
Images of "Peace Camp:" http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiralq/sets/72157600684657572/
More information: http://www.spneighbors.org/2007Brochure%5B2%5D.htm

- Last fall I spent 5 months in Asia. I was invited to Taiwan as a international artist to teach and spend three months building towards a giant puppet parade in Taipei. Following my work in Taiwan, I travelled primarily in the Philippines to do research for an original performance that I did in March 2008. I received the Leeway Foundations Art & Change Grant that made this trip possible.
Organization website: http://www.dreamcommunity.org.tw/
My Blog in Taiwan: http://michelleposadas.blogspot.com/
My Blog in the Philippines and Thialand: http://theluckestbird.blogspot.com/
Leeway Foundation's Art & Change Grant Profile: http://www.leeway.org/grantees.php?s1=1&s2=29&ID=528

- Here is more information for the original performance I did this March that was inspired by my travels. I collaborated with other local Filipino artists, Lovella Calica and L. Capco Lincoln. The show was a sold-out success at the Asian Arts Initiative and presented film, poetry, performance and puppetry.
Bumalik Blog: http://bumalik.blogspot.com/

- This year I am honored to be a recipient of the Leeway Foundations Transformation Award which will significanlt support me financially this year.
Leeway Foundation's Transformation Award Profile: http://www.leeway.org/grantees.php?s1=1&s2=30&ID=567

- I edited the "color correction" and designed the website for the independent movie, Young, Jewish and Left. It was shot throughout the US and focuses on Jews who came of age after the New Left movements of the 60's and 70's.
Movie Website: http://www.youngjewishandleft.org/

website

the website i got my images from is: http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

sarah's final

The above pictures are the 3 that I choose to edit for my final project. I got them off istock.com. It worked like this:

-Create an account on istock with a username and password
-Once the account is created, I used my credit card to buy "credits"
-Each picture comes in different file sizes, and each file size is priced differently
-I got 30 credits for about $40.00
-All of my pictures were 10 credits each, about $13, at a file size of about 1920x2560

Hi Michelle

Hope you are well, it's quiet here without you.

Please post a picture of your little guy after he is born (and watch out for Sarah... who knows what she will do.)

good luck!

Should we try to reschedule with Hyunjin?

BIOGRAPHY

Hyunjin Jo
Writer/Director/Producer

Hyunjin Jo was born in Seoul, South Korea and was raised all over the United States (as varied as Hawaii and Kansas), but primarily grew up in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. She received a BFA in photography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she was honored as a Lew Wasserman Scholar and received the New York Governor’s Award of Distinction for Community Involvement from Governor George Pataki.

After a successful career as a fine art and documentary still photographer shooting in North America and throughout Europe, Ms. Jo turned to the motion picture field in 1996. By being a background player, Ms. Jo gained accessed to her first motion picture film set where she met the late, famed cinematographer, John Alonzo (“Chinatown,” “Scarface”). Through Mr. Alonzo’s guidance, Ms. Jo soon became a union member of The International Photographers Guild and gained valuable production experience working as a camera assistant and film loader on movies, music videos and commercials (including many Super Bowl spots).

Using this practical production experience, in 1997, Ms. Jo wrote, directed and produced, “Basic Items”—a 35mm short film ($2500 film budget and a shooting ratio of 3:1) that soon received distribution. She then began working as a script & production consultant for many first time filmmakers as well as for such companies like Miramax. As an independent producer/line producer/UPM, she has teamed up with such Academy Award winning and nominated documentary filmmakers such as Jessica Yu, as well as regularly collaborating with industry respected actors such as Jane Lynch and Jeremy Sisto.

As a published photographer and poet who continues to thrive to bring unique film projects to the viewing public, today Ms. Jo mentors as well as provides consultations to actors, screenwriters and filmmakers and serves on many filmmaking discussion panels.

Currently, in addition to bringing her award winning feature script “More Things Change” to the screen, Ms. Jo is also attached to direct an international feature production of a political thriller while also writing her first novel.

Hyunjin Jo visit

Hi folks, I'm not sure if Hyunjin will make it in because her flight got cancelled, we'll see if she manages to get on another tonight.

In any case,
here are some links she sent for us to look at. (I'm not including her
personal company website because it isn't working right now.)

Filmography

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