Reshaping Art

Amanda Preusse and Vicky Mars

Popular Forms of Art in Portland

From our observations:

Sketching
Painting
Photography
Visual Arts
Street Art

Interview 1- Shelley Socolofsky

I am a professional artist and also a college professor
and also a high school teacher all in the arts.
What type of art do you do/ what is your favorite?

Im a weaver.
Weaving to the art world is like art education to the education world in that
weaving is kind of pushed off to the side as not being very professional or not
being real art.
Also loves Contemporary art Galleries in the Pearl District, and Whitman Gallery at PSU

How Has the Teaching of Art Changed?

Went to college in Oregon

At the time, all Oregon colleges had
weaving programs
First to go with budget cuts
UO is now the only one left
Discrimination against programs not
looked at as real art
We now see drawing, painting, digital arts
as most popular so those are the classes that are offered

How is the Market for Art in Portland?

To me, Portland is like a small town.
There are a few galleries I enjoy but I dont take them super seriously.

Looks toward East Coast for quality work

Shows her own work on the East Coast
As for Portland- Involved with the Oregon Art Association
Commissions around the state- OSU, WOU, Chemeketa Community College- all
own her pieces

Portland Art Museum

Portland Art Museum

the Portland Art Museum is the seventh oldest
museum in the United States and the oldest in
the Pacific Northwest.
Diverse- all different types of art
The Museums collection of more than 42,000
objects, displayed in 112,000 square feet of
galleries, reflects the history of art from ancient
times to today.

And here, is our confusedness.

Create Or Design?
Create - Artist Art
Design - half of art & half of create
How does it relate to our education?
Education refresh itself.
Take out the old part, add new ideas that is popular.

Interview 2- Lila jarzombek

Art Teacher of PSU.
Q: What do you think that is a big part of art class is changing From your teaaching
experience?
A: More non - art major students are getting sketch class. Art is a class for more kinds
of people now.
Q: What has changed with teaching style of art?
A: We are more focusing on measure and getting more deep with values. Because
more people are focusing on design and basic drawing.

What will continue to be trendy? What will dissapear?

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