Welcome to my summer home(s).

After a very long and stressful winter and spring, I finally have something to look forward to.

I got an internship with the Blue Sky Project at University of Dayton this summer. It is a collaborative between 5 resident artists, 5 student artists (me), and around 40 high school kids from the area. Basically, we are split into teams and make art together for 2 months. Yes please, and thank you.

This means a few things.

1.) I will not smell like a sandwich every day after work

2.) The majority of my closest friends will all be within a ten mile radius

3.) My bank account will be sitting pretty come August

4.) Matthew R. Clark got a Student Artist position too!

From June 11 - August 10, I will be spending the week days in Dayton at my temporary ArtStreet home with my boyfriend and fellow Student Artists, and will be in the process of lugging all my belongings approximately 1.5 miles to my new permanent German Village residence on the weekends. 

Oh, and the best part? My Resident Artist is a dancer/choreographer. I am confident my awkwardly unproportioned body will make for a great vessel of rhythm and expression. Right? Um...

Hey fifteen-year-old me! Your hemp necklace is really cool, did you make that yourself? Man, you have not aged well. Look at those luscious locks. Wanna go to the mall? Okay!

For the love of ice cream.

I finished these ads up a few weeks back for Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, and I'm just the happiest little clam. For those that aren't familiar, Jeni's is pretty monumental in Columbus for their dedication to supporting local farms and the fact that they have the tastiest, most unique flavors! My flavor is Bourbon Buttered Pecan with their homemade caramel sauce, always. Hea-ven-ly.

The assignment was to create a 3 part magazine ad series for the company of our choice, and well... I cannot deny my endless love affair with ice cream. One of the main reasons I love and am so loyal to Jeni's is because of their impeccable signage. Their designs are always so clean, fresh, fun and modern. I really didn't think I could improve it at all, so I tried to create ads that complimented each other and could be functional both in print- such as magazines, or the local Columbus paper- or could each hold their own as a poster for the shop, which also ties in to their current aesthetic.

The only thing I'm not so crazy about is the "Think outside the carton..." bit, which was only added to appease my instructor. It's a little Taco Bell-ish, is it not? Regardless, I think I did fairly well and I am fairly happy. I am currently working on a mailer to accompany my ads, which should be up soon!

Leave me some feedback, P's & Q's!

Lady Lochness and Why Fish Can't Blink

I opened my mailbox today and discovered this little gem amidst the hordes of Dollar $avers and electric bills:

A gift from my fellow bicuspid John Joseph Andrews Jr., well known to the world as Wisdom Tooth.

It's the little things in life.