I felt that we have been doing too much talking lately and not enough work. I think people seem a bit worn out. Some of the art students are getting more taken up with another exhibition thats getting closer. Part of the problem is that we don't always have everyone present at the meetings. Then to get people on the same page again, we have to re-cap. This is the nature of working with a group I think.
One of our lecturers is going to join the group for a planning session, just to see how were going and possible add some suggestions.
Seeing as we have been working with the idea of using aspects of street art as part of the exhibition, I brought in this book to the group. It has some really diverse ideas and takes on street art.
Hi Ida,
ReplyDeletePolly here. Just catching up on other peoples blogs. Engaging with the group is crucial with this project, it IS the work and I think it's possible to work and chat at the same time. It can be frustrating when all of the group members do not attend but that's the nature of group work I suppose. There are some members in the group who spend all of their time doing their own thing, who have their own agenda. That's okay too, we are not all going to behave in the same way. I do not have a lot of screen print work to show for my time with the group, the group is large and it is not always possible to get a turn, but I spend a lot of time trying to build working relationships and trust which I think is foundation work. The screen-printing work is secondary to this and it will come. Well, the Cyber Bullying stand has proved that.
I also think it was fantastic that our community group was able to be apart of our 3rd year show and I don't think involving them took away from the idea of a screen-printing exhibition that much.
We have taken a huge leap forward as a group with the Cyber Bully stand so we can grow from this.
Thanks Ida, nice chatting to you.
Best.
Polly.