Fostering Creativity Blog

 I'm looking to the future this week for some inspiration and motivation for the upcoming semester. During final projects for all my classes and in the midst of a move, it can feel very overwhelming to try and plan anything for the future. All the challenges of remote school have made this semester entirely different from any other school experience I've had, and I debated even taking next semester off and trying to wait out this whole pandemic so school could get back to being "normal." However, I decided that 2020 was the year I wanted to go back to school, and putting it off even farther wouldn't do anything to help me.  I've set some goals for next semester, to help me start off on the right foot.  1. Organization I'm usually very organized but this semester has felt like a whirlwind. I was sketching thumbnails for another class and realized that for this whole semester I have been in possession of only two pencils, one with lead but no eraser, and one

 I'm sure many of us in the College of Arts and Media would agree that art speaks to us on some level. In recent weeks I've really been feeling this way about the works of Frida Kahlo. My friend has been a big fan of Frida for all her life and she originally informed me that the Kahlo exhibition was coming to Denver Art Museum. She asked if I would like to go, and I said I would. At the time, I knew Frida Kahlo's name and face, but I really hadn't seen much of her work and I didn't know anything of her story.  Since then, we've had the chance to listen to Ann Lambson walk us through her role in setting up the Kahlo exhibit at Denver Art Museum in our Fostering Creativity class. Through this presentation, I learned a lot more about events in Frida's life and the stories behind her artwork.  After that, my friend and I watched the Frida movie which is on Netflix to kind of "prep" for going to see the exhibit at the museum this week. I expected the mo

 This post is to reflect on my experience applying for my first Internship though CU Denver! I've never had a professional internship before, so when I got an email from CAM that Meow Wolf is hiring interns for their Denver installation, I couldn't quite believe it.  For those of you who aren't familiar, Meow Wolf is an immersive art experience. It's arguably the first, after which so many other pop ups like Natura Obscura, and Wonder Wonder have tried to create similar experiences. Immersive art experiences are entirely different from a gallery walkthrough like many are familiar with. Instead of art hanging on the walls or set out around the space to be observed, immersive art aims for the viewer to become part of the art world and have a transformative walkthrough experience. There's lighting, sounds, sometimes smells and tactile sensations, and every inch of the space is used to display art.  Meow Wolf's 2020 installation in Denver will be its biggest yet. It

After my last post about experiencing a lack of motivation and direction, I'm very happy to report that I'm approaching the end of the semester and the start of the next with a renewed interest in majors. I've been researching, talking to advisors and career counsellors, and even had a one on one meeting with Ann Lambson (our teacher for Fostering Creativity!) to explore the world of museum studies.  I had no idea museums had so many departments and people responsible for what goes on within them. I think it would be wonderful to be part of a team that creates art experiences for people and brings them art and culture they may not otherwise have ever had the chance to see. Museums are community focused and people oriented, and they seem like a field which would perfectly blend my interests in working with people and my passion for art and history. I have always had a strange sense of interest in "behind the scenes" type work as well. Everything from looking at how