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Blog 15: Resources

A box. Used quite formally to hold collections, in a black rimmed box, with a glass top. A resources because it helps create.

A very large printer! Obviously a resource.

Cabinets, to hold things.
Drawing table, to create signs. This was at the sign makeers.

And all the books! (I put them up there, with a ladder...)

BLog 14: Mark Quint

My mentor is Mark Quint, he is the owner of Quint Gallery in La Jolla.

One of the interesting things I found out about him was that he used to be an artist himself! I sort of suspected that, but I was not sure. Also that he likes art when people stick with a concept and try to resolve something, like this one artist who painted just numbers on a canvas, and he started with one and is now at very high numbers. I also learned that Mark used to teach art, to small children, in Hawaii! He is very interesting.

Blog 11 cont.

There is a new highlight! I made a little rolling shelf piece, I screwed screws and put on wheels and everything! It was really fun, figuring it all out and everything. The instructions had no words, only pictures, so it took some thinking. But it was like building a model airplane orsomething. Very fun. New highlight.

Also, I had a very good apple.

Blog 11

My week went by quite fast! Well, it was only four days, but it seemed like two. Maybe it was the rain...

I alphabetized record books, and put them on a shelf. We also had to get a new shelf, and put it together! And climb a ladder. Climbing the ladder was a highlight, I think, because it was very high up and the lights were very warm. Also looking through all the art books when we were putting them on the shelves. I also got to see some wonderful glasses and whistles. I like old glasses a lot.

Challenges, were, perhaps, trying to find things to do when I was not given a specific task. But I found a lot to do, and had a good week!

I also interviewed Mark Quint! I learned some quite interesting things, like he did his own art! I did not know that! I would like to see some...

Also, Joshua came to visit! That was nice, he talked to Mark and I, and it was quite lovely to see someone from school again.

The end.

Also, a last thing is, that I had some good soup for lunch yesterday.

Blog 9

Mark Quint started the gallery in 1981, and later in 1990 began a residency program with Michael Krichman. He also has a store at LUX called Specimen, they have lots of interesting things like teeth and tiny trees.

I will talk to Mark about background information tomorrow and edit...

Blog 8

Some good qualities I see in people I've been around throughout internship are perseverance and creativity. I saw both of these when I was looking for feedback for the label I designed. Mark persevered to keep making revisions until the label was as perfect as it could be, and through this process was creative in finding new ways that we could improve the label. I also admire the openness everyone at the gallery has to new ideas, not only in art but in advertising and thinking in general.

Blog 7

Internship site: Quint Gallery

Project Title:Trinket Labels

General Description: I am creating labels for bottles of jewelry and other things that are called 'trinkets' or 'remnants'.

Learning Objectives:I would like to learn photoshop better, and also how profit works/

Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits: The company will be able to sell more of their product because people will be drawn to the label.

Schedule:Finish on Monday.

Academic Skills: Using synonyms and being cost effective.

Technical Skills: Photoshop and general computer/printer knowledge.

Collaboration—Skills and Opportunities: I go over my ideas and rough drafts with my mentor and other coworkers, they give me more ideas and I bounce ideas off them, and the label becomes better.

Exhibition Plans: The product will be in stores on Monday, a prototype sort of thing is already in the store.

Schedule & Timelines: This coming Monday the project will be done, and my mentor and I will think of another.

Blog 6

I would like to interview my mentor about his life, and what draws him to art. Is/was he an artist himself? If so, did he paint, sculpt, etc? What did he go to school for? If it was not art related, when did he start working in the art world?

These questions are important to me because I would like to understand the path that he took to be so happy with his job and doing something he loves, because that is where I would like to be some day.

Blog 4

1. What academic skills could you use on the job?

I can use skills such as thinking while reading, and thinking of words.

2. What forms of collaboration could you use in a project?

I can collaborate with my mentor whose product it is.

3. What technical skills can you use at your internship?

I am using photoshop and a laminator!

4. What new things can you learn while working at your site?

How to use the laminator! And also, get better at photoshop and graphic design.

5. How can you exhibit, showcase or otherwise share your work?

It will be showcased because the product will be in a store.

6. How can your work or your skills & abilities help your company or organization?

My ideas can help make the product label more interesting, so more people will be attracted to it.

Blog 3 cont.: Project Ideas

Here are the bookmark ideas. Again, they are very low quality because the real ones won't upload...

And the back is going to be the background color but with red lace print and then name of the store, which is specimen.

Blog 3: Project Ideas

The project I am working on right now is to design labels for a product. The product is a glass jar with a cork full of trinkets such as old jewelry and charms. They are mostly metal and stone, and are very very pretty. The label I was designing at first was just a regular stick on label, but then I though perhaps we could tie a label around the neck of the jar with string/ribbon, and then tie a charm on the ribbon. And since these are being sold in a store that also sells books, the label could be laminated and pretty so people could use it as a bookmark with a charm.

Here is an example, but this is a lot lower quality then it would be, but the picture wouldn't upload...

That is an idea for when I was still thinking about a stick-on label, I'm going to make the bookmark design tomorrow.

I need to develop my photoshop skills, because I have little to none experience with photoshop. I am very interested however, because I like the idea that certain things influence people to buy a product even if the product isn't any better because of it. I can try to come up with new and innovative idea because those are always needed in the art world, especially when trying to sell something that is pretty normal, but the packaging sells it.

Blog 2

To actively start off on the right note I asked questions when I needed clarification instead of guessing. To advance interest of my mentor I also tried to engage my mentor in conversation about related subjects when we are in the car or something so that I can learn even when I am not doing something like working at a computer.

To improve I can suggest things for me to do when I see a need.

First Day: Blog 1

This was the people at the gallery working, they were designing an ad for Artforum magazine.
The front of the gallery, on Drury Lane.
A piece of art I enjoyed.
Example of appropriate dress.
All the records of art, that's a lot!

What have you done to lessen the impact of the recession?

- Mark Quint has discounted prices, and cut expenses to reduce the impact of the recession.

Who do you market to, and how has the recession impacted that?

- He markets to clients he has had for twenty-eight years and advertises to collectors. He markets to national and international clients and contemporary art collectors.

Logistics:

I woke up at five, and went to get coffee before internship. Then walked to Mark's house at ten. We talked about my project/tasks and he gave me some books on Robert Irwin to read. We then went to Escondido, to the center for the arts. First we stopped at a reptile store to look at the pretty animals. We went to the museum and looked around, then packed up some things and took them to the car. We went out to sushi for lunch. Then we went back to his house, and I watched a video about Robert Irwin's work. We then went to the gallery and I took my pictures. By then it was four, and I went home. I feel prepared, and excited. I get along well with Mark and the people at the gallery, and I think internship will be very fun. I need to learn about Robert Irwin, but he is very interesting and I want to learn about him, it will be fun.