ps jennifer and i ='s jennifer and lindsey

Jennifer and I will examine the long standing connection between women artist and domestic space/domestic tasks.  In her manifesto/proposal for the exhibition "Maintenance Art", Merle Ukeles, a first generation feminist artist, investigates the art of domestic chores.  What comments are being made of today's domestic sphere?  Tracy Emin, Sarah Lucas, and Rachel Whiteread (these names are subject to change) are all contemporary female artists who have worked with elements of domestic space, but how have their ideas of domesticity different from ones conceived 40 years ago and are their goals feminist in nature?

Minutes from Tues. Oct 22 Mtg

Recap from Tuesday's Mtg:

Due Friday, Oct. 24: Please post a clear, concise idea of your topic. I list below the basic topic ideas we discussed on Tuesday, but it would be great for everyone to clarify one more time.

Due Halloween: After meeting with your partner, post 2-3 sentences confirming your topic area in stronger detail so that Jessie and Jessica can gather info for intro and conclusion and begin to structure the presentation.

Due Before Thanksgiving: all images should be sent to Jessica for inclusion into master powerpoint. Jclinton2@lsu.edu

We have divided into pairs as follows (not in any particular order, as of yet):
1) Jessie/Jessica: Intro/Conclusion/Powerpoint
2) Hannah/May: Contemporary Male Gaze
3)Adrienne/Brooke: Wearable Art/Non-Wearable Use of Stitch
4) Lindsey/Jennifer: Domestic Space
5) Melissa/Noemi: Biotech/Cyborg
6) Jill/Shannon: Performance Art/Political Expression

Please research and meet with your partner as needed. We will get together as a larger group one final time on Thurs. Nov. 20 or Fri. Nov. 21. As that date approaches, please post your availability so we can set a time to run through the entire thing together.

I hope this helps those who weren't able to make it on Tuesday. Those of you who were there please add to or correct anything I have listed here. Let's continue to use the blog as our main way of communicating over the next few weeks to keep everyone in the loop!

Thanks!
Brooke

I'm not getting the emails

I'm not getting the emails that are being sent out in reference to our symposium. I think the original email that was sent had my address wrong. Please send correspondence to jmaye14@lsu.edu.
Thanks!
Jennifer

Previous E-mail

I sent this schedule out in an e-mail earlier this
week.  We definitely need some structure so we can
utilize the 6 weeks that are left before the
presentation is due.  Also, some of us thought we
should get together during the canceled class since
everyone already has that time available already. 

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Week 1 (10/20) - Research & finalize your ideas

Week 2 (10/27) - MEETING: (1) discuss final ideas
                         (2) pair off
                         (3) decide who will make
                             master Power Point,
                             transition speakers,etc.

Week 3 (11/3) - Work with partner

Week 4 (11/10) - MEETING: (1) bring basic info &
                             jpegs on a jump drive
                             that you want included
                             in PowerPoint
                         (2) decide the order

Week 5 (11/17) - MEETING: (1) show master PowerPoint
                             and make any adjustments

Week 6 (11/24) - Thanksgiving

Week 7 (12/1) - Symposium DUE

PAIRS & Etc.

Jennifer and I stayed after class for a bit today and talked about how it might work out best for everyone to work in pairs so that our time for presentation might be more efficiently used. Also, this way we can make sure that everyone contributes to the cause with the time-honored "buddy system."

I will read through the blog this weekend and post a list of people together that seem to be working towards similar concepts. Perhaps it will be easier for us to meet with our partners than all try to meet together until the end.

The closer the time comes for our presentation, I believe we will need to have at least one group meeting to decide on a superstructure to fit our ideas together into, as well as to designate time slots for each of us to speak on our topic and decide on a format. Powerpoint? Website? Other?

In the meantime, try to think of one concise point you want to express because even in pairs, we won't have much time to talk. Dr. Ryan encouraged us to avoid biographical information unless it is explicitly important to the point you want to make--get to the meat of the issue!

I will be sending Dr. Ryan an email of the proposed topic areas, potential pairs, as well as a list of everyone who has been active on this blog so that she can be assured of who has been participating so far. She expressed her concern today about people slipping through the cracks, so please make a post about a potential topic ASAP if you haven't already!


>>Jessica Clinton, in response to your previous post, I think someone else was interested in Kruger, as well, so I will try to pair you with her when I look back through the blog this weekend.<<

Confused...

Hey gals :)

I am still seriously confused as to what I need to be doing. As I said before I am not very knowledgeable about feminism, so I am still relatively unaware as to what technically qualifies as a feminist artist! Please help me identify a couple artists that no one else seems to be doing and I could begin doing some research and building enough information for a presentation... I did see some works by Barbara Kruger that were pretty interesting. Is she a good topic? HELP! :)

Thanks!
Jessica Clinton