The below link will give you driving directions from AHS to MCA for portfolio day. The College is located inside Overton Park behind The Brooks Museum (near the zoo). http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=35.208145&lon=-89.830805&zoom=12&q1=5475%20Airline%20Rd%2C%20Arlington%2C%20TN%2C%2038002&q2=1930%20poplar%20avenue%2C%20memphis%20tn%2C%2038104&gid2=15057617

Concentration piece # 2 due Thursday, 10/14/10. Concentration pice # 3 due Friday, 10/29/10 (100% – no pre-critique).

http://www.mca.edu/mailings/natlportfoliodaymemphis.html Click on the above link for details about National Portfolio Day at Memphis College of Art. Have art schools from across the country review your portfolio. Take your sketchbook(s), finished artwork and work in progress.

Art I Sketchbooks are due Wednesday, October 13, 2010. I will be grading the 3 handouts designed to improve your observational skills.

Visit the following site to view American Sculptor, Alexander Calder, perform his circus. The figures are created from wire. Similar to the WIRE CONTOUR DRAWINGS we made. For 5 bonus points, tell me Calder’s nick name. http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/counting_on_art/popups/pop_calder_1.htm