<p>The thing to do while I was young in NYC art world was to become an assistant of some big time artist. Does Cooper have a job board? The ads would be there or ask around, who knows who? Maybe some teachers have a lead. </p>
<p>We are starting to think about summer too. Most freshman are not so ready for skill based internships but he will still consider and try. He might go out to LA and take some Art Center at Night classes and work or intern during the day. </p>
<p>But he also asked if we could all go to Italy this summer. I looked up summer art programs and residencies. I would love to find something the whole family could do together. Does anyone know of anything?</p>
<p>when drae was young and not yet a mama bear…
was it something in the line of this movie “New York Stories” the first Scorsese one is about geezer artist and her pretty assistant in this giant loft that remotely made me want to come back to NY.
ohhhh drama drama!!</p>
<p>Ooh, I remember that one. There she was, all uncomfortable, answering questions at his opening by saying she was “between galleries”. How awkward. Wasn’t it Rosanna Arquette and Gary Busey/Nick Nolte? </p>
<p>I was thinking of Scorcese and his mother when you mentioned Bloomberg and his mother. Remember when the Scorceses would go on David Letterman and she would cook or something? They’re great! Did you ever see that other Scorcese movie that takes place in one awful night in NYC when some poor guy goes chasing over his lost $20 bill all night?</p>
<p>I learned that much, phew.
NOT! I asked my coworker. names are the hardest.
I did not know about his mom, that make me love him bit.
I can not say I love his work thus I am no film person.
I saw the “New York Stories” because of the one with kids by Coppola (is it spelled right?) it feels so long long time ago.</p>
<p>Thanks Drae:
I didn’t have much conversation with my D to talk about Summer yet. Will encourage her to looking around and ask in her school.
It will be cool if you can find something for your family in Italy! D love Germany and took German at high school. She did a two week exchange program to live in a German family. She will be very excited to find opportunity there. Good luck on your search and if I find something interesting in Italy, I will let you know.
bears and greenwich: I will find that movie to watch for sure, thanks!</p>
<p>NOOOO
G, stop loveblue, or explain to her it is not how things allways work out.
do you know of more inspireing/educatin-ing sort of films in term of apperanticing?
Camille Claudel, Pollock, Girl with a pearl earing… I’m no good.</p>
<p>loveblue, it’s true, you don’t want your child to have a job with an established artist like the one shown in “New York Stories”. Maybe that film can function as a cautionary tale - that is, a story that you DON’T want to come true in real life, a warning.</p>
<p>That being said, I haven’t seen many good films about art. “Art School Confidential” which is supposed to take place at Pratt, is very tongue in cheek. Funny too. I haven’t seen “Camille Claudel” or " the Diving Bell and the Butterfly" but they’re both considered good. So is “Pollock”, but I haven’t seen that either! Arrrrgh, I can’t think of any others. Does “Miss Potter” count? You could consider her an early illustrator…</p>
<p>Frida, Moderns, Goya’s ghost, Vincent & Theo, Basquiat, none of them is something parents would want their kids to go thru.
contemporary documentaries are nice, like the PBS ones drae posted. and yes, go see “Waste Land” if comes to the theater near you!!</p>
<p>greenwith and bears:
Didn’t realize your guys are have some joke :–)
I feel bad since I don’t have American Culture background. after live here more than 10 years, it is still the case. :–(</p>
<p>loveblue, please I beg you, stay as you are.
If I can make one wish come true, I want to be a low key math science person with perfect Cooper kid who wants to talk to me everyday.
here is a book I heard about the Iowan painter who did the American Gothic, I am planing to read. It might be interesting; American history, culture, art wise.</p>
<p>I think there are more of the disturbing, I-wouldnt-want-my-child-to-experience-this type movies about artists and their lives than there are inspirational ones.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that’s just a result of hamming it up to the oft exaggerated tragic artist stereotype…</p>
<p>Our local art group/non profit where my son took classes pointed out the benefits of working locally during the summers (mom’s cooking, no living expenses, transition to independence will be gradual instead of frantic sublet in new city). They have lists of local artists and artisans who may be willing to take on a student during the summer part time, but generally as volunteers. This is ideal since then kid can still work in restaurant at night/weekends and earn some money. Art summer camps sound like hell, but might be the right thing for a student just finishing foundation year. I keep a list of addresses/contacts for S to send off his resume during winter break. No way he can/will think about this until December. He wants to do some community theatre stuff but it is only OK if he can get a job–even at starbucks–that is flexible to work around the theatre things. Personally, I would prefer that he work in something art related (not just doing the sets for the theatre and acting) so he can better see the life of an artist. But…it is his summer and he knows that he has to come up with spending money for sophomore year so he can figure it out.</p>
<p>bears:
Thanks for the book!
yes, I feel happy to talk to my D almost everyday she walk to/from YMCA. Sometime I feel bad about it, since even weekend, she still keeps going to YMCA. I am a little worry about her social life. This weekend she didn’t call me on Friday and Saturday and Sunday she told me she went to a concert Friday and she went to do Yoga Saturday. Actually this make me feel better, having some change in her life.
fineartmom:
your idea is good, use the winter break to take care this. I am thinking about have more discussion with her in winter break time.</p>
<p>I talked to her about Summer and she said too many Art in school now and want a relax summer this year. All my “research” is a waste… I will still keeps on finding new opportunities maybe can be used in the future, or she change her mind when we have more discussion in winter break…
One thing makes me very happy is: She told me her teachers (2d Design, 3D design, Color, Drawing) meet to give students review recently without student involvement. Her Drawing teaching told her that her review is very good (this is how she find out the review exist). She is very excited about it and feel nervous also. Worry about her teacher may have higher expectation on her …
I told her just relax and doing her best …<br>
I am exciting about Thanksgiving is coming and start thinking what I should cook …</p>
<p>We usually do a potluck with friends (everyone is from somewhere else so we started our own “family”). I have been doing the potatoes for 20+ people each year. But this year, my parents are coming for the first time for T-day–could it be to see the golden grandson? so I thought we should contribute more than my usual scalloped and mashed potatoes. I have searched high and low for a traditional virginia ham (like jamon serrano) that needs to be slow boiled to get the salt out. So here I am in virginia and no country ham!? The choice is to drive 1.5 hours west toward the Shenandoah to reach old timey butcher or mail order…quick decision needed! I suppose noodles are a fall back!</p>
<p>do yor remember Harry and David talk?
there were pre cut spiral somewhat kept in wholw shaped ham that come with sweet gravy thing, and complimantary ham stand!! awww America! America!
thou you are asking about real thing, so no help here.
I did order that ham with stand for some family don’t do “cooking” I owed so much one holiday.
never tasted myself nor figured out how spiral pre cut business worked. shame.</p>
<p>Well MICA girl did not call over the weekend. I had been waiting for her to call – I’ve been traveling over much of the last three weeks – and I got a text from her on my way to the airport for my trip to Spain last Sunday, apologizing for not calling me last weekend as I had requested. She did call home on Tuesday to wish Manga girl a happy birthday… and then she promised to call home on the weekend after I’d returned. No call. Figures. I don’t want to run after her bugging her to call home like she promised/agreed to do. So I sit here and fume.</p>
<p>We are invited to Connecticut again for gluten free turkey day. I had half a thought to not do that this year since I didn’t know how the travel was going to work out from Baltimore, plus getting MICA girl back to Baltimore was going to mean a lot of driving on Sunday…and I figured she was probably going to need a little bit of a restock on the gluten free food to last her until mid-December when she’s done for the semester. But hubby wants to go to CT, so I guess that’s what we’ll do. I’ll probably still make a turkey for ‘us’ on Friday – I’m sure MICA girl wouldn’t turn down a couple of small trays of gluten free turkey tettrazini. But I don’t know if she got the Bolt bus tickets home like she was supposed to and I don’t know exactly what she thinks her plans are. So I guess we’re technically still up in the air,though I should let our friends in CT know that we are going to come for turkey day.</p>
<p>Usually we save ham for Christmas and Easter. But the spiral cut hams are nice and we enjoy them when we can find them without glaze. For the longest time Honey Baked Ham company enhanced their glaze with wheat starch… sigh. But now they’ve taken out the wheat starch so we can enjoy the glazed ham at Christmas.</p>
<p>Report cards came out last week for Aspie girl and Manga girl. Aspie girl is on Principal’s list and Manga girl is on ‘First Honors’ list cuz she messed up a test in global history. I let manga girl stay home from school today to work on her art homework drawing…some beautiful Japanese Geisha in a complicated kimono…done in colored pencil… lots of detail work and not enough hours, it turns out, to finish on time. At least there was no undue trauma and/or drama over report cards while I was gone. Never can tell what might happen with the Aspie Girl.</p>
<p>Glutenmom–well my S rarely remembers to call on his assigned day and I usually end up calling him. In fact, I think the last impromptu call came over a month ago informing me of the double ankle injury. Perhaps no call is better than bad call. I gave up with not calling and try to limit myself to one call on the weekend when he misses his Wednesday night call. </p>
<p>Thanksgiving is truly a turkey day but it is nice, for a large group, to add some variety with a small ham. Also, it makes awesome ham biscuits and gravy on Friday morning. I am a southern snob (makes total sense as an immigrant from the UK who grew up in North Florida). and won’t eat those spiral hams…I like the old country ham that doesn’t have to be refrigerated and has nasty mold on the outside but oh my the flavor when prepared correctly…you will never go back. Even my husband will eat country ham although it is very different from a spanish ham (and, of course, grossly inferior in his opinion). Also.only a honey glaze…gluten free by design and tradition.</p>
<p>today’s word
glaze! glaze! glaze!
gravy for turkey and mushed potato glaze for ham and pottery.</p>
<p>In “To kill a mockingbird”, evil aunt Alexandra is a really good cook and prepared three kind of meat. did not say what kind… turkey, ham, beef? chicken?
Scout was wearing ham ( with bone, shiny fat painted on) costume for the school pageant to represent local product, which saved her life.
It was Alabama. awww America! America!!
ham hocks and collard green grits and over easy eggs jambaraya okra dirty rice
The South… hungry.</p>