All is well

So far so good... I had a productive meeting with my studio mentor, Jane Marsching, this week and I have a lot to work on. It's very motivating, especially now that my studio is all ready to go.  Jane felt that it would be good to focus on one thing at a time for now, because it would help me to be more productive. And obviously the best thing is to do is more readings. She felt it was good that I am sitting in Sunanda Sanyal's African American Artists class. Unfortunately, I had to miss it this week because of work, but I'm blessed to find a art history student in class that is willing to fill me in.

One thing that we talked awhile about was the existence of colorism in fashion advertisements. I know this is something that is commented within many columns about the subject. I find it very interesting that there are a lot of articles talking about colorism in African-American magazines. It seems to hint on what I"m trying to discuss within my work. Its altogether fascinating and amazing that events are in sync with my project. I have to be honest... It doesn't get any better than that. Better yet, Spike Lee's School Daze, the movie that was highly request in my academic research was highlighted in Vibe magazine's Feb 08 issue (Back in the Daze by Keith Murphy). There was an extensive interview on Spike Lee and the rest of the cast about the movie and how it was such a huge statement during the late eighties. So of course this is going to be my next assignment. I'm going to be looking at it in reference to my project. Another interesting article was in Ebony magazine's Feb 08 issue Two Sides: Do Light-Skinned Black people Have an Advantage?. This was a very interesting article because it gave perspectives of a light-skinned journalist and that of a dark-skinned journalist. Both of these two women brought very powerful point of views. If anyone is interested in this subject you should check it out. Well... as I said again there is much I need to do so I'll update more later.