Art Crawl: OTIS 2013 Senior Show

I attended the massive Senior Show at OTIS last week.
After a bit of socializing with fellow alumni and industry peers, I explored the Fine Arts building.

My two photos of student work both involve altered photographs.

Mona Sheybani, ink jet print on translucent paper, light box
image an enlargement of an altered 35mm slide

Paul Ulukpo, folded pigment print, wooden frame, plexi

The galleries were situated in the [cleaned up] senior studios.
I was enthralled by this vestige of wall art. Was it an installation? Definitely looked deliberate.

I loved this treatment on the side of the Galef Center building --
playing with the "punch card grid" of the Ahmanson Hall building
(which you can see reflected in the windows).

I then went over to the Ahmanson Hall building and went directly to the Communication Arts floor.
There was a lot of cool environmental alteration which caught my attention.

The lockers were covered with post its. Lockerness completely camouflaged!

Look at these painted stools!

Then mother nature drew me to the window...

[still searching for grad's ID]

I had to get out there -- nature won.

I was conveniently parked on the roof of the garage. I took many panoramic shots.
Here are two:

Apologies to the grads for bailing!

Fantasy and Reality

PURCHASED/ GIFTED/

Here's another combo that I thought of yesterday:
Olowu plus City Scribble tunic.
Arm still bad, so this outfit is only in my dreams.

What I'm actually wearing.
And looking at these two photos,
I think the dot scarf goes nicely with the shirt too.

Major good outcome of experiment:
I can wear my Mary Jane clogs again.
The mysterious top of foot pain is gone.
Huzzah!

The Duro Olowu x JCP Shirt Goes for Its Audition

CREATED/ PURCHASED/ GIFTED/ LINKS

Remember Jan in her Duro Olowu shirt?

[Jan won the "longest legs" prize in the April sketchathon, btw]

I was entranced by it, but couldn't buy it online ("sold out").
Imagine my glee when Jan said she'd pick me up one when she was next "in town".
Jan lives near Fort Smith, Arkansas so there was lots of Olowu inventory at her JCP.

Eventually, the planets aligned and it arrived on my doorstep.
OH HAPPY DAY!

Next, what to mix it with?

I have matching socks!

I piled some candidates next to it...
Then I tried things on.

#1, the Calvin Klein bubble dress (07 sold as a swim coverup)
with yellow tights -- looks good but problematic:
very warm, dress won't stay in place

#2, 80s neon yellow bubble knit and the socks
I'd probably wear this with burg/brown/black capris or tights added

#3, for giggles, I tried it with my Indian jingle jangle skirt.
Looking a bit lost in all that fabric.

The legs win!

Alas, my right arm is swollen, and the right shirt sleeve is skin tight, so I'll have to wait to wear this. BooHoo! This just might inspire me to get back to taking care of my arm issues. I might think of some other combos in the interim as well!


Jan, thank you again for the shirt! I adore it!


Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday, in a virtually visible sort of way