Lucas Samaras-Photoflicks and Photofictions

I went to this show because Jungwoo talked about it on the culture club blog. I went to Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery in Anderson Hall for the exhibition. Before the show, I had no idea who the artist is. However, I feel it is very good and lucky chance to know Lucas Samaras and his artworks because his artworks are so cool and interesting!


His artworks look like dream look. I feel mysterious and enigmatic when I saw those pieces. I also saw some images are distorted and the style is similar surrealism.
There was one piece I feel it was very cool because it was like metamorphosis. And there was one series look like thriller! I have the pictures which I talk about that are showed below





Anyway, I would highly recommend the exhibition to other people because it is very cool and worth to visit it!

I went exhibition of Lucas Samaras. It was Photoworks. He is an important American artist who started exhibiting more than 50 years ago at the Reuben Gallery. It was Anderson Hall. I went there alone. I recommand this show to many people because it is very nice painting and has tuff brush strokes.

I went to a illustration exhibition. The exhibition showed by Leo and Diane Dillon. I went with My girlfriend. Because my girlfriend's major is Illustration, we went there to look and get some advises. It is in the Anderson Building on 7th floor. I liked the paintings which is on the gallery. He pretty much used lot of colors and most of them was red. I will recommand to people who is having their major Illustration. Even those people who has different major can enjoy the exhibition. It was not hard to understand.

Last monday, I went to a exhibition on campers. That was a good show which make by Janpanese students, they were exchange studendts to the Uarts. The whole exhibition was showed some individul art work, all the art work include many troditional Janpanese art images and wards.

I liked one of the art work, that was a small garden, it made by some paper and wood. I liked it because the reason was it contained a lot of Janpanese culture in that work. It looked like a mini house and you could go inside the house and saw many paintings. It was atractive to me. I liked this show because I could widen my eye to know about other langarges and cultural things. It was a good chance to exchange my ideas with other students who were from other countries .

Ziyou.

Japanese Exchange Students Create Collaborative Art Installations

This is the link about this exhibition http://www.uarts.edu/newsevent/8509.html


I went to an exhibition with April and Ziyou. It was very lucky situation for me. It was like kill two birds with one stone. Before I started my first class in the morning, I saw the poster of the show on the entrance and it made me interested in it so I decided to see this show after class. Then April said if we go to see the exhibition, we can earn extra credit for class in our class. Thus, it was wonderful I could see this show which I was interested and also earned extra credit for my class! There are two different places that are holding this show, one is the Sculpture Gallery in Hamiton Hall and the other one is in Gallery 817 in Anderson Hall.

For me I really like one Piece in Hamiton Hall is this one:
I like the visual style about this piece. I feel it is very beautiful and also there are many paper cranes are holding in the air.


some people believe that if we make 1000 paper cranes and we can make a wish! Thus, when I saw those paper cranes, it gave me some feeling about happy and romantic.
I would recommend this exhibition to other one because there are still many piece which are very good and interesting!

Bowling class in Cultural class

Last monday, we went to the place that we could enjoy the bowling. It was far to walk and rained. But while we were playing the bowling game, I got very excited and it was fun. I was the top scorer for our first game but I was the last for the second game. It was such a small place so they have only six lanes but I liked more better. Because I was very excited, I spoke lot of English conversation with my classmates. It was very fun and I want to go there again with my friend.

In our cultural class, we enjoyed the bowl. we walked about 20 minutes to get there. I played bowling before so I had some pride to have the top score. But two teachers were played very well. Especially teacher April was so great even she is a woman. And teacher Steve played with a ball weighted 15 which was hevyest. We played twice and I ranked second both time. The bowling game place was pretty small but they were having everything they need. Shoes that I rent was clean and also the bowling ball was clean. So I played with the comfortable mind. Comparing with visiting Reading Terminal Market and Mutter Museum, having a bowling class was much fun and interesting. I hope we've get lot of chance to visit there and play bowling again. I am sure to be the first top score next time we play. It was not a short distance to walk there, while we were playing the bowling time went very fast because it was very exciting. Since the second game, teacher Mara also enjoyed with us. She bought popcorn for us. She was the worst player. But she seem like she was enjoying the bowling and also the class with us. She laughed a lot while she was playing so we also smiled and laughed.

Last monday, I went to a exsiting event in Philly. That was a Bowling game, the place is called Pep Bowl. It was a small place, but it included everything you want. For me, I really liked this place because this my first time went to bowling game, so I felt exsited.

At the begainning, my teachers with us played a one line game. We had six people play this game, I always got zero point because it was hard to make balance to the ball. I felt very disppointed, but, my teachers and classmates always encouraged me. they said:" Ziyou, next time you will do well." after that, I saw they play carefully. I learned some skills about the game. but, I still got last one. Finally, when we played the second time, I changed my posture and power. I could not believe I can do well this time. so, last time I got good points and my skills changed better than before. I felt very happy about that.

This event encouraged me a lot, I know one thing If you hard working and never give up you can get success. I holp I can go to play bowing game again.

Ziyou.

Pep Bowl

Pep Bowl

Last class we went to Pep Bowl for playing bowling. It is located on 1200 South Broad Street. It was really fun. In the beginning, Ziyou couldn't play well but after played it more, he was getting better and better. Jihim always tricked jungwoo when Jungwoo was playing.They are so cute and funny! And April always did better at second round. Steve always super focus when he is playing ball. I don't know why I always have one more left. I think it was a really great time! I used to go bowling really often when my boyfriend was in America.

Compare my other bowling experience in America with this time, I think I feel a little bit surprised from this time. Fist, the location of Pep Bowl is an underground place, it's kind of basement. It's very different than the bowling place which I usually go. I usually go to Macdade Bowl which is not far from my place. Also, compare these two place, Pep Bowl is a small bowling place because there are only six lanes in Pep Bowl. I think there are over ten lanes in Macdade bowl.

Pep Bowl Macdade Bowl

However, I think Pep Bowl has very friendly touching screen for using and I love it! And the way of showing scores are different at these two places. One is also in touching screen, another one is appeared on TV screen.

Pep Bowl Macdade Bowl

There is a one more thing I like and I think it is cute is that I can see the balls are coming bake at Pep Bowl . I can't see my balls come back in Macdade Bowl because they use different system.

Anyway, bowling is one of my favorite entertainments and we just have to practice more and we can know how to play it well!