MN Opera Adapts The Giver for Young Singers

The MN Opera has a habit of inviting The Black Hat Collective to dress rehearsals for new performances of classic operas, but this April we were blessed with a very special opportunity to see an brand-new opera, written specifically for young voice students (between the ages of 8 and 18) based on the enormously popular children's novel The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Perpich Horror Movie (Spring-Summer 2009)

Well it took me 2 years to get around to it but I FINALLY put Secret Places: A School Divided up on the internet for all to see!

Created Spring-Summer 2009

In my senior year of high school at the Perpich Center for Arts education I applied for and was awarded a $100 grant to create a horror movie set at the Arts High School.

MCAD Life Drawing June 20

Today at MCAD we had a male model for the first time.

Double-ended Brush-tip Pen

Pencil, 60% gray marker, 90% gray marker

Pencil, 60% gray marker, 90% gray marker, bic pen

Pencil, wet charcoal pencil, 60% gray marker, 90% gray marker, Bic pen

Wet charcoal pencil, pencil, double-ended brush tip pen, gray chalk pencil, black marker, 60% gray marker, Bic pen, sanguine chalk, sepia chalk

I met a friendly guy with a big red beard who studied jazz in the same neighborhood of New York that I studied film in, and he kept talking to me.  At the end a girl with buzz cut came over and said my last drawing was "classy." I love this co-op.

MCAD Life Drawing June 13

To be honest, this session was kind of mediocre.  I felt really bored, like I'd used up all my clever tricks the day before.

Figure Drawing June 12

I attended another of the life-drawing co-ops at MCAD today.  Here is my work:

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MCAD life drawing May 2

I went to one of the life-drawing co-ops at MCAD and this is what I did: