Portfolio Center Blog Portfolio Center Blog: Show Off to Stacia Yeapanis, New Media Artist | Sept. 28
New media artist Stacia Yeapanis will review performance/new media, interactive media, or web-based art on Monday, September 28 from 10AM-2PM. Juniors, seniors, grad students and May '09 graduates are eligible to participate. Call 312.369.7280 to sign up for an appointment.
ABOUT YEAPANIS:
Stacia Yeapanis is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist. She creates hybrid works that explore the significance of entertainment practices and hobbies, from television watching to collecting, from crafting to gaming. Yeapanis, along with several artists, is participating in Columbia's art exhibition RE:figure, which explores the common ground between new and old media representations of the human form, as well as the different uses of figurative representation. (The Show will run from September 8 – October 30, 2009 in the Glass Curtain Gallery; 1104 S. Wabash Avenue, 1st floor)
WHAT IS SHOW OFF? Show Off is a program that gives students a chance to meet one-on-one with professionals during 20-minute appointments. You can use the time to have our guests give you feedback on your work. It's also a good time to discuss general issues about industry expectations. This is a low pressure way for you to practice interviewing, make connections and ease into the professional realm.