Tween Brochure

So, this summer I interned at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art. My main graphic design project there was to create a guide book for some of the permanent collection galleries targeted to tweens. This demographic has been largely ignored at this kind of institution and my boss went to a conference that explained what tweens today liked (aesthetically and otherwise) and what attracted them. So with that research as a background and after many studious hours of devouring tween magazines such as pop star and tigerbeat, me and a fellow intern produced this delicious brochure. It was a lot of fun, a lot of hard work, research, frustration, laughs and even some stalking. But it was totally worth it.
Pop Star.

Tiger Beat.

Asia Pulse.

Whistler's Paintings

Here are three renditions of James Whistler's early etchings of the night landscape. They are on display in the Freer Gallery of Art where I worked this summer. The Freer and Sackler Galleries are mostly asian art, so its lovely to see some western pieces mixed in among the rest. I love pen and ink and these pieces are so beautiful to me. I really love how the simplicity is so calming and yet so beautiful. They really are masterpieces (I tried to copy a few of his pieces earlier- trust me they looked nothing like his). Something about this medium and especially the approach he takes with his art moves me. Its like beautiful music- that indefinable element that moves the spirit causes the heart to soar. Art appreciates the simple landscape and makes it beautiful.