Connecting Artists to the Community with Education, Therapy and Fun

We had our SRAA meeting last night and my student and Caroline Strayham's youngest daughter Victoria Strayham did an EXCELLENT demonstration of computer art. (I just had to brag for us both, forgive me, Victoria :)

She highlighted exactly what we computer artists have wanted the traditional artists to know~ that art generated on a computer is as respectable as any other. Many people thought, as I did a long time ago, that computer art didn't have much to do with artistic abilities as it did with techno wizardry. NOT SO. If you can't draw, your computer art will be stiff and unliving~ and Patt Odom's students (like me) know what that means.

A little bit into the demo, I started to video her with my camera (Stephen is a Godsend, he makes sure we have what will work!) Please forgive the unusual timing because if I'd started too early, she'd have gotten more nervous-- and I'd run out of batteries--- but as we were, the batteries and the demonstrator did FABULOUS. Way to go.

Video is on its way!