Lucy-3/12/09-Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)

For my third visit I went to the Museum of Art and Design. I worked with an artist named Sabrina who is working on a piece that is made from recycled material. When I got there we went upstairs and we cleaned the tables down and got to work. Sabrina showed me the art project she was working on which was a wall hanging made out of old filmstrips. She would watch the film first and then we sort the film into colors and styles. By doing this she knows what colors she can put together. We then had to cut them to a shorter length so they could be sown together. After sowing 13 of them together it makes a small square, which is added to the big piece where all the squares will eventually be sown together. It really enjoyed doing the work. There was a lot of film that was truly interesting and I didn’t do the same thing the entire time. At first when the people came in to see what Sabrina was working on, I learned how she explained everything and what it was about and then after 3 people came in to look I was able to explain some things and show people the art. What struck me was how she had so much film. She had reels and reels of film. She explained to me how long that film was by the size of the real, where the film came from, and much more. What also surprised me was how she could sow all this plastic together. When I tried it, it was very confusing but she has been doing it a long time and she can go very fast. Something I learned about my own people skills is how to sow. I have never tried sowing and for my first time I think I did pretty well.The film was recycled from the Fashion institute of Technology (FIT). It was used to show the students film but when video and DVD were created they weren’t using the film anymore. Sabrina took the film and used it for this art piece, which is recycling. Some of my goals that I set for next visit are to be able to make an entire square for her ending piece. This includes sorting the film, picking the colors, cutting them down, and then sowing them together.            MAD was a great experience and overall I had an amazing time. I can’t wait to go back there.