Bellevue College Art Show

Two of my photographs are in the student art show at Bellevue College. They're open Monday through Thursday from 12:15-5pm in room D271. The exhibit will run until August 11.

Recovery Cafe: Sandblasting

Today the members continued and/or finished preparing their piece of glass at the Cafe, and then sandblasted it outside.

Oh, Baby

Yesterday I had my first shoot with a baby. I just thought this was a funny expression. It was a bit challenging at times, but I think I got some good shots. You definitely need patience to work with kids, because they have no attention span and do whatever they want, haha. It's rewarding when you catch the right moment though.

Wong Fu Productions!

Wong Fu Productions is on tour and came to UW last night! They are so funny and nice! It was a lot of fun and they are just so awesome. :D Myfriends and I were lucky and got to meet them shortly after the show while they were moving things around. Ted and Wesley liked my purple hair. XD

Recovery Cafe: Cappy's Studio

I have to skip my Communication 202 class in order to be there, so today was my first time photographing the glass house project for the Recovery Cafe. The cafe is a place in Seattle for homelessness and people recovering from drug addiction, ect. Eight people who have completed the 12 step recovery process have been chosen to participate in a project creating a glass house. This will provide a creative outlet for them and the glass house symbolizes outsiders looking in and the thin line btween mental illness and drug addiction. The whole process of this project will be photographed, made into a book and exhibited in July.

We went to Cappy Thompson's studio where she gave us a tour of some of her glass work. She talked about how dreams and mythology can be a source of inspiration, and the process and techniques of grissaille painting.

Wing Luke's Birthday

Today our lion dance team performed at the Wing Luke Museum to celebrate Wing's birthday. While we were waiting I looked around a bit, reading about Wing Luke. He was the first Asian City Counselman of Seattle, and had served in WWII for the U.S. army and recieved 6 medals. One day he found a pair of Chinese shoes from the early 1900s and was inspired to create a museum to preserve Chinese culture and artifacts. In May of 1965 he died in a plane crash coming back to Seattle, but the plane was not found until October that year.

I also watched "Lost Boyz," a presentation on the Cambodian diaspora. Many Cambodian children immigrated to the U.S. as refugees with their family, not knowing they were illegal aliens. A lot of them grew up in poor neighborhoods so they became involved with gangs. Although they grew up as Americans, they were detained and deported to Cambodia. I felt transported to another place, getting glimpses of a place I would never otherwise know about, or would truly understand. But I felt moved by what I saw and heard. You can view most of the presentation (a quicktime video) here. The photographs are by Stuart Isett, and music by PraCh Ly.