First Friday Preschool Art Fundraiser

I've been volunteering all year in my Aunt Judy's preschool class doing art projects with the kids, and finally we had the opportunity to show them off. The Downtown Dance Collective let us use their space for Spirit at Play's annual First Friday fundraiser, where we set up raffles, auctions, and artwork made by the kids.

(These snowmen were made in the fall. I came in and helped the kids arrange theirs on styrofoam to represent "Summer in Missoula")

I was pretty involved this year with the prep work of the show, and so it was great to see the end result of it all coming together. I was set up with my jewelry, giving a portion of the profits to the school, and I also commissioned portraits; parents could sign up to have me draw their children from photos. I got quite a bit of interest since I said I'd only charge $20/ portrait, but I really enjoy doing it, and it would also be beneficial to my portfolio, so I didn't want to overshoot with pricing.

Prezi Concordia Portfolio

I was recently presented with the challenge of creating a portfolio to send to Concordia University's Design Program in Montreal. The Design degree is exactly what I've been looking for; a program combining design and art principles with computer technical skills. Not to mention the fact that it's in the heart of Montreal; a beautiful historical city, with lots of diversity, and a plethora of culture.

After making my first portfolio as a word document, I scrapped that for obvious reasons and made a slightly better version in Powerpoint Word. But then I gleefully threw that out the window and started from scratch one final time when I discovered "Prezi" what seems to be the mother of all presentation apps. This great free resource allows you to interact with the presentation, and provides your audience with the ability to zoom in and out and drag the screen where they wish. Such a simple way to dazzle your professors and peers next time you need to do a presentation. This was my first time playing around with it, this is the web version. For the school I actually downloaded it as a file and burned it to a dvd.

check out my end result below;

My Portfolio for Concordia University