Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

Since I’m now blogging on indieWire and AZCentral, it seems that this particular blog can have a few more personal entries. It seems like this space will be for people who know me more personally.

I’m working diligently on the Zambia project these days. We’re getting ready for the Annual Student Art Show. Every year, the Art Show is the MOST stressful month because we’re doing posters and postcards, setting up panels, burning DVDs, typing-printing-cutting-posting labels, coordinating judges, color-coding, photographing the winners, prepping the reception AND teaching our classes and all the usual stuff we do. It’s really rewarding because the students get to show their best efforts in a juried competition.

(I figured out that we have about 1500 students each semester. Each student does 3 to 5 projects per class. Multiply that out over two semesters and you realize that between 9000 and 15,000 works are created EACH YEAR. At the JURIED show, the top 160 to 200 works are exhibited. Awards are given. So, while it is an ENORMOUS amount of work … seriously, people have no idea what it takes to put on the show … it’s worth it for the students!)

This year, I’m super happy because we’ve got some really terrific film, animation and media art illustrations in the show. I think the students have done some pretty impressive work this year. So, it will be fun to see how people react to it.

The only bad thing is that it’s on the 3rd Floor of the Library instead of in the Student Center. It’s much smaller so we won’t be able to accommodate as many family and community members. That will be disappointing because it’s really great to see the Mothers and Fathers and Brothers and Sisters and Spouses and Children and Grandparents on campus, admiring the work of their loved one. We see how our teaching touches more than just the people in the room. There is nothing like it!