a month or so ago i visited manchester with my friends from uni and visited

'the first cut' exhibition

and

the german market

 mia pearlman

 abigail reynolds

noriko ambe 

 rob ryan

yuken teruya

for more first cut exhibition information go to manchestergalleries.org 

soo yesterday my tutor was panicking needing help with a student portfolio advice day at MIMA, an art gallery in middlesbrough.

the event was aimed at 2nd year college students who are currently putting together there portfolios for university interviews and needing advice on what to put in.

more information seen here... www.portfolioadviceday.org.uk

i was asked to be a student ambassador, to help being a general run about, workshop assistant and to show my portfolio as an example.

...or as we were called 'portfolio angels'

we even got t-shirts to wear ;) ...

as i didn't have a complete portfolio i went home and managed to pull one together which displayed my range of skills and design process :)...

i was on the 'graphics' table helping organise all the students giving them bands and taking all their portfolios! ...i ended up buried under 77 portfolios of all sizes, boxes and bags!

this is me before the rush! ...

i then helped out sorting out tables, chairs and materials and was a workshop assistant in a graphics workshop with carlos rossetti, creating 3d paper graphics.


i then spent the afternoon showing my portfolio as an example to the students and talking about portfolios from a students point of view...

some of my friends also helped and displayed there work...

...ive had a lovely day talking to loads of different people and now just want to fall in a heep and draw soo au reviourr! :)

check out this...

this has an article in about a exhibition i was involved in before christmas...

 'dont judge a book by its cover'

http://issuu.com/ccad/docs/prnovdec12

happy new year everyoneee!!

hope you had an amazing 2012 and have an even better 2013!

lots of love

jess

x

photograph taken from www.tumblr.com

i hope you had as good christmas as i did!!

i loved stuffing my face, seeing the reactions from my pressies, playing stupid games with my family and snuggling up drawing to christmas films.

my mum and dad gave me a ring for christmas made by my good friend, lucy addison.

it says 'PEACE JOY LOVE...' on the outside and '...HAPPINESS' on the inside :)

 

...lucy makes these adjustable for £15 and full for £20 and can write whatever you would like on them :)

it order and for more information go to...

lucypurple.blogspot.com

i hope you all have a merry christmas and a happy new year!

stuff your faces then curl up and fall asleep at some cheesy christmas film!!

xxxx

...photos taken from http://pinterest.com/geoffe/vintage-christmas/

last weekend was a busy weekend! i was also involved in a exhibition 'dont judge a book by its cover' in empty shop in durham.

theresa easton a fellow artist in the north east came to see our exhibition and has left a lovely post on her blog about us ...see it here...http://theresaeaston.wordpress.com/