Spring @ Far West!

Things are going great at Far West. Right before spring break, we finished up the project I designed for the fashion students--teacher makeovers! It was definitely challenging to get the teachers involved--they all seemed pretty excited about the idea at first, but some had a hard time coming in for fittings and others got pretty nervous about their runway walks at the last minute--but overall everything turned out really nicely. The students produced some of their most impressive work so far, and I learned a lot about coordinating faculty and students.

I've also been picking up some art skills. There's one period of Art 1 during the day that Lizzy can't cover, so I've been helping out there as best I can. As a writing major, I feel pretty silly trying to assist in a painting class, but I've definitely learned a lot and gotten inspired to do some painting of my own.

One of the major challenges right now is budget. My site supervisor has no more budget to put towards fabric, so all of us have been brainstorming about that. We're coming up on our big spring art event, so not having fabric to work with is bad news. The students are advocating a bake sale; I'll keep you guys posted and if it happens you can stop by for some treats.