Hola a todos! I just wanted to announce my upcoming show at the University of Northern Iowa! If you are in the area stop by the Kamerick Art Building on UNIs campus to take a look at a reflective collection of photos, materials, and lessons learned this summer while teaching screen printing in Chile. I want to thank you again for your support and encouragement during my months abroad. My life is richer for the people in it and that includes each and every one of you and your communication with me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [View Full Entry]

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Alright.. It's my last day in Arica. I'm currently trying to fit everything in my suitcases (with little luck). I really didn't buy much here but i'm trying to bring back some of the extra art supplies (I overshot how much i'd need). I donated about half of everything to the university program and about 1/4th to friends but I still have some ink and frames im working on bringing back along with gifts I'm carrying for the dean here since his daughter lives in cedar falls. (Just a heads up, most of the presents I am bringing back are fotos [View Full Entry]

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As of yesterday I have officially finished my screen printing adventures in Arica, Chile. (well. we'll see if i'm really really done; I still have a week here so who knows) I came back from my trip wanting to have workshop style classes open to everyone. My previous classes were good and fun, but didn't seem to be the most advantageous to todos. I taught a select group of students and had really horrible attendance with the second group. So I talked to the dean and my supervising professor about having open workshops this week to whoever wanted to come. Now [View Full Entry]

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Hola a todos! So I made it home safely last night from my wild adventure of a viaje with my friend Francisco (and new friend Pablo). I have enough memories, stories, fotos, and observations to fill your mind for hours, but for the sake of avoiding carpal tunnel and saving some stories for tea time in person, i'll do a quick (keep in mind I am still Amy, so quick=half a novel) recap and attempt to select just the highlights in pictures. 3 de Julio-Viernes- Flew to Santiago Chile, Met up with Francisco, walked around Chile's capital all day/night. Saw Plaza [View Full Entry]

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I can't believe I've been here nearly a month already. This last month is going to fly by sooo quickly. I've finally returned to my habit of taking obscene amounts of photos, so I thought I'd do a photo update. Friday morning at 7am I fly to Santiago (yes, it was supposed to be Sunday, I changed my flight to have a little extra travel time and make it for Francisco's family birthday party Saturday). For the next two weeks I'll be traveling with my Chilean friend who studied with my in Iowa this past semester (we road tripped to Colorado [View Full Entry]

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So they tell me I made the local news Sunday night. I didn't see it, but.. it's kind of cool I suppose :) Sunday I woke up really really early and left my house at 4:45 to take a bus outside of town to climb a mountain to watch the sunrise. wow. Chile has an interesting affect on me. It was FREEZING.. and I waited with a few friends for 2 hours... The Aymara new year starts with the first rays of light on the solstice. So we waited. and waited. and waited. and waited. and finally started seeing light around [View Full Entry]

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Well, I still haven't taken many photos yet, but the kids at Aldea SOS always steal my camara so thanks to them I have nearly 400 now. I've kept busy lately; in typical amy-manner..... My official university classes begin Monday this week, but I've been teaching informal workshops/lessons to practice and spread the love of screen printing. I first made sure to teach Rodrigo and his Mom. They were my inspiration that some of you read about for coming back to teach art here. Rodi is really creative, and always looking for new outlets to express his ideas. His mom is [View Full Entry]

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Hola a todos- Sorry it seems it's been a while; many have requested updates. The honest truth is I've been crazy busy 24-7 since I arrived! BIG art update: Last week, I waited for news on my classroom that a friend was supposedly finding for me, only to find out after a week of waiting that I "couldn't use a classroom because I wasn't a professor." cool. So, I did what any normal person would do-scratch that what Amy would do- and went to talk to the Dean of the department (basically like CHAFA at UNI, but includes a little different [View Full Entry]

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I can't believe I've already been here one week. I am happy to say that the honeymoon feeling has finally started to pass, it was wearing me out :) When I arrived I was just overwhelmed with different emotions and soo many things to do to help the group here; answering questions, making connections, finding houses and answers, free passes for dancing ;) haha Much has changed in one year though. I'm so thankful to still have my friends and familiar places, but some of the most important things have gone or changed in this year. There is a lot of [View Full Entry]

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Hola a todos! A quick message just to let you all know that I arrived safely after 26 hours of traveling/layovers. I am EXHAUSTED, physically and emotionally to be back in Chile. We've already had our share of fun adventures crossing the border and running through airports with our luggage/tracking down lost bags/shrink wrapping exploded suitcases. I think this group is going to keep me pretty busy after all :) Now we are all in our homes, resting, unpacking... I'm off to my siesta, but it looks to be a fun few days of watching la cueca (national dance), spending time [View Full Entry]

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