Transferable skills
Transferable Skills
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
- Directing Plays: Spinning, Theater Lab, and The People and Poet’s Heart.
- Work on Zero Hour: It is very technical and I am only one person.
- Creating a cut of King Lear: Characters are removed creating plot holes that need to be filled.
- The 20,000 Project: Creating stimuli for performers to obtain different reactions.
Effective and Expressive Communication
- Directing Plays: Spinning, Theater Lab, and The People and Poet’s Heart
- Portrait: Videos, Artist Statements, and Installation
- Essay Writing: Art + Meaning Essay
- Creating a Cut of King Lear: Leaving on the words that tell the story I want to be telling
Engaged Citizenship
- Work in the Theater: On the lights at the beginning of this year.
- Pilot: I cleaned the Pilot Cabinet, and keeping the room tidy
- U-32 Art Show: the creation of string gallery with Amy
- Lighting: Concerts
Working Independently and Collaboratively
- Directing Plays: Spinning, Theater Lab, and The People and Poet’s Heart.
- Portrait: Videos, and Installation
- Work on Zero Hour
- The 20,000 Project
Informed, Integrated, and Critical Thinking
- The People and Poet’s Heart
- Portrait: Portrait Artist Statement, and Installation
- Responding to Art
- Work on Zero Hour: Identifying what works as part of the show and what doesn't.
Self Awareness and Self Direction
- Portrait: Videos, Artist Statement, and Installation
- Work on Zero Hour
- Work in the Pilot Program in General
Independent Learning Skills
Perseverance
There is very little that can stop me from doing what I want to in my studies. The biggest obstacle I face is time, because I have so much work to do and not very much time to do it all. The issue that this produces is that I prioritize some things over others, and that is usually based on what I want to do as opposed to what I need to do.
I can also have to do without sometimes. The spinning set was supposed to have cardboard that set under it with writing on it, but there wasn’t enough time for me to make that so I had to tape the floor out instead. I downgraded one part of my project to get the rest of the project to the best it could be, which was a good decision.
There are obstacles everywhere, but I forget that they exist sometimes because I am so used to dealing with them.
Inquiry
I find the opportunity to learn in all my Pilot studies. I will often be working on a project such as an art response, and will find some interesting string to pursue and learn about that is related to the project but not what is actually about.
When I was writing my art response for FUCKMEGUNTERBRUSBRUSGUNTERMEFUCK I came across an artistic movement, actionism, that I hadn’t heard of, so I went of a internet search for what exactly it was and discovered all kind of interesting facts, and gained an understanding of a movement that I had previously known nothing about.
Time Management
With the amount of work that I am doing this year I need to be very good at time management. There is not much space in my life for slacking off, because it is nearly impossibly to catch back up.
In early December I created a master schedule for everything that I was going to do for the rest of the semester. I included all the meetings I had, along with all the work I was going to do, what day I was going to do it. I even built in some extra time at the end to make up work that I missed. You can view it here.
This worked wonderfully for most everything, although there were a few projects that I let slide under the water and won't be able to resuscitate till semester 2.
Accountability
I like to think that I am very accountable. I make it to meetings on time, and proactively schedule myself, so that I avoid most scheduling conflicts.
What best reflects on my accountability though is that people ask me to do things. Erin GB has asked me to act as the producer for when U-32 hosts a regional drama festival this spring. And Chad Hollister approached me about doing some set design for a show that he is doing in January. Because people continue to ask me to do these kinds of things I must be successful in being accountable.
Demonstration
I like to think that my work demonstrates itself. When you are creating theater (or any kind of art) the whole process informs the final product, even though you don’t necessarily see it. When you look at Spinning Compared to The People and Poet’s Heart you see two very different plays, but just from looking I think you can tell that Spinning is more deliberate in its create, the movement is concise and intentional, so I must have improved as a director since I directed The People and Poet’s Heart.
Self Advocacy
I ask for help all the time. I ask Amy where I should go to get something that I need for a project, a projector, or a laptop, or some string. I ask Chris to help me understand essay structure, or how I might address a topic next. I ask my parents for rides or to bring me dinner on days when I stay at school late to do theater.