Update overdue

Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), taken at LACMA

 

(no the image has nothing to do with this post, just thought I'd put something artsy just for the blogs sake.)

I started this blog months and months ago
back then I just finished my internship in Taiwan at the National Palace Museum (home of one of the biggest and best collection of ancient Chinese and Asian art/artifacts), was about to start my internship at the Blake Prize, a long running Australian art prize for religious and spiritual art (this is its 61th year!).
That was March
Now it's August
you guys can see how slack I have been
and I am deeply sorry about that!

Just a few updates on my art career pursuing life

Entries for the Blake Prize has officially closed on 27th of July, we have received around 1500 entries (not sure if it's an outrageous number but we're quiet proud of it)
we started processing the entries and preparing them for the judges to view before August 27th
There's two phases of the judging process, the first would be online remotely, then out of the thousands of entries the judges would pick out the finalist and have a face to face judging session in the SH Ervin Gallery.
Which mean the dry season for this internship is officially over, and get ready for the busy days! 

On top of that, I started another internship/ volunteer at the 4A centre for contemporary asian art
no we're not 4a gallery or A4 or asian art centre (it's confusing, I know, it's confusing for us to considering the fact we changed our name at least four times since 1996)
The first time I heard about 4a was at a talk during our management and organization course with Anna Waldmann, she invited a panel of four speakers from different art institutes, one of which is the director of 4A Aaron Seeto. It was then I learned about this tiny but wonderful institution, it's focus on promoting contemporary art and reconnecting with the community. It's special location and history intrigued me the most, with it's asian roots and location in Chinatown, I felt that if I would have started my own art institute this is what it would look like. After the talk, I approached Aaron with my heart set on getting an opportunity to work with them.
After months of persistent emails pestering them finally got an entry ticket as a volunteer at 4A!

I have to say it has been amazing! but more on that later