The story continues

New characters are popping up. What role will Don Quixote play? And don't tell anyone else, but I've heard rumors of a man-eating alarm clock!

The First Day of B.O.S.S. Was BOSS!

Our first day was Saturday and--no surprise--plenty of crazy stuff is already happening. Our first story brainstorming session yielded the following details:

-We want our story to be about a quest. Not a world-saving quest per se, but one that requires an epic journey.

-There are narwhals. Someone is stealing their horns...was it really George Lucas like people are saying?

-Dermaids=Dog+mermaid. Living in a sunken doghouse.

-There's a Mad Scientist who works in a Mad Scientist shop. Did he have something to do with the Dermaids?

-Tip Top is a traffic cone who repeatedly leaves the construction sites where he is working. This could have something to do with his adventure-seeking marshmallow companion (name undetermined). TT lives in a swamp.

-How about Grandma Dynamite? What's her story? We know that she has blown up many caves...

-There's a terrible teacher character--this could be trouble!

So there you go. We're all excited to see where this story is headed--if the past is any indication, we're in for a wild ride!

Teacher Feature: Kentucky Governors by Christian Schmit

Christian has been inspired by the early Governors of Kentucky. You may also notice they are street names in Covington including Greenup, the street Baker Hunt is on. The images are cut out of white paper painted black and cut with an exact-o-knife on glass.

Teacher Feature: Christian Schmit

Get to know one of your co-creators and classroom instructors, Christian Schmit. These are links to some of his works old and new.

"Without being as concretely based in H.G. Wells' novel, Inspiration Nation is nonetheless intended as an "installation studio" class for all ages in which a series of "environments" are realized, all based on narratives of the students' invention. Now giant sea serpents, snowy worlds, red lagoons and glittering robots proliferate on Baker Hunt's campus. Schmit aims to teach that, "You can build your own world and build your own life and do what you want to do."
-Excerpt from A World of His Own Making By Matt Morris

An Epic Tale of Time and Town [via Visualingual]

Artist Website: http://www.daapspace.daap.uc.edu/~schmitct/
Artist Blog A Memory Rocket

Guest Artists

Some of the guest artists from Inspiration Nation participated in the show.

Big Show Pt 2

Big Show

Here are some pictures from that same Inspiration Nation class, only at the very end. It was estimated we had nearly 400 people come to our opening at Leapin' Lizzard Gallery in Covington!

A Long Time Ago

To give you a taste of what we're talking about, here are photos from 2007-2008. I'll be posting more soon.
Annie