Kristin Powers

I am currently working at FIEA, a great graduate program with some amazing people. I have been teaching figure drawing on Friday’s with them. I have enjoyed it so much being able to simply put a mark on paper and enjoy it. There has certainly been a lack in my life without that fabulous moment of expression. So, I am really going to try and get back into it. I am playing with a really cool program called Alchemy- download it- it’s free! I have a few ex-students of mine that I am going to start some collaborative projects with. Tonight is my effort made public- now I have to be accountable. I’d like to plan for a show this summer or so. New work- new ideas. So, here is my first piece inspired by a really cool article about choosing happiness and how in life we create forking paths of indecision when we choose a path we know isn’t right, but that we aren’t ready to accept that path that is correct because we are too encumbered by fear. This meant a lot to me; I really try to live fearlessly and it is extremely difficult, but arguably worthwhile.I included a scan of a letter my grandfather wrote his ex-wife that really struck me. He wrote it while working on Bikini Atoll Island doing atomic bomb tests.

Greetings again- many months have passed, many things have happened. I graduated with distinction from UCF with my Masters in Film and Digital Media. I opened a vegan bakery Sweet Tooth Vegan Goodies. I ran a bakery for a year making cakes and vegan sweets. I got a job at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy. I teach figure drawing on Fridays there and help do everything else during the week. I hadn’t made art in almost two years until about a month ago. I am back drawing, photographing, and making digital collages. I missed it tremendously.I would like to teach again full time. I still make sweets for custom orders only. I hope to be updating more often and posting more art as I slowly get back into producing and would like to have a show in the next few months.

New art from a photo session with Miss L

I have a painting in a show this weekend in Orlando. My friends, who are putting it on, also are doing an interactive performance piece there. If you are able, please come and bring friends and family to the exhibition and/or performance. It is this Sunday, November 11th. The show will be open from 4:00-8:00PM. There will be a live interactive performance experience from 5:30-8:00PM. Please note that the performance is not recommended for people under 18 years of age. There will be light sweet refreshments provided.

The exhibition will be held at The Office Gallery and Art Studios

47 East Robinson St. Suite 205
Orlando, FL 32801

Here is a google map of the location

It is located on the second floor, near Kinkos across the street from the church. Street parking is available on Orange Ave. (free on
Sundays) or behind The Office.

The publication associated with the Invent-L Conference is now online. You can find my piece as well as some great others at the following site:

   Invent-L Publications

The conference from last February in Gainesville, Florida is online now. I am downloading it currently, so I am not sure where my presentation is in it, but I was on the last day before lunch.

Installation Video

My Presentation Video 

I am now making black greeting cards on textured card stock. Each one comes with an envelope. They are $2.00 each, but I can do large amounts for a discount. Choose the images you like and email me! I can ship in the US and internationally. Also, if you like a magnet or poly-silk sticker of the image I can make those. Generally, they are about 3″x4″. Thanks!

You can see images of the 49th International Show here….The link is to my image.

The Office of Undergraduate Studies is preparing for the 2007 Summer Research Academy. The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for exceptional current and incoming transfer students to learn about the research and creative activities on our campus. On Saturday June 23rd SRA will host a panel discussion “It*s Never to Early to Think about Graduate School” and I have been invited to be the graduate panelist. I am excited to share my experience with these prestigious undergraduates.

The Somatechnics conference in Sydney was amazing. Thank you Nikki Sullivan and Nicole Anderson for putting such an amazing event together. I met some of the most amazing people there. I hope that our paths cross again for future research and projects. The presenters of this conference all became research associates in the newly forming Somatechnics Research Centre. There is a potential for publishing the conference proceedings in the future as well. I can’t wait to return to Sydney; it was a beautiful city with too much to do in a few days.

I leave this coming Monday for Sydney to present my “Bodies as Narrative: Tattoos as Bookmarks on the Body” research at the Somatechnics conference. I am quite excited, as I have never been to Australia and never traveled alone. Add to that getting to present at an international conference on the first day! I added my hypertexted version to the scholarly projects page and linked it below.

“Bodies as Narrative: Tattoos as Bookmarks on the Body”