AP Art: SKYPE in the classroom with Jen Yu

Yesterday we had a chance to SKYPE with artist Jen Yu from Hamburg, Germany who is currently an artist in residence there Künstler zu Gast.  Jen is a Smithtown East AP alumni and went on to graduate from MICA.  She works in a variety of different media, take a look at some of here recent work on her website: cargocollective.com/jenyu.  She talked to the class about here work, her method, what she has learned from living in Germany, and gave the soon to be graduates some advice!

AP Alumni Visit: Jen Yu

The AP Art class had a chance to meet with some alumni who are currently in art schools to begin the year. Here's some photos of the presentation given by alumnus Jen Yu who is currently attending the Maryland Institute College of Art. She showed the class her most recent project which was a powerful collection of drawings and paintings based on her family in China.

Here are some samples of Jen's work that which was shown to the class

And here's an image of Jen in class working on a self portrait from back in 2008.