Aaron Smith @theartguy@is.aaronbsmith.com

#Introduction / #Introductions

I'm Aaron, a Media Arts / Technology teacher for a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts Academy.

Before I did this, I was a Visual Arts teacher.

I'm very much into #DIY, #STEM, #STEAM, #DnD, #photography, the #Maker movement, and the idea that artists should be fairly compensated for the work they do (vs reposting said work without even attribution).

My politics lean left, but I don't talk about that much here.

I'm a widower.

I talk about games on @Crash.

*"Follow-for-follow." Life's too short to clutter my timeline.

*Post, boost, or favorite profanities. Yes, even the ones included in super-insightful posts. My students can find me.

*Post, boost, or favorite copyright infringement or endorsements of the same. Copyright law needs reform, sure, but it is still used to protect artists. If you're punching down and up at the same time, You're still punching down.

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For our Film Festival I made a video to show while people come in and find their seats that is the same cluttered no-one-hired-a-graphic-designer-for-this-job aesthetic that one sees before movies in actual theaters.

I think I nailed it, because I hate what I've created.

PC1: "Can you call it 'skipping out' if you never intended to pay in the first place?"
DM: "It's not what you intended, it's if the other party expected you to pay."
PC2: "Oh, I never expected him to pay me back."
PC1: "Right, then it's all sorted, then."

"I will treasure this."
"It's not for you."

"Ari's a people person."
DM: "Roll for deception."
"No, he would ... hug ... people."

#DnD #OutofcontextDnD

I have access to more traditional materials for silkscreening but this is a really neat alternative method that has me thinking about lessons where preserving the screen for future use is not a necessity.

Silk Screening/Printing Experiment | Art With Mr. E

http://www.artwithmre.com/2018/12/silk-screeningprinting-experiment.html

Have seen at least 10 students auditioning for my school, and many auditioning for our sister schools.

I hope we can take them all. There is a lot of talent here but only so many seats for us to fill.

Middle School Auditions today.

Students that are not currently in my public school system's Creative & Performing Arts program are going to give it their all to get into it.

I get to be one of the adjudicators for the Media (digital) Arts Major.

No pressure.

Photographer sues Kemp campaign, Georgia GOP over photo use | National politics | stltoday.com

https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/photographer-sues-kemp-campaign-georgia-gop-over-photo-use/article_e01a49ef-ad30-5a52-8ee9-7bf1302d293a.html

That feeling when you want to set up a Patreon for the website and podcast you make not so you can be rewarded for your efforts but so you can hire your friends to do the things they do for fun anyway.

Related note: You should be throwing money at @noelle and @queenofhaiku because they're awesome and also freelancers.

Yesterday during my Middle School #DnD club I had not one but two students express interest in DMing.

I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Between 2009 and 2019 ... I got a lot older, scruffier, and more worn out.

Today is a snow day for me, so naturally by 8am I am physically exhausted from doing non-sedentary things as opposed to being sedentary and having my exhaustion be of the mental variety.

There are times when I'm surprised that people are still using FB, etc, but then I remember that there are still active users on G+ and I am reminded that inertia is one of the most powerful forces in the universe.

LB: I would play the heck out of that game.