This afternoon I received an email from the Black Professionals Social Network Meetup group. They were meeting at the Hyde Park Art Center at 8:00 p.m. Tonight the Hyde Park Art Center was hosting a Cocktails and Clay party which they host every second Friday of the month. I decided to attend.  This was going to be my first meeting with the group.  James312, the host was the first person I recognized. He was standing against a pillar. I greeted him after checking in and signing up for the clay class.

For our class assignement, our instructor had us partner up with someone who we didn’t know. She had hoped to have the class put blindfolds on and sculpt the face of our new partner, but unfortunately, she face a overwhelming opposition of her idea. After about 10 minutes, I felt a need to touch my partner’s face. I felt a need to get her contours correct. I became very difficult to do with her face turned sideways as she was working on sculpting my face. This is a picture of my completed 45 minute project.

Clay Project at the Cocktails and Clay Class at Hyde Park Art Center

After class was over, I went to take a look at some of the art. Part of their exhibit included pictures taken by students from Kenwood Academy High School. The most interesting picture displayed was a picture taken by Justine Jackson entitled “Suicide by Train”

Justine Jackson credits at the Hyde Park Art Center for her picture “Suicide by Train”

Suicide by Train by Justine Jackson exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center