As my classmates Amanda and Monica have already said quite eloquently, a great deal was
learned and accomplished over the past few weeks. We have had the pleasure of
working with a terrific artist and his site. We have
learned an unbelievable amount, not just about social media, network and
producing content for online news, but about a vibrant, fun, and all-around cool community. So I won't belabor the points
made by my classmates (good points all). Instead, I would like, on behalf of
the Pilsen Project, to extend my sincerest thanks to Pilsen and its artists for
welcoming us into their community, taking time to talk with us, and sharing
with us your enthusiasm for what you do and the neighborhood you call home.
A project like this is only as successful--or indeed as interesting--as the
subject matter allows it to be. As our statistics showed over the past four
weeks (almost 2,000 unique views in under four weeks!) The Pilsen Project was
quite successful, if we do say so ourselves. We couldn't have accomplished that
without the Pilsen art community, who effectively made this project as colorful
and fun as it was.
So thank you Miguel
Cortez,
Jeriah Hildwine, Saul
Aguirre, Alvaro
Sahagun, Rebecca Beachy,
Kate Bowen and all the
other artists who took the time to speak with us about art, about community,
and the subtle (and not so subtle!) intersections between the two. We could not have done this without you.
Katherine H.
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