The visiting artist from January 26, who is a metal smith, spoke about his lecture called The Business of Surviving as an Artist. At first, it seemed like a nice review about his inspiration and his pieces. But then he went into his whole history ranging from his work experience to his family experience. It was so drawn out that it was very difficult to focus because it felt like he was repeating the same things. He spoke a lot about commission pieces rather than the business side of things. He said how he was commissioned, but never actually went around to saying how he gained these connections nor how to handle commission work. He spoke a lot about his art process, which was interesting, especially with the models he had to make, but it didn't fit into the theme of his lecture, which was The Business of Surviving as an Artist. It also went overtime, going from 12:00 - 1:40. It wasn't until 1:15-1:20 that he went into having problems with his client who refused to pay him. It was intriguing, especially since it was the city who was refusing to pay him, but the ending to the story was really unclear. It felt too rushed, but I didn't know what to make of the information that was given to me. Then, after his presentation was done, he held the audience back even longer to tell them his words of wisdom, which I can estimate would be like 2 minutes maximum, but it took over 5 minutes for his words of wisdom.
Overall, the content was interesting, but it didn't relate to his overarching synopsis of his lecture.
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