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Executive Summary .................................................................................. 4
Situation Analysis ...................................................................................... 5
Problem Statement ................................................................................... 6
Internal and External Factors .............................................................. 7
S.W.O.T. .......................................................................................................... 10
Publics ............................................................................................................ 11
Research ........................................................................................................ 12
Planning ......................................................................................................... 19
Implementation .......................................................................................... 21
Budget ............................................................................................................. 32
Evaluation ...................................................................................................... 34
Table of Contents

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A – Transcripts ........................................................................................... 37
B – Interview Guide .................................................................................. 81
C – Oral Survey ........................................................................................... 83
D – Email Lists ............................................................................................ 85
E – Email Templates ................................................................................ 91
F – Thank You Design Template ......................................................... 94
G – Reservation Request Form............................................................. 95
H – Updated Social Media Posts .......................................................... 96
I – Buzzfeed Quizzes ................................................................................. 97
J – Marketing Samples .............................................................................. 98
K – Time Card ............................................................................................. 100
L – Meeting Minutes ................................................................................. 101
Appendix

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Arts Alive SDSU is a president’s initiative that provides opportunities for students,
faculty, and staff to engage in transformational arts interactions on a day-to-
day basis. This is part of an arts-rich, robust educational community on the campus of
San Diego State University. After a soft program launch in spring of 2014, Arts Alive
SDSU began to work toward their goals to broaden awareness of arts events and
opportunities at SDSU, increase attendance at SDSU arts events, expand
academically informed art-making opportunities at SDSU, and integrate arts
events and arts practices into curriculum at SDSU. They offer many kinds of arts
events categorized into three different categories; Signature events, Supported events
and pop-up events.
Signature events are the highest quality arts events SDSU has to offer. These events are
academically informed and fully produced to showcase SDSU’s broad range of artistic
talent. Supported events are curriculum based, public presentations and performances
from various art disciplines, faculty-guided student organizations as well as work
created in classes. Pop-up events are designed to meet the goals of Arts Alive SDSU by
promoting and highlighting signature and supported events. Pop-ups bring the arts
outside of traditional venues to the center of student activity, whether at the library,
the student union or the farmers market. These events are designed to develop
audience awareness and attendance at signature events. What we are proposing is a
series of events and marketing strategies to help SDSU students become aware
of what Arts Alive is and have them participate in the process. Canvas and Coffee,
The Basketball Event and our Drone project are all events and projects that will
increase awareness and involvement in Arts Alive’s mission.
Executive Summary

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Arts Alive SDSU is an organization dedicated to promoting art and creating a
transformational artistic experience for students on the San Diego State
University campus. SDSU President Elliot Hirshman began Arts Alive SDSU as an
initiative to support student artists as well as ignite the creativity in everyone on
campus, regardless of their affiliations or disciplines.
Officially the goals of Arts Alive SDSU are:
• To broaden awareness of arts events and opportunities at SDSU
• To increase attendance at SDSU arts events
• To expand academically informed art-making opportunities at SDSU
• To integrate arts events and arts practices into curriculum at SDSU
After a “soft launch” in the 2013-2014 academic school year, Arts Alive SDSU officially
began in fall of 2014. They created pop-up events as a way to both promote signature
art events and engage with students in a nontraditional setting on campus. These
events have included jewelry-making, spontaneous concerts and customized poetry.
Pop-up events have been the foundation for the organization and have created the
highest visibility thus far for Arts Alive SDSU.
Arts Alive SDSU currently has an Instagram with 860 followers, a Facebook with 921
likes and a Twitter following of 895. In the past year, the organization has designed
unique benches in various areas on campus to evoke thought and imagination. In fall
2015, Arts Alive SDSU created a new mural for SDSU’S Love Library to enhance the
presence of art on campus.
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During the academic school year, Arts Alive SDSU is falling short in creating a
transformational experience for SDSU students and faculty of all disciplines. Their goal
to create an art-filled experience for all students is not being reached when the
organization only focuses on art-related majors. The inability of the art organization to
effectively create awareness and interest about the organization itself, as well as their
sponsored events, results in a failure to fulfill their mission to facilitate a life-changing
experience for students and faculty on the SDSU campus. In order for Arts Alive SDSU
to successfully incorporate art into the class curriculum as well as impact the students,
they must explore all majors and all types of people. Not just the ones affiliated with or
comfortable with art. Becoming more aware of the student body can also
provide more diversity and creativity to the programming of Arts Alive
SDSU.
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Internal Factors:
Arts Alive SDSU has vast resources readily available to create an overwhelming art
presence on SDSU’s campus. With access to a large budget, facility and equipment
resources, faculty and leadership support and diverse art students, the organization
should be able to fulfill their goals to create transformational art experiences.
While Arts Alive SDSU has attempted to create a transformational art experience on
campus, some aspects of the organization still fall short of its goal to successfully
promote the arts. While this is only the second academic year that the initiative has
been in place, there is already room for improvement.
Arts Alive SDSU has made it a priority to promote art on campus, but has failed to
promote the organization itself. In the research conducted, results showed that
although many students are aware of Arts Alive SDSU itself as an organization on
campus, they are not aware of what the purpose or mission of the organization is. Arts
Alive SDSU is currently facing the struggle of targeting its aware publics and
transforming them into an active public. The organization not only finds difficulty in
creating in active public, but they also struggle in their attempt to promote the arts to
non-art majors. Students that do not focus their education on the arts, but rather
business or kinesiology, tend to be more latent or unaware than their art major
counterparts. Arts Alive SDSU is not successfully targeting non-art majors and is failing
in aiming their messaging at this public.
In addition to its struggle with its aware public, Arts Alive SDSU has a lack of online
and social media presence that hinders its possibility for enhancing student support
and involvement. With the growing evolvement of social media, a strong presence on
multiple platforms is essential to creating awareness and involvement, especially
when targeting college-aged students.
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Internal Factors Continued:
Arts Alive SDSU strictly promotes the already prepared programming for the art
schools on SDSU’s campus. The organization itself does not create any material or
programming aimed at different audiences. The lack of self-produced material and
dependence on art major programming undercuts the purpose to create a
transformational art experience for all students on campus.
External Factors:
While the opportunities and diversity at San Diego State University is favorable, the
vast student population and multitude of interests has created difficulty in successfully
targeting students that are not already involved in the arts. San Diego State is a
commuter campus with 85 percent of students living off-campus. With the majority of
SDSU students not living on campus, Arts Alive SDSU faces the larger complication of
targeting an audience that spends the majority of their time away from the main
campus. Although Arts Alive SDSU has placed many art students on-campus art in
main locations, this in itself is not enough to create a transformational art experience
for all students on campus. The organization must attempt to find new ways to draw
students onto campus or deter them from leaving after their daily classes have ended.
Arts Alive SDSU must find new and interesting ways to promote the arts that would
make students want to come to campus or would want to make them stay longer.
Creating art programs and classes aimed at commuter students would increase the
success of the organization as a whole in attaining their goal of making art for
everyone.
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External Factors Continued:
The lack of staff that is directly involved and dedicated to Arts Alive SDSU threatens
the organization’s ability to find new ways to target their audience and create art
experiences for those with no innate interest for the arts.
With the ample amounts of students at San Diego State, the organization should work
to find more volunteers that can enhance the quantity and quality of their promotional
strategies. Increasing staff and volunteers for Arts Alive SDSU would result in more
resources to survey and gather information on the effectiveness of their mission as
well as allow them to enhance their social media presence. Although San Diego State
has not provided an adequate amount of staff dedicated to Arts Alive SDSU, the
organization should find volunteers or students willing to work part-time to promote
the organization itself, as well as the art programming created by the art schools on
campus.
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S.W.O.T.
Strengths
• Innovative Ideas
• Diverse art possibilities
• Faculty support
• Great ginancial resources
• Vast facility and equipment resources
Weaknesses
• Lack of online presence
• Lack of student support and awareness
• Limited student involvement
• Lack of self-produced material and programming
Opportunities
• Greater funding
• Efgicient social media use to promote the program and
growth through social media
• Valuable relationships with SDSU faculty and leadership
Threats
• Lack of resources to survey audience and gather valuable
information
• Limited social media presence to reach target audience
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Latent:
A majority of the San Diego State student body is not aware of the Arts Alive
organization and what they do around campus, therefore a majority of San Diego
State’s student and faculty, as well as the greater San Diego area, would fall under the
latent category.
Aware:
The aware publics include those aware of the existence of Arts Alive SDSU as an
organization, but do not made an effort to engage with the organization out of
indifference, disinterest or lack of knowledge about the organization. This lack of
engagement can be due to many factors, including the public’s perceived idea of art;
the fear of not excelling at art; and a basic lack of knowledge of the purpose of Arts
Alive as an organization.
Those falling under the aware category could be uninterested in the conventional idea
of art. To combat the misconceptions students may have, Arts Alive can feature pop-up
events highlighting the various types of art forms and promoting the idea that art is
individualistic. A transformational experience will occur for students at different
events, depending on their personal artistic preferences.
Active:
The portion of the San Diego State population that shows interest and directly involves
themselves in Arts Alive activities is relatively small in comparison to the other
publics, but it is steadily growing as awareness increases. Many of those that actively
participate in Arts Alive events tend to be art majors in the College of Professional
Studies and Fine Arts. According to pre-campaign survey results, in the week tested,
PSFA students interacted with art six times more than students in the College of
Business and four times more than students in the College of Engineering.
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We conducted both quantitative and qualitative formative research to better
understand how our target publics, SDSU students, interact with Arts Alive SDSU. The
quantitative research surveyed students across various disciplines on campus to
gauge their knowledge, attitude and behavior in regards to Arts Alive SDSU and art
in general. The qualitative research consisted of eight individual interviews with
students from all of the academic colleges on campus, excluding the College of
Professional Studies and Fine Arts.
Quantitative Research
Method: Oral survey by using convenience sampling
Target sample: Students at SDSU
Findings:
DEMOGRAPHICS
• 505 respondents total.
• 52 percent female and 48 percent male.
• 4 percent College of Education, 6 percent from College of Health and Human
Services, 11 percent College of Sciences, 13 percent from College of
Engineering, 14 percent from Arts and Letters, 18 percent from College of
Professional Studies and Fine Arts and 28 percent from College of Business.
KNOWLEDGE
A 5-item, 5-point Likert scale was used to measure knowledge of Arts Alive SDSU.
Knowledge items were summed into a reliable (alpha = XX) index and averaged.
Results:
• 54 percent of students surveyed have heard of Arts Alive SDSU.
• Combined knowledge average of all students surveyed was 2.39 out of 5.
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• Individual knowledge items ranged from 2.26 to 2.61.
• PSFA students have 0.7 out of 5 points greater knowledge of Arts Alive SDSU
than Business students, and 0.8 out 5 points greater knowledge than both
Health and Human Services and Science students.
• Arts and Letters students have 0.3 out of 5 points greater knowledge than
Engineering students.
• PSFA students have more knowledge of Arts Alive SDSU than nearly every
other college on campus.
• All findings listed were statistically significant.
ATTITUDE
Attitude was measured in two ways: attitude toward art as a whole and attitude
toward Arts Alive SDSU.
Results:
• Attitude toward art was low at 2.80 out of 5 points.
• Attitude toward Arts Alive SDSU was neutral at 3.67 out of 5 points.
• Arts and Letters students have 0.5 out of 5 points greater attitude toward art
than Business students. PSFA students have 0.7 out of 5 points greater attitude
than Business students.
• Arts and Letters students have 0.5 out of 5 points greater attitude toward art
than Science students.
• PSFA students have 0.5 out of 5 points greater attitude toward art than
Engineering students and 0.6 out of 5 points greater than Health and Human
Services students.
• Attitude toward Arts Alive SDSU was 0.4 out of 5 points greater among Arts
and Letters students than Business students and 0.5 greater than Engineering
students.
• PSFA students have 0.6 out of 5 points greater attitude toward Arts Alive SDSU
than Business students and 0.7 greater than Engineering students.
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• A regression equation found that attitude toward art in general could be
predicted by knowledge of Arts Alive SDSU and positive attitude toward the
organization.
• All findings listed were statistically significant.
BEHAVIOR
Behavior was measured by using a “yes” or “no” scale in regards to actions one took
involving Arts Alive SDSU events.
Results:
• 77 percent of students reported using the benches created by Arts Alive SDSU.
• 45 percent of students saw the mural sponsored by Arts Alive SDSU at Love
Library.
• 36 percent of students went to the “jewelry making” Arts Alive SDSU pop-up
event at the farmers market.
• 17 percent of students attended a pop-up concert hosted by Arts Alive SDSU.
• 10 percent of students have been to the SDSU art gallery in downtown San
Diego.
• PSFA students interacted with art six times more than Business students in the
week before they were surveyed. PSFA students interacted with art four times
more than Engineering students in the same time frame.
What this tells us:
• PSFA students are typically more knowledgeable about Arts Alive SDSU, have a
better attitude toward both art and Arts Alive SDSU and interact with art more
often than students in any other college at SDSU.
• Students are more likely to engage with art that is accessible and noticeable
on campus, such as the benches and mural.
• Many students appreciate the work that Arts Alive SDSU does, but do not have
a positive attitude toward art in general.
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Qualitative Research
Method: One-on-one interviews with eight students.
Sample: One student from the College of Health and Human Services, one student
from the College of Arts and Letters, one student from the College of Sciences, one
student from the College of Education, two students from the College of Engineering
and two students from the College of Business.
Findings:
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS: TAKEAWAYS
• Student enjoys art, but does not see it as something that can be easily combined
with his international business major.
• Claims he wants to get involved with Arts Alive SDSU, specifically to see work
that art students have created, but does not feel there is enough
communication on how to go about doing so.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: INTERVIEW ONE TAKEAWAYS
• Student likes that Arts Alive SDSU and art in general allows for a break from
studies while on campus.
• Does not feel that he has enough time or have an understanding of art
opportunities on campus; believes more Arts Alive SDSU visibility via social
media would be effective.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: INTERVIEW TWO TAKEAWAYS
• Student does not feel that between work and school she has enough time to
effectively interact with most activities on campus, including campus art.
• Believes Arts Alive SDSU should widen their approach to engaging other
types of students on campus so they know what opportunities are available.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: TAKEAWAYS
• Student sees the diverse and interactive student body at SDSU as art.
• Would go to Arts Alive SDSU events if she knew about them and had the time;
and believes Arts Alive SDSU could have more creative promotional tactics.
• Wants to see more community oriented and hands-on art events on campus.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: INTERVIEW ONE TAKEAWAYS
• Student sees knowledge of art as an essential part of design in mechanical
engineering, but has rarely interacted with it.
• Believes the art that is on campus helps give life to SDSU and would like to
see more of it.
• Would be interested in an Arts Alive SDSU event if it related to explaining basic
art principles and collaborated with the mechanical engineering department.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: INTERVIEW TWO TAKEAWAYS
• Student enjoys the art on campus but does not feel it is clear that Arts Alive
SDSU is the program behind what is seen; he believes more exposure is
necessary.
• Student would like to know more about where the art on campus is so he is
looking in the right places for art interaction.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: TAKEAWAYS
• Student enjoys going to concerts and other events with music because it is
something she enjoys interacting with.
• She would like to see more about Arts Alive SDSU on social media, so she
knows what is going on.
• Student believes hands-on events that are easy for anyone to join in on
would be most effective in getting more of campus involved.
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCES: TAKEAWAYS
• Student believes being creative and artistic is important to her career in
psychology, but has not seen it integrated into her curriculum.
• Says she would go to an Arts Alive SDSU event if it was required for a class and
believes it is an organization more students should know about.
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Overall Strategy
Based on the formative research, we focused on two major strategies. The first is to
build awareness of Arts Alive SDSU with the student body, as most students are
unaware that the organization exists and is responsible for the art on campus. The
second strategy is to increase engagement with the events Arts Alive SDSU
put on. Our idea is to design events that are accessible, fun and easy for a wide variety
of students on campus to participate in.
Awareness Strategy
• Create a collaborative event using a drone to spell out “Arts Alive SDSU” using
signs held up by students and faculty. Invite all areas of campus to participate
and discuss what art means to them.
• Improve social media presence by using the hashtag #artsalivesdsu
consistently throughout posts and featuring more details about the artist.
Design Buzzfeed quizzes about finding what art event is right for a student.
Create poll for students to take on what art they would like to see on campus.
• Film a campaign video using SDSU artists to talk about the importance of art in
their everyday life. Share film on social media, as well as in classes in fall 2016.
Engagement Strategy
• Host a “Canvas and Coffee” where students can create their own painting or use
a template created by an SDSU artist. Serve coffee and breakfast food;
implement multiple times throughout the semester.
• Collaborate with SDSU athletics by hosting an event where students can use art
to create promotional items for basketball games.
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Awareness: Drone Tactic
Why the drone project?
The purpose of this event is to bring together a wide range of college students from
different fields of study to collaborate on one massive piece of art. This event will
create awareness for Arts Alive SDSU in two ways. First it will be working together
with students and clubs from campus who will be exposed to the program. Second,
this event will create a lasting image that can be placed online that should attract a
large amount of attention toward Arts Alive.
Who will be contacted for the drone project?
A wide range of professors from as many different subjects as possible. Presidents of
clubs who would like to promote themselves as well as creating an activity for their
members to participate in.
What is the drone concept?
It is a collaborative work of art that goes beyond the normal and takes art to new
heights, literally. The drone will take a picture of all of the pictures that each club has
produced to create one large image. This is mutually beneficial because it promotes
Arts Alive but it also promotes the individual groups that are in the picture.
What will be included in the drone project?
• Visual: Group members posing with their art. The image will display the
individual works that each group created.
• Craft Time: Specific dates that groups will come and work on creating their art.
• Website Display: Image of the event will be posted online with the ability to
click on each dot that will bring the viewer to that group's contact info or
personal websites.
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Awareness: Drone Tactic
Timeline of video
April 12: Send out emails to professors and clubs about being part of the drone
project with details regarding that they will need representatives to
create a picture with paint that will be displayed as promotion for both
Arts Alive and their organization.
April 28: Deadline for submissions.
May 4 to 6: Project work days, groups and clubs are able to come to the field to work
on their designs. All supplies will be provided for them to create their
art.
May 10: Picture day! Bring the representatives who would hold up the art and
have their picture taken by the drone. There will also be individual
pictures of each group.
May 20: Finish the photo that will have the link to all of the groups that
participated on the project.
May 22: Finished product that will be available online to be viewed by everyone.
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Awareness: Social Media Tactic
Why social media?
College students are attracted to social media and it is a great way to reach a large
audience through one post. Social media also allows visuals to promote art and can be
easily shared and retweeted to reach an even greater audience. We focused mainly on
the Arts Alive SDSU Facebook page because research shows 94 percent of college
students use Facebook.
Who will be reached?
SDSU students and the general public.
How will they be reached?
The public will be reached through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and also through
Buzzfeed quizzes that will be shared primarily through Facebook posts.
What will be included in the social media posts?
Facebook posts that highlight Arts Alive SDSU artists in a fun and creative way, as they
do on their website. Also using the hashtag #artsalivesdsu on every social media post
and across different platforms to creative a sense of brand community and
engagement.
Three Buzzfeed quizzes will be created to give Arts Alive SDSU participants more
information about the types of art students on campus would like to see and where
they would like to see it. One quiz will feature a personality quiz that students can take
to find what Arts Alive SDSU event would be best for them. The results page will also
give information about the event so they know when and where the events take place
and also will provide a direct link to the Arts Alive SDSU website to bring more
attraction to the main web page.
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Awareness: Campaign Video Tactic
Why a campaign video?
A campaign video for Arts Alive SDSU allows for a creative, innovative and visually
pleasing method to provide awareness of art on campus. As our research shows,
people appreciate the art at SDSU but don’t understand much about art opportunities
on campus or the various ways one can be an artist. Furthermore, campaign video
engages multiple artists across different mediums, enhancing the collaborative nature
of Arts Alive SDSU. Finally, a campaign video can be easily shared in class or online for
maximum views.
Who will be contacted to be in the video?
Professors who teach in the School of Television and Theatre, School of Art and Design
and School of Music and Dance. Presidents of clubs focus on various art mediums will
also be contacted to participate.
What is the video concept?
Footage and testimonials of SDSU art students and professors demonstrating the
importance of art in their life. Submissions will be edited down to fit in a three minute
video.
What will be included in the video?
• Visual: Artists performing or acting out their art
o Include text with name of artist over image
• Audio: Students, professors and artists talking about the importance of art in
their life
o Prompts will come from emails
• End screen: Arts Alive SDSU contact information and social media links
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Awareness: Campaign Video Tactic
Who will cut and edit the footage?
SDSU film student and videographer, Chelsea Best. Best has been highlighted on the
Arts Alive SDSU website and does pro bono work, making her the ideal editor for the
video. The quality of her work and website is here:
http://cbestproductions.weebly.com/
Who will this video be sent to?
Professors who teach large, general education classes. This will reach a large audience
of younger undergraduates and potentially help them understand art opportunities on
campus as they embark on their college career.
Email lists
Email list #1: People to contact for video involvement including art professors and art
related club presidents. Contact information can be found in the appendix.
Email list #2: Professors to send video to. Contact information can be found in the
appendix.
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Awareness: Campaign Video Tactic
Timeline of video
May 5: Hire pro bono videographer and film student Chelsea Best to edit video
content for the campaign.
May 10: Send out email to art professors, students and clubs about being a part of
a campaign video for Arts Alive SDSU. Ask them to submit a 30 second
video showing or explaining why art is important to them in a creative
way. Encourage them to use their particular art (dance, music, graphic
design) as a way to explain. Include questions that can be used in
developing the content of the video.
June 10: Deadline for submissions.
June 20: Send out thank you notes to participating artists and faculty. Thank you
cards will be Arts Alive SDSU branded and blank on the backside for
personalization for each participant.
July 10: Video completion.
July 12: Send video to participants and encourage them to share
July 15: Send email explaining the importance of Arts of Alive to professors and
encouraging them to help younger students by requiring attendance at
an Arts Alive SDSU event for extra credit. Ask if an Arts Alive SDSU
representative can have a few minutes to speak briefly about the
program and play the video in class
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Engagement: Canvas & Coffee Tactic
Why an interactive event?
An interactive art event would help move the target audience of aware publics into
active publics. The purpose of Canvas & Coffee is to allow students who are not already
involved in any on-campus art programs to interact with art in a comfortable
environment with the assistance of experienced art students. The interactive event
creates a memorable experience for students that attend, provides a piece of art that
attendees can display in their daily environment and establishes an opportunity for
students to spend time with friends as well as meet other students.
Who is the target audience for the event?
The target audiences for Canvas & Coffee are students in majors other than art, design
and dance, and students not in the college of PSFA. All SDSU and non-SDSU students
are welcome to attend the event, but the event is aimed at students who may find art
intimidating. The purpose of the event is to create a comfortable and non-threatening
environment that will attract students with no previous artistic experience that may
shy away from creating art in their own time.
Promotion of Canvas & Coffee
The event will be featured on their social media sites, promotionally two weeks before
the event and during the event. Students on campus will give out flyers promoting the
event two weeks before the event up to the day of the event. Flyers will also be placed
at the SDSU Bookstore as well as at the other food vendors around campus. For the
initial event, art students will promote the event by going to classes and giving a brief
five-minute summary of the event and providing teachers the flyers for students that
are interested.
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Engagement: Canvas & Coffee Tactic
What is the overall concept of the event?
Canvas & Coffee is an event intended for 20 students and 1-3 art students as teachers.
The event will take place in a room on-campus during the week after general school
hours but at a time where a majority of students are still on campus. The purpose of
the time and place is to create convenience for students where they do not have to
leave campus for the event and do not have to make extra trips to and from SDSU. Each
student will pay at the door with a check or cash. The first 20 minutes of the event is
allotted for students to mingle with each other, grab coffee and find a place to sit. The
next hour will be for students to be taught step-by-step how to paint a pre-decided
scene on their canvas. Students will be encouraged to move around the room for more
coffee, and to interact with other students at the event. Once their canvas art is
completed, they will be able to take their canvas with them.
Who will teach the class?
Art students that volunteer to teach the class and are refreshments and their canvas
for no charge in return for teaching the event. Art professors may also give students
extra-credit in return for volunteering to teach the class.
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Engagement: Basketball Tactic
Why a basketball creative pop-up event?
The basketball creative pop-up event grabs the attention of the student population
that is not interested in the conventional idea of art. It allows the student to participate
in a more relaxed artistic environment while creating something that pertains to their
interest in sports. Based on the research, most students aren’t familiar with the art
students and this event allows the student body to interact with artists through a
hands-on activity. This portrays the artists and the idea of art as less threatening and
more approachable. This event also provides a service to students who will use the
posters and flags designed outside of the pop-up event to use at games over and over
again.
Why collaborate with athletics?
The SDSU Men’s Basketball team evokes a sense of pride in Aztecs everywhere.
Channeling the emotion and spirit of student basketball fans provides an excellent
opportunity for Arts Alive to help students find their artistic side.
Who will be contacted prior to the event?
We would contact the Director of Art and Design to ask if they know anyone who
would be interested in overseeing the event and interaction between artists and
students. We would also contact faculty of the Painting and Printmaking department
through email to ask if they have any who would be interested in assisting with face
painting and assisting students with poster making.
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Engagement: Basketball Tactic
Who will be included in the event?
• Art students who are interested in running the event.
• Students who are interested in making posters and getting their face painted
before the basketball games.
• Members of Arts Alive who are interested in assisting with face paint and clean
up.
When will the pop-up events occur?
The events will occur the day of every highly anticipated home game. Exact times will
vary with game times and days.
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Canvas & Coffee
Canvas: 45 packs of 16-by-20 inch canvas = $79.96
Craft Accessory Set: (includes 1 paint holder) $1.99 for 20 sets = $39.80
Brush set: 10 piece set = 99.80
Acrylic paint: $4.99 for a 12 piece assortment $4.99 for 20 assortments = $49.90
Starbucks Coffee Traveler: $12.95 to serve 12. 12.95 for2 travelers = $25.90
Half-and-half: 1 quart = $2.98
Half Paper Flyers: 500 flyers = $61.23
Total: $359.57
Student Price: $15 per student
Nonstudent price: $20 per person
Basketball Event
Poster paper: 500 blank posters, 24-by-36 feet = $191
Brochures: 100 print-outs = $60
Thin brush kits: Pack of 3 brushes (1 inch, 2 inch and 3 inch) = $5.48
Stubby flat paint brushes: A set of 10 brushes = $7.28
Poster paint: Color Splash liquid tempera paint (set of 4, [1 gallon] containers) =
$45.99
Face Paint: 6-pack of assorted 2 ounce colors = $13.29
Total: $323
Drone Project
Drone: Propel Titanium 2.0 Sonic Drone with camera = $79.99
White table cloths: 28-by-84 inch Round White Table Covers = $125.72
Paint: 7 sets of 128 ounce Liquid Tempera Paint = $76.93
Paint brushes: 28 Dynasty Golden Nylon Brushes = $39.78
Total: 322.42
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Campaign Video
Thank you notes: 100 thank you notes = $30
General Flyer
4-by-6 inch flyers, 500 flyers = $219
Grand total: $1,253.99
Vendors:
Half paper flyers: Vistaprint.com
Poster paper: thepapermillstore.com
Brush kits: Amazon.com
Thank you notes: postermywall.com
General flyer: postermywall.com
Budget

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To measure the success of our events, we will be measuring the difference in
attendance for both online traffic and pop up events. We will take the statistics from
the fall 2016 semester for both attendance at pop up events and online traffic for Arts
Alive on Facebook and Twitter and compare them to the spring 2017 semester. Arts
Alive SDSU currently has 895 followers on Twitter and 921 likes on their Facebook
page. The goal is to increase the traffic on their social media accounts by 15 percent at
the end of the spring 2017 semester. The fall 2016 semester will be the baseline for
our goals for the spring of 2017 where we plan to have an overall increase of
awareness for 15 percent. This will be measured by counting the number of people
who attend pop-up events in the fall compared with the number of people that attend
our intended events in the spring. We propose the use of Google Analytics, which will
allow Arts Alive SDSU to be able to quantify how many people are visiting their social
media and websites. This will also allow them to measure where the online traffic is
coming from and for how long viewers are staying on certain pages. This information
will allow Arts Alive to be better informed on the online tactics that are creating a
large positive influence versus the things that get little attention. This information
will better allow them to grow in the future by focusing their efforts on the
tactics that are successful.
Evaluation

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College of Arts and Letters
Interview Date: March 18, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Ryan Beal
Name of Transcribers: David Hitzhusen, Dylan Grise
Length of Interview: 14:00
Link to Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEqy_x9brQk
I: Ready?
P1: Yeah, I got it.
I: Awesome. So, thank you for connecting with me today. I hope you can see me and
hear me okay.
P1: (Long pause) Sure, can.
(technology ringing sound in background)
I: Alright, maybe I’ll go in the other room. Momentarily.
(Interviewer moves locations) (P1 laughs)
Okay, sorry for the change. Alright, so, my name is =Ryan Beal= and I’m working
with a program at San Diego State focusing on art in everyday life, umm, so I
appreciate you you talking with me and doing this interview. I kinda wanted to
share the things that, umm, that you tell me with my team, so is it okay if I record
this conversation?
P1: Absolutely.
I: Okay, great. Uh, okay so we’ll start recording in a second. Okay, are you ready?
P1: (smiles and gives thumbs up)
I: Good?
P1: Good.
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I: Okay (clears throat)
[Inaudible segment] it’s broadcasting because it says… it’s broadcasting. Okay, so,
can you tell me a little bit about your major?
P1: Uhhh, my major is international business with an emphasis in Asia Pacific,
specifically Chinese.
I: Okay, and what kind of job are you looking to have after that? The Chinese minor
as well as business major?
P1: It’s not technically a minor. It’s incorporated into the business, international
business. Uhh, collective. But, ummm... basically after I graduate I’m… planning
on technically trying to have a job, just essentially, where I’m flexible. I can move
between Europe and Asia because I know Spanish a little bit too. It’s just anything
business related and probably I want to get into media. That would probably be
like my niche.
I: Maybe like, PR for example.
P1: Possibly.
I: Cool. You should take =Sweetser’s= class if you do PR. She’s a professor here at,
uh, San Diego State actually.
P1: Excited to hear it.
I: (laughs) Okay so switching gears a little bit. Um, what type of events, places or
experiences on campus, uh, do you consider art?
P1: Do I consider art?
I: Yeah. So, it can be informal art beyond, like, you know, the traditional art gallery,
go inside a museum and see something. It can be like a mural, a flier, painted
benches, a painting.
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P1: I definitely would think of the love library. The mural that they have in there. Umm,
as well as a lot of the, ummm, I remember like in the bottom part, not in the 24
hour area, but in the library where they have the, uh, photographs with different,
umm, black authors. Like the kind of circle around the bathroom area. I thought
that was a really, umm, they were really umm, they were really well taken photos.
Umm...I just think the way the campus is setup itself is kind of artistic. It’s kind of…
umm…very natural. I know when I think of the campus I think a lot of the koi pond
and how…it’s just so aesthetically pleasing to just be around that area. Which is
why people hang out there so often. Ummm…and just the general layout of the
campus in general I think is very aesthetic. Umm...kind of artistic in that manner.
I: Are there any other locations on campus that you consider kind of aesthetically
pleasing, specifically, other than koi pond where you feel like you can kind of relax
or get some type of, like, healing from?
P1: Uhh, I would say the koi pond is definitely one but then there’s...uhh...not, I think
it’s west commons. Uhh...where it’s kind of that overlook, ummm, over, it kind of
just overlooks, really the, the freeway, but it’s still just a very aesthetically pleasing
view. Just sit there have a coffee and uhhh. Yeah, kind of do that.
I: Definitely. Umm, yeah another place that actually has that if you didn’t know,
ummm, was the art and design department. It can kind of, it overlooks the 8
freeway as well as like the mountains and also, ummm, down into mission valley,
which is actually pretty peaceful as well. I discovered it maybe I think a year ago.
But actually went back there last week, and I just kind of was…taken aback and it
had like a nice bench and you can sit there and it kind of made me think I should
come back here as well just in terms of like the aesthetically pleasing part. I feel like
it’s, like, one of those hidden parts of campus that nobody really frequents too
much.
P1: Yeah, I actually uhh, I had the opp- that’s actually where my Chinese class is and it
uhh [cross talk].
I: Oh, perfect.
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P1: (continues) overlooks that way. We’re in that art building. So yeah, I, I know what
your talking about there too.
I: So you’re trying to keep that one a secret you didn’t bring that one up.
P1: (laughs and shakes head) But no, it’s just uhh, I didn’t really think of it at first.
I: Alright. So, what interactions have you had with art on campus. Like, what inspires
you to interact with art or what are some barriers that you think, um, limit your art
interaction?
P1: Ummm, I personally, like I said, I do media myself. So, umm, I’ve gotten involved
with the campus film festival when it came… ummm…I think it was last semester.
So um, that’s one way that I interacted with art and just, really seeing a lot of the
same kind of art that I’m interested in, and umm, being part of some people’s
projects and then having people just hop on and be part of our projects were, was
a really cool collaborative experience. Apart from that, I don’t, I don’t know that I
see… art as out and ready and present as some other things. I mean it’s in the
benches, it’s in certain wall, you know, things. But I don’t, I don’t see people out
and doing it as, as much as I think I would like to see it interacted with. I did see a
couple of students sketching the other day, in from of the koi pond. Umm, but, I
think that’s, that’s about the extent. As students you just see them doing it but you
don’t get to interact with that kind of art, umm, per se.
I: Definitely, definitely. Umm… so, going back to your major. Umm, how does art
relate to your future career? You talked about the film festival so I’m kind of
wondering, in terms of art, how does that relate to your future plans?
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P1: Well I chose Chinese because, umm, America has kind of a glass ceiling, umm, uhh,
how far, how big you can develop as a studio and film and that kind of thing. So
China is such a large market and Chinese in general in the fact that, umm, Chinese
is not just spoken in China. It’s spoken in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan. Umm, all
these other countries that kind of, almost, really, compose all of Asia. So I think that
being able to market your media to that large demographic can put you in the
position to be a large studio umm, and then really bring that expansion back to the
U.S. if you so choose. So that’s kind of why I chose it. Umm, media and, you know,
the union of media and international business together, because, um, I feel like it’s
just where it needs to go in order to, to get as big as I want it to get.
I: Definitely. So, building on that can you think of any way art can be worked into
your classroom?
P1: How it can be worked into classroom...hmm, I think that if the students, I mean I
don’t know how the the administration would feel about this, but I think if the
students had the liberty to kind of, uh, do small pieces within the classroom or you
know kind of create something aesthetically pleasing within the hallways, or
something along those lines, it might uh, kind of give the campus its own unique
vibe. Um, just from my personal experience I’ve, I’ve stayed in a lot of hostels and,
and one of the ratings that they give a hostel is on its, um, its character, its personal
own uh, kind of characteristics that make it unique and a lot of that has to do with
the aesthetics and the art that’s involved and I think that, um, having San Diego
state be both a highly um, scholarly campus and and very artistically and
aesthetically pleasing is something that will draw a lot of people in, you know? Like
I’m looking at you right now and you have the the light above your head
and...um...the lamp thing, and I just think that, you know, this is cool but that’s not
everywhere, that’s just where you’re at right now and that…
I: That’s my halo that’s above me. I’m just kidding. I’m just kidding.
P1: True. Why is it held up by Devil horns? Anyway. Um, (both laughing together)
anyway, it looks good on you.
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I: That was good. That was good. Um, but in terms of the art, like, how could it be
integrated into your classes, like a field trip, an assignment something that goes
into the curriculum of what you’re studying a little bit?
P1: Uh, I mean that’s hard to say as a business major, I mean you kind of have those
two separations of right brain left brain to where you kind of don’t think that those
two go together. So it’s hard for me to say that art would go into a business
curriculum, it would go into um, ya know finance or accounting you know those are
very kind of uh left brain types of, types of things, so, I guess it’s kind of a hard [for]
me to to to kind of reiterate or to, to speak on what could make that more artistic,
uh, I just wouldn’t, I really wouldn’t know where to begin.
I: Okay. So Arts Alive SDSU works on campus to ensure that there is art in everyday
life. Um, they painted the benches on campus and there is also jewelry making on
Thursdays at farmer’s market as well, um, so knowing that what appeals to you
about Arts Alive SDSU? Is it the connection with art in a non-stuffier exactly like
formal kind of manner, or is it the creative things they do with the benches, uh, film
festival for example. So um what kinds of things appeal to you about Arts Alive
[SDSU]?
P1: Um, I think that what appeals to me about Arts Alive [SDSU] is that, you know, like I
said, business related you don’t get that element of creativity all the time and it’s
nice to… be on campus and to walk by it and it’s kind of like a breath of fresh air,
you know, um, cause even though I’m business oriented I’m I’m still into art in a
sense with the media and um I just feel like giving you that creative breath of fresh
air to go and look at somebody create something from a totally abstract idea and
seeing that first hand is really refreshing and, and to have it on campus is
something that uh… I think is really important and valuable um, to the students.
I: Definitely. So is there anything that keeps you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU
events? Like, or enjoying the art that they share?
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P1: I mean it would just have to be something I’m interested in. Like I’d love to go sit at
like like the cooking thing I just mentioned, I’d, I’d really thoroughly enjoy just
sitting there watching people cook and getting to taste the food and yeah it was
just an awesome experience and… you know I’m not going to be interested in every
single piece of… art artistic thing they have coming out um...but I definitely would
be more inclined to go if I knew what they had going on. Um, yeah, I definitely be
more down to be like, yeah this is awesome, let me go do this on a Friday
afternoon after a long day of classes.
I: So is there anything else you’d like to add about Arts Alive [SDSU] or art in general
at SDSU?
P1: I’d like to see some of what, uh, the students create. I feel like… uh sometimes I
don’t feel like, I mean I know we have a lot of arts students but I never really get to
see where their art is displayed at or if I have I haven’t noticed. Um...so I’d like to,
you know, see them more at the forefront. I mean I walk through the art, like I said
I’m in the art building for a class and… even in that building I don’t think I see that
much of the students’ art or their work being displayed. So just having it on display
I think would be a cool, uh, cool thing.
I: Okay. Well I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to me P1, uhh, I seriously
really do. Um, so I'll definitely take your suggestions and consideration and share it
with Arts Alive SDSU. Umm, I appreciate your time, thank you, and umm, Happy St.
Patrick’s Day. I hope you have a good weekend. [Inaudible segment] Alright, thank
you man.
P1: Alright. Did that record?
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College of Sciences
Interview Date: March 22, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Nicole Schneider
Name of Transcriber: Naseem Kasraee
Length of Interview: 04:49
I: So tell me a little about your major.
P1. Umm, I am in the psych major…I basically just learn about umm about the mind
and people’s behaviors. Ummmm I’m taking, right now, two psych courses,
psychology of personality and psych in infant child development. And I want to be
an occupational therapist, but in order to that I have to take other classes like
anatomy and physiology.
I: Okay great. What types of events, places, or experiences on campus do you
consider art?
P1: Umm….I think like the paintings in the library. There’s definitely a lot of paintings
on the walls and also…around school like the benches…are painted. So that’s pretty
artsy.
I: Alright-
P1: That’s about it, yeah.
I: What interactions have you had with that art on campus?
P1: What’s that art?
I: With that art on campus.
P1: Ummmmm…not really much interaction I would say, just more like observing and
looking. Not much umm with the…art.
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I: Okay. Are there any barriers?
P1: Ummmm I wouldn’t say barriers I would just say I don’t take the time to go and just
like appreciate it when it’s there just I’m so busy and stuff.
I: Going back to your major, how does art relate to your future career?
P1: I feel like you need to be creative in my career like you need to have different
creative ideas, especially with working with children and just like a lot of arts and
crafts and just be really artsy. So that’s how it relates to like my future career.
I: Building on that, can you think of any ways art can be built into any of your classes?
P1: Ummmm hmmmm…trying to think. Maybe more, I don’t how they would do that,
but maybe more like creative like writing instead of just like science papers all the
time or just like ummm lets see like…my psychology of children class we can talk
about…like ummm… how it can be incorporated with art and how it has to do with
psychology but we never really do anything with art.
I: Arts Alive SDSU works on campus to ensure that there is art in everyday life. They
paint benches on campus and there’s jewelry making at the farmers market. What
appeals to you most about Arts Alive?
P1: Ummmm…I think the people who are always…are they the people that stand in the
middle of the school and like….do whatever they do...I haven’t like really watched
them…I’ll admit I don’t really know how that art…I haven’t taken the time to
actually like see what they’re doing and why that’s considered art….It’s just I don’t
really know what they’re doing.
I: Okay. What keeping you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU or enjoying the art
they share?
P1: I feel like I’m always busy and stuff. I don’t really make time…so I’m like always in
class always in a rush to get somewhere so just like I haven’t had any time but
maybe if it was required for a class or something like that I would make time.
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I: So if it was required, do du think that would convince you to go to an event or
enjoy the event?
P1: Yeah. Yeah definitely.
I: Okay. And is there anything you would like to add about art or Arts Alive SDSU?
P1: Ummm no. I just think that I need to be more educated on it. I just think more
people need to be educated on it. I definitely look forward to learning more
about it.
I: Okay. Thank you for your time!
P1: Yeah, no problem!
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College of Engineering
Interview Date: March 21, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Melanie Arzouman
Name of Transcriber: Melanie Arzouman
Length of Interview: 05:15
Link to Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56O8mEixv0
I: Hello! How are you?
P1: Good! How are you?
I: I’m great, so can you tell me a little bit about your major?
P1: I am a mechanical engineering major and essentially uh engineers work on the
design uhm products and as well as the design of processes and they deal with the
testing of products and processing, so like manufacturing like you know uhm things
that you buy and have.
I: So, switching gears, what type of events, places, or experiences on campus do you
consider art?
P1: Well I guess uhm everyday I see uhm the benches on campus, with the art sign that
said the uh with the art on it you know I heart, I love you, or they have the uhm the
different paintings on it, which I consider art, uhm you also see the murals and
there is just like a mural up in the library which I consider that art as well.
I: Have you had any interactions with art on campus?
P1: Uhm, not directly. I mean I’ve seen people do performances outside and I’ve seen
people painting they had shows for the mural done in the library but I have never
had direct contact with it.
I: So, going back to your major, does art relate to your future career at all?
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P1: Yah, actually art uh relates pretty directly to a career path I could take uhm it’s it’s
not art and design that’s critical and uhm but once you get out in the actually
industry a lot of your jobs can be in your products and consumer products and a lot
of it is your design and if you do mechanical engineering then it is your whole job
essentially.
I: So could you think it it beneficial if art would be worked into your classes?
P1: Yah, no it would be good because, as of now mechanical engineering is basically
just taught how to make something not fail and if you were taught and if you had a
design class that was more built of building something that would be really
beneficial for a public design career as straight mechanical engineering.
I: So Arts Alive was the organization that painted the benches on campus and had a
jewelry making event at the farmer’s market, is there anything about arts alive that
appeals to you at SDSU?
P1: Um, yeah I guess I like seeing those things when I walk around so it definitely
appeals to me it kinda gives life to the campus. I mean, it would be boring if there
wasn't ya know people doing stuff out- outside making art and uhm and those type
of things, I mean I guess I haven’t been directly involved, uh, with it but it is like
nice to see.
I: Is there anything that keeps you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU events?
P1: Uhm, I guess, I guess, maybe, most importantly is, uh, I'm kinda just I feel like out
of the loop. I might get emails but I might, just completely ignore them cause it
seems like something that, ya know, wouldn’t apply to me at all, but, uhm, but,
yeah I guess its more just the difference between. Just so you know, the difference
between Art and you know mechanical engineering, my major, just its kinda so
different were um committing to something like to me you know um not a waste
of time but something that were not normally focused on.
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I: Um so do you think any one can say anything to convince you to go to an event or
to join the art that was shared?
P1: Yea I guess if there were more events that were directed um to product design or
be like simplistic art maybe art basics or you know maybe going to see an art show
and like teaching somebody the basics um for me it might make me want to go um
maybe if I got emails through the department than the school wide emails because
if it was from the M.E department it might you know seem more applicable to me
something more worth while.
I: Great well thank you so much for your time Aaron.
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College of Education
Interview Date: March 18, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Delaney Heil
Name of Transcribers: Hilda Chang, Katherine Gilman, Wyatt Guina, Delaney Heil, Stephen
Keck, and Ivan Zora
Length of Interview: 10:11
Link to Interview: http://youtu.be/pJbg_Rgr4NI
I: Yeah! Okay, awesome. So, um…
P1: Okay.
I: Thank you so much for meeting with me. Uh, my name is Delaney, uh, and I’m
working with a program at San Diego State, uh, focusing on art in everyday life.
P1: (nods) Okay.
I: So, um, thank you for taking the time to talk with me, aha, um, I wanna share some
things with you, uh, sorry, excuse me, I want to share the things you tell me about,
uh, with the class that I’m in. Is-is that alright?
P1: Yes.
I: Awesome. Um… so tell me a little bit about your major.
P1: Um, my major is, um, Child and Family Development, and I’m working on getting a
teaching credential.
I: Awesome.
P1: And what I like about my major is that we get a lot of hands-on experience… and,
um, [inaudible segment] with the opportunity to go internships for work, and I
really like it.
I: Cool! Uh, what are you, um, what kind of classes do you take?
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P1: Umm, most of them are about just learning about theories of children… umm…
from zero months all the way to adolescence and, um… it depends if you want to
learn about older people; um, my focus is on the child so… we do a lot of… um…
volunteer work in the Children’s Center here at State. And… um, we implement
curriculum, and stuff like that’s very… fun.
I: Very cool.
P1: And we learn lots of ideas.
I: Awesome. That sounds really good; that sounds really, really cool. Um… what, uh—
P1: And the opportunity to work with infants, which I had never done before so it’s
interesting.
I: You got to work with infants?
P1: Yes. I did Children’s Center here at State. (soft giggle)
I: Wow. That’s cool! That’s awesome. What, um, forgive me, what year are you in?
P1: Uh, this is, next year is my last year, so technic— [inaudible segment] senior next
year.
I: [inaudible segment] Awesome. Congratulations; that’s going to be fun.
P1: Thank you.
I: Um… cool! So, uh, switching gears a little bit, what types of events, places or
experiences on campus do you consider art? And it could be—
P1: Art?
I: Like, informal art beyond, uh, beyond the traditional sense of, like, paintings in a
gallery… um… just something that you consider art, um…
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P1: I just feel like bringing in different people from different cultures. And that’s
something that SDSU does a lot; it has a lot of events with various… um… parties or
just get-together’s or reunions. I feel like that’s art, because you learn from other
people - other cultures.
I: Mhm.
P1: Um, also, um, we have like food fairs every other Thursday or something like
that—
I: Mhm.
P1: And I feel like, in a way, we get to learn from other people and I feel like that’s art.
I: Yeah, yeah!
P1: And — And then we see it around on the benches, they also have them, like, um,
painted and with a message. And, I mean, it’s something that everybody can look
at in their spare time.
I: Yeah, oh yeah! The benches are great! Um...
P1: Yeah…
I: Yeah, the murals are everywhere, there’s flyers, painted benches, those are all
really great… Um, so now, what kind of interactions have you had with art on
campus, would you say?
P1: With art, okay…?
I: Like, what-what inspires you to interact with art and are there any barriers, by
chance?
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P1: I feel like... I mean, just people out there engaging you and telling you like, “Oh,
come over here”, “You wanna look at this?”, “You wanna try something new?” Um,
especially when we come back and we have that welcome week... um... thing, they
have a lot of events where we can participate in, then they’re very inviting… So I
feel like [inaudible segment] are some of the things that we... we can, um, get
ourselves involved in.
I: Mhm. Do you ever feel like there’s any barriers, um, to interacting with art? Or do
you think it’s pretty open?
P1: Here in school? Um, I feel like it’s very opened. Just because it’s very diverse, so… I
don’t see, like, any barriers.
I: Mhm, yeah, cool! So, um, so now going back to your major, um, how — how does
art relate to your future career by chance? Like, thinking of art in a tradi— in a non-
traditional sense?
P1: I feel like art is just another way to say “creativity” and when you’re working with
children you have to be very creative, just because... different learning styles. And
you have to get creative with the way you teach them and also to keep things fun
and out-of-the-normal. And just create an environment where they… don’t get
bored. And just have to be very creative.
I: Mhm, yeah! Oh, absolutely, I agree. Um... so, building on that, uh, can you think of
any way that art could be worked into your classes by chance? Or, um, maybe as
an assignment or a field trip? Like — like what do you think?
P1: Uh, in terms of classrooms I feel like many times we... read stories, but I think that
it’s important also to bring those stories to life. Um, for example we were learning
about Ros-I-I- work at Rosa Parks Elementary.
I: Mhm.
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P1: And we read, um, about her story, but we took it one step further and they had…
um... uh, art teacher come in and actually teach them some drama a-and acting
skills and had them (indistinct noise in background) act and-and, like, create a play
of Rosa Park’s life so, that was very fun and they really enjoyed it.
I: That’s awesome.
P1: And it’s different… yeah.
I: Cool! Cool, yeah… um... that’s really, really cool. That’s awesome. Um… so Arts
Alive SDSU, um, works on campus to ensure that art is in everyday life. They
painted the benches actually on campus and they have a, uh, jewelry-making
popup at-at the farmer’s market, um... So like what do you think, um, what do you
think appeals to you, uh, about Arts Alive SDSU? (long pause) As far as like...
P1: What appeals to me?
I: Yeah, like, like a connection with art in a non-stuffy, like, formal manner, or like,
creating things, how, how does it appeal to you, personally?
P1: I just feel like when you’re having a bad day or something; for example, the other
day I was work, I was sitting on the bench and then it had a little message on top of
it, and it just made you think and analyze and, I don’t know it just brightened,
brightened up my day actually. Reading what that art meant for them and how we
interpret it, so. It, it...
I: Yeah.
P1: I like, um, that art is very expressed here at, at SDSU.
I: Mhm. Now like, what keeps you from in, in some cases, what keeps you from
participating in Arts Alive events or enjoying the art they share? Like, is it
sometimes that you don’t, you don’t know about it, or you don’t see it, maybe you
don’t like it, like, what are, what are some things?
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P1: I feel a lot of the times we don’t know about it, um... because we have busy lives,
and sometimes they’re handing out fliers and you don’t even have time to pick up
a flier. So I feel like, um, yeah it needs to be promoted a little bit more like in
multimedia because that’s where everybody is. Um, so yes, I feel like one of the
problems is that I don’t know about it or I don’t hear about it (brief giggle) because
I’m busy or something.
I: Yeah. So what could someone say or show you to convince you, uh, to go to an
event or enjoy the art shared?
P1: Um... maybe just create, like, an event where you can bring, like, family and friends
and just... I don’t know, like a community event?
I: Mhm.
P1: I think it’d be interesting; I mean, when I was a freshman I... I think there was an
event where they had, like, a-a fair and they create--they, they provided us with,
like, different materials and we got to create stuff and it was really interesting and
it was a family event, like, I bought [/brought/] my family and they enjoyed it so...
I: Mhm.
P1: I think j-just opening it a little bit more for the community.
I: Yeah, that’d be cool. Now, like, if-if for example, like, let’s say that somebody... uh,
like, l-let’s say that there was a play going on, um, in the theater…
P1: Mhm.
I: And... you know someone who’s trying to get your attention about it, like, what
would you literally have them say to convince you to go, even if it, you know, might
not be of interest to you; like, what-what could think, um, they could say in order
to, like, convince you, um...to do it.
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P1: Umm... it’s free—no, I’m just kidding.
I: (Laughs)
P1: (Laughs)
I: Yeah, that would be a pretty good convincing point. [cross talk]
P1: I'm kidding. Uh, I think... I -- I just feel like... maybe just creating, like, something
that would catch your attention, like, instead of just passing out flyers, like, put up,
uh, like, a small play or give us, like, a little...sneak peak of what’s going--what’s it
going to be; and that way it capture [/captures/] our attention.
I: Mmm.
P1: ‘Cause a lot of times we’re just walking by and we don’t even notice people passing
out flyers or stuff like that.
I: Yeah… That’s a good idea.
P1: And it’ll be like a little sneak peek. (Giggles) (Inaudible)
I: Yeah! Very cool, very good. So... cool, is there anything else you’d like to add about
art or Arts Alive SDSU? Anything that’s impacted you personally? Anything that you
would like to share?
P1: Uh, I just feel like SDSU does a good job at promoting art. And-in-in any way, just
the way it’s set up with the pond and the trees; I think that’s a way of art as well.
And... like I told you about the benches? Eh, eh, they’re, they’re really nice; I really
like that. And, yeah that’s it. I feel like... um... I’ll look, I’ll pay more attention too
(chuckles), now, when I see people passing out flyers or stuff like that.
I: Mhm.
P1: Um, to be a little bit more involved.
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I: Awesome. Well, you’re all done! Thank you so much for your time. [cross talk] I, I,
really appreciate you talking with me. And I-I’m so glad that you took out the time
to talk with me. I really appreciate it.
P1: Ok thank you!
I: [inaudible segment] So much.
P1: [inaudible segment] Thank you! Have a [inaudible segment]
I: [inaudible segment] ok? Bye-bye, thank you.
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College of Business
Interview Date: March 23, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Megan Hyatt
Name of Transcriber: Tatiana Rizo
Length of Interview: 06:25
Link to Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pj1bmulbVg
I: Alright, Mario, go ahead and tell me a little bit about your major. Like what are you
studying?
P1: Well currently, I’m a human resource major. Um. the classes that I’m taking right
now are organizational behavior, marketing, and um, segment management. So
basically those are, you know, the very first upper division classes that I have to do.
Um, you know, for my major hopefully when I get out I want to either work in, um,
you know, work as a recruiter, you know, how the companies recruit people, or
you know, equal employment opportunities or maybe compensation packages. I
know there’s a lot, you know, to the major, and there’s a lot of different areas that
I could go into, but um, those are just kind of a primary roles that I want to work in.
I: Okay, awesome. Um. So your major, what types of events, places, or experiences
on campus, do you consider art?
P1: Um, well, aside from your traditional, kind of like, you know, art work on paper, or
maybe, you know, some of the art I do see on campus, might be, you know, maybe
murals. I walked around and seen a few sculptures. But, besides that, um, I also
consider music to be art. So, um, yeah I know in the Student Union they’ll have
people who are, you know, sometimes playing out there, and it’s just always nice
to go into the Student Union, and you know, have a seat and listen to the music.
I: Yeah, definitely. I can agree with that. Uh, okay, okay. So kind of going back to
major. How do you think art relates to your future career, if it does at all?
P1: Um, so, how does art relate to my major, was the question?
I: Yeah.
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P1: Oh, um, well, you know, being a human resource, you know, major, I think, you
know, a way that something can be incorporated, um, you can look at a, just at the
very basic business function. So say, you know, maybe we go to maybe an art
gallery, um. Maybe, just, you know, take a field trip. This is bad, can we redo this?
I: It’s okay. That’s awesome.
P1: Um, yeah, it’s just because I have a lag. Like, there’s a lag, like, so where, like, I
don’t know what you’re saying, so I don’t know what you’re asking.
I: Okay, so, sorry about that. If you could think of any artwork being incorporated in
your future career. What do you think it could be, like, how could it relate to
human resources?
P1: Um, I think art can be incorporated into human resources you know maybe as a,
um, you know, maybe through recruitment events if you, or say, like, in an art
gallery or something like that or you could try to recruit people just to maybe bring
that art along. You know, kind of show them what you guys are trying to do or you
know, you’re at an art gallery, you’re trying to sell other people’s art. You know,
maybe you could bring that art along. I think that’s a way you could attract new
people or you know maybe you could have a recruitment event, where you maybe
perhaps have a concert, and you know, try to draw people in.
I: Definitely. So Arts Alive SDSU works on campus to put art in everyday life. They
painted the benches on campus, there’s jewelry making at the farmer’s market, so
based on anything, would you know what Arts Alive [inaudible segment]
P1: Could you repeat that?
I: What appeals to you about Arts Alive SDSU events?
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P1: What really appeals to me is, you know, to be able to kind of take a break from
school. I’m usually, you know, we’re students, we have jobs, we work a lot, we
have to focus on school. And I think what Arts Alive at SDSU offers is, um, you
know, um, just being able to take a break from you know our busy lives. Uh, since it
is at San Diego State where we all attend, um, it’s always nice to be able to, like, I
said before go to the Student Union have a seat, take a look around the gardens,
take a look around, see what kind of artwork um you know San Diego State has to
offer.
I: Yeah. So, what keeps you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU events, or the art
that they share?
P1: You know I just think some of it is not having enough time, because of my busy
work schedule and maybe different people maybe have the same problem. Along
with that maybe not hearing about the events you know when they happen. I
know sometimes there are like flyers or posters out there but, um, you know, I
think maybe if there was more of an emphasis through like social media or
something like that it would be easier to you know, know when something is going
on.
I: Oh definitely. That kind of I guess leads into my next question of what could
someone say or show you to convince you to go to an event? I mean you kind of
touched the concept, but I mean, if someone told you to come with them, would
you go? Or what would it take for you to go to a show or a concert?
P1: Um, I think that if a friend came up to me, and told me, you know hey you should
come check out this event it looks really cool looks like a lot of fun, I’d be more
inclined to go, um you know, just hearing about their experiences and maybe you
know if they had a good time why wouldn’t you know why wouldn’t you want to
go.
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I: Yeah, I agree. So for my last question, Is there anything else that you would like to
add about Arts Alive SDSU?
P1: Uh, no, that’s all.
I: Okay cool. That’s the end of the interview.
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College of Health and Sciences
Interview Date: March 17, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Natalia Xibille
Name of Transcribers: Elizabeth Bradford, Nikki Nguyen, David Chi, Arvin Yazdan, Baylee
Akins, Kaitlyn Renison and Arianna Rybkowksi
Length of Interview: 08:34
Link to Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2zH-yRk7Q4
I: Alright, so we are live, so just to start off the interview, um, I wanted to know, if
you could give me, uh, just a little bit about your major, what you’re studying.
P1: Umm, I’m a nursing major, so basically I’m part of the school of nursing so I (long
pause) learn everything about nursing right now, like I’m going to hospitals and
stuff.
I: Okay, what kind of classes are you taking?
P1: Uuuuuumm, Fundamentals of Nursing, Physical Assessment, there’s also (long
pause) as well as some GE’s like history right now.
I: Well, very cool. So, switching gears...what type of events, places or experiences on
campus do you consider to be art?
P1: Wait, I’m sorry - what? Say that again?
I: What types of events, places or experiences on campus do you consider to be art?
P1: [Cross talk] ummmm…
I: [Cross talk] so it could…
P1: Oh yeah, go ahead.
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I: It could be informal art such as, umm, you know, aside from the traditional art
gallery. It could be anything from like painted benches, to flyers, anything along
those lines that you would consider art?
P1: Okay. Um definitely like the big concerts we hold … even like the open mics. Um
I’ve definitely, I’ve seen lots of cultural performances, such as like dancing and
stuff. Um and like the the, the uh benches like you said that was a good example.
Um I’ve seen (long pause) a picture of a mural somewhere, I haven’t seen it
actually on campus, but I know it’s somewhere. But yeah, stuff like that.
I: And (long pause) what interactions have you had with these forms of art? … That
you just explained … that you just [inaudible segment].
P1: Um, I’ve seen them around campus, I’ve attended a couple of things. Um I haven’t
partaken nor promoted per say, but I’ve gone and enjoyed them.
I: Which ones have you attended?
P1: Um I went to a jazz concert. I’ve been to a couple open mics … and then, I’ve heard
some of the concerts from outside the open air theater.
I: Okay so definitely, um, you know, art in motion seems to be the kind of …
P1: Yeah [cross talk] yeah definitely.
I: Alright, and um, so (long pause) what inspires you, or what, what motivated you to
partake in those, um, experiences and forms of art?
P1: Um, it just sort of matched with stuff I was interested in. Like I’m, I like music so, a
lot of stuff I go to is music oriented.
I: Okay … and, what are some barriers you would say that you have when
participating in these events or that prevent you from par-participating in all the
events?
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P1: Uhhh prevent me from participating in all the events… I guess if I’m not familiar
with some of the stuff that’s going on then, I’m not as inclined to uh be interested.
I: Okay. Soo, going back to your major. How does art relate to your future career?
Um it could, once again in a nontraditional way, it could be, um, if you’re making
things with your hands or looking at a s-, like diagram or a design? How, how would
you relate it to your future career?
P1: Art and nursing… ummm.
I: *freezes on interviewer smiling*
P1: Well there definitely (long pause) as a therapy, I suppose? Like I know it’s common
for music therapy to be, um, implemented and I s-, maybe even like, drawn, like art
pfff art, like paintings and stuff? Possibly? Other than that I’m not too sure.
I: Okay..Alright that’s perfect. Um.. so building on that...can you think of any way
that art could be worked into the classes you’re currently taking for your major?
P1: Maybe uh like building off the, uh, music therapy, maybe a class that discussed the
benefits and just went into more detail about that kind of stuff.
I: Okay, so more theory based?
P1: Yeah.
I: Okay. Um, what about thing like assignments or field trips. Do you have any other
ideas?
P1: To um, to uh?
I: To incorporate art in. (video static)
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P1: Ummm (long pause) maybe like a uh nursing, to a nursing museum maybe there
would be some interesting exhibits or something.
I: Okay. And so Arts Alive SDS... um, have you heard of Arts Alive SDSU?
P1: I have not, no.
I: Alright well, basically it's a program on campus that works to ensure that there’s
art in everyday life. So as I mentioned before you know, the murals, um, the
different pop-up events like jewelry making, things like that.
P1: Mhm (head shaking up and down)
I: So, based on that broad concept…of the program, what about it appeals to you?
P1: Uh, just the opportunity to get the people on campus involved, I suppose, that’s
kind of cool.
I: Okay. Alright, so, what keeps you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU events, or
enjoying the art they share?
P1: Not knowing about it, really.
I: Okay, so just… alright, lack of knowledge. Okay, um, but do you see these events?
Have you seen any events–
P1: I’ve seen, like, you know, snapchat stories…uh, but I haven’t necessarily seen in
person. Like, oh, that’s an Arts Alive event.
I: Mhm. Okay, so, knowledge, not, um, no visibility. But you have seen it in social
media, you mentioned?
P1: Yeah, yeah.
I: What forms of social media aside from snapchat?
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P1: Mainly just snapchat, I’d say.
I: Okay. And what kind of events have you seen on snapchat from Arts Alive SDSU?
P1: Um…(sigh), “mmmif”… I know I’ve seen them, let me think.
I: Mhm.
P1: They host, they’re the ones who host some of the, uh, performances and stuff in
the, uh, theatre too right? Like, the Montezuma Hall...or no?
I: Um… I believe they do host some of those. They do a lot of events at the farmers
market, they... stuff like that.
P1: Oh, okay.
I: They did um, a giant puppet that was walking through there. They do a lot of
hands-on activity. Have you seen any of those on social media?
P1: Ummm, I guess I haven’t um, no.
I: Oh, okay. Alright. Perfect. So what could you say, what, what could someone say or
show you to convince you to go to an event, an event for Arts Alive SDSU.
P1: Uh, just let me know what (pause) kind of event it would be? And then yeah if I’m
interested I could definitely would go check it out.
I: What kind of events would you be interested in attending?
P1: Uhmmm … That’s a good question. I’m usually kind of interested, I’m usually pretty
interested in a lot of art, stuff, so (long pause) maybe like a (long pause) a (long
pause) painting thing, or like... How do I explain this? Like you just show up, you
paint maybe part of like a larger mural everyone’s doing? Or... Uhhh maybe
impromptu like dance lessons for a quick flash mob or something? I don’t know.
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I: Okay so hands on things?
P1: Yeah.
I: Alright … Okay well I think that’s it unless there’s anything else you’d like to add?
P1: Uhh no!
I: [Inaudible segment] ...or for Arts Alive? No? Nothing else?
P1: Nope!
I: Alright well thank you so much for your time and I hope you have a nice day! It was
nice meeting you!
P1: Alright, thank you!
I: Alright, bye.
P1: Buh-bye.
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College of Business Administration
Interview Date: March 18, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Mikaela Mikova
Name of Transcribers: Mikaela Mikova and Leo Sue Jane
Length of Interview: 11:19
Link to Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZT6kJ-7-VI
I: Alright, hi!
P1: Hi.
I: Okay S- (laughter)
P1: (Laughter)
I: Alright, so tell me a little bit about your major.
P1: Uhh, I'm in the business, uh, school of business. Um, my major is, uh, Business
Administration with an emphasis in management. Um... I don't know what else to...
It's about business (short laugh). Which includes accounting, uh, there's marketing…
I think hospitality is another one, management, that kind of thing.
I: Okay, so those are the different areas. Um, what kind of like specific classes do you
take?
P1: Um, it's pretty w-… There's a wide range they give you… There's some finance, um
math is, is included in there too, um like sta- statistics and things like that. There's
marketing and then as you get in the higher levels its like, uh, like right now I'm in an
international business class. There's a lot of, uh, cultural and international classes to
kind of get you to understand that, you know, business is a global thing, which is
kinda [/kind of/] interesting. Um, there's some HR stuff you gotta learn, um... Uh, I'm
trying to think what else… Th- that's pretty much it. It's like all, all aspects.
I: Okay.
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P1: -Operations management too. That was… fun (laughter).
I: And uh, with all those different, uh, aspects, what kind of job or career does that
field… um, that major, lead into?
P1: Um, for me or in general?
I: In general… [cross talk] or what you're in interested in.
P1: Well so, management is… you know, management of any business. It's kind of why I
choose it. It's uh... wide range of choices cause [/because/] everything is a business,
so you have that and then management; everything needs some kind of
management aspect. Um… So, that’s kinda [/kind of/] why I choose it cause I'm still a
little… umm… undecided on what I wanna [/want to/] do so I figured it was a good
way to go. Which is true, it kinda [/kind of/] teaches you the ins and outs of… of
business and everything, you know. Everything needs management, from
budgeting… to, you know, marketing, all that stuff. So it's, it's pretty, um… it's
leaving a lot of options open which is cool.
I: Okay, cool. So, um, switching gears a little bit… Um, what types of events, places or
experiences on campus do you consider art?
P1: Art, um, I would say... obviously anything in the arts department but also probably
music, um… dance, uh, theatre. Any sort of like singing, theatrical performances,
um… Even like design or like interior design… Um, I could see architecture as
being some k- form of art even though its a little bit more engineering. Um, but
any, any kind of design or... Uh, entertainment, theatre, drawing, that kind of thing.
I: So, so all those that you mentioned and anything that would go beyond the
traditional type like, uh… a gallery experience or something like that. You would
count all those different things as art?
P1: Yeah, I see that as art. Yeah.
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I: Okay… So um, what interactions have you had with, uh, art on campus?
P1: Umm… I've been to… um, you know Darrel, so I've been to some his music, um,
when he was doing the performances they have like, uh, this all day sort of electro-
acoustic performance thing where everybody comes in and just does something
that’s related to, to their, um… their focus. And that, that was pretty cool. Um… uhh,
I haven't been to any like theatre performances here. Um, I don't do a lot of stuff,
you know, on campus. I kind of go to school and go home to be honest, but um…
yeah, I think that was basically it. It was just the music stuff.
I: So you said that you just go to school and go home.
P1: Mhm.
I: Um, what are the barriers that keep you from attending more events?
P1: I don't have time. Work full-time and then, you know, after… after work I go to class
at night, and then after that it’s like I'm- it's nighttime. I just want to go home and
eat dinner and like go to bed.
I: (Laughter)
P1: So I really don't have time. I don't know how anyone has time (laughter). But um,
yeah then on the weekends, I don't- I don't really, I'm not super involved with any of
the um... um... art stuff, so I don't know what going on here on the weekends… but…
I: Okay… Th- that's understandable… Um, so going back to your major, how does art
relate to your future career? And you can think of this in, in the non-traditional way
like making things with your hands or looking at the design of something…
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P1: That's interesting. Um… hm… So I would say… uh- you know I'm not really sure what
my future career is, but I can see that management definitely connects to… uh, the
art field because every- like I said, everything is a business. Everything needs some
sort of management, so if you're, you need to be able to manage, you know… your…
the way you market yourself, um supplies for your art, you know… um, where you're
doing your performances or showing your art. All that stuff is, is technically a
business and you can learn a lot of ways to manage it and ways to budget, um, in, in
the art classes- or in the, uh, business classes that, that they provide. So yeah, I
mean… I guess I could, you know, you could relate it to art in that way, I guess.
I: And uh… For you, would you want to have like an artistic aspect of your career in
management?
P1: Um yeah. I mean that would be kinda... That would be interesting, I guess. I really
haven't, I haven't thought about what I wanna do really. But like I could see owning
like a little gallery here would be pretty cool. Um… um... even, even like a coffee
shop, you know has little events like, you know, musical performances or a gallery in
the back and stuff like that. I could see that, yeah. That would be fun-
I: That would- (noise interference)
P1: -in this area.
I: -that would be very cool.
P1: Yeah.
I: Alright, so building on that, can you think of any way that art could be worked into
your classes as an assignment or a project…
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P1: Um… Actually, I’m, uh, doing- So one of my… Um… It’s the upper, upper division
general ed requirements. It’s- it’s a women’s studies class. So, not necessarily
business but, but they, they tie in art, um, in this class cause we have to do an
interview with, uh, female relative then we have to write a history like a short story
of the relative mixed in with the history of the time period. So it’s uh, I think- I
see… Writing as art as well, so that’s kind of- if, if we did more… Maybe…creative
writing… Um, creative writing projects would be some kind of artistic expression.
Um… tsk, I’m trying to think… Business is not artsy, at all. You know, it’s kinda
[/kind of/] dry, so… Uh, and one of my classes we’re actually making a, a film. We
have to make a movie about, you know, some uh- using a creative concept and
then mixing in a different, um, country’s business values. So that’s kind of an
artistic expression right there, is doing a, a video. I don’t know how to we’re gonna
[/going to/] do it but, you know… we’ll find out (short laugh)(pause).
I: Ok, so Arts Alive SDSU works on campus to ensure that there’s art in everyday life.
Umm, they painted the benches that are on, uh… on the walk between Hepner Hall
and Hardy Tower. And they also host a jewelry-making booth at the farmers
market on Thursday.
P1: Nice.
I: Um, what appeals to you about Arts Alive SDSU?
P1: I like that jewelry making idea. I had no idea. That’s, that’s cool. Umm… tsk, it
sounds fun. It sounds like um… if, you know, if I had like extra time, that’d be
something that I would definitely want to look into. It sounds nice- Like, I think it’s
important to, sort of, you know, the beautification of the campus… It’s- it's
important um… so it’s nice that they’re contributing to that, um (long pause). Yeah,
that’s exciting. I had no idea, I think they need to maybe widen their- their scope. I
didn’t, I didn’t know anything about it.
I: Heh heh, that’s funny. That- that was actually my next question that I was gonna
[/going to/] ask: what keeps you from participating in Arts Alive SDSU events or
enjoying the arts they share, and it’s because you don’t see it-
P1: (Laughter)
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I: -and you don’t know enough about it.
P1: No, I didn’t know about it. Maybe, I… I don’t know. Do they send emails or
something like that? I haven’t, I haven’t seen any emails… Umm… I don’t really
know about it. It’s interesting. Also the business, I feel like the College of Business
is kind of on the other side of campus from like, you know… the arts stuff too, so
we’re kind of far removed… in a sense.
I: Yeah, you guys are a bit… off (short laugh), off to the side- [crosstalk]
P1: Way off… Ahah yeah.
I: So, so do you think if they did more things around the business area on campus,
would, would you take notice?
P1: Yeah, definitely… and, and it’s different because, you know… You have a group
of, you know… artistic people in the arts program and business people
aren’t necessarily gonna [/going to/] be the same people who are gonna [/going
to/] uh, you know, participate in that kind of stuff. But I think it’s worthwhile to
make it um… known, you know, and there’s a lot of entrepreneur- cause the
business program also has entrepreneur, um… classes. So you have a lot of
entrepreneurs that might be interested in, in the arts aspect too. That’s a good
idea. Make it known. Get it out there.
I: Definitely. So what could someone say or show you to convince you to go to an art
event or enjoy the art shared?
P1: Hmm… Um, I would say… it would have to be within the time frame that I can go.
It, you know… A lot of us would who work full-time. So it’s like, Monday through
Friday I’m not usually, um, available. U- unless it’s at night when I’m taking classes,
you know. So maybe if it was something going on the weekends maybe, then I’d
actually be able to go. But, a lot of times if it conflicts with class then I’m probably
not gonna [/going to/] go. You know…
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I: What’s interesting is, uh, Arts Alive actually has a gallery in Downtown…
P1: Oh.
I: And a lot of students don’t know about that. But, I believe it’s in, in Balboa Park.
So…
P1: Oh, that’s cool!
I: Would you consider attending that on the weekends or something?
P1: Yeah, definitely… [noise interference] [inaudible segment]
I: Ok… (short laugh from both) [inaudible segment] Um… So, is there anything, uh,
you’d like to add about art or [noise interference] Arts Alive, in general? [noise
interference]
P1: Mmm… no. I mean well, I’ll look it up now (laughter). Now that I know about it, I
didn’t know anything about it. So, um… yeah, it sounds interesting.
I: Ok, well… um, thank you! I, I appreciate you participating in this interview and, um,
I guess we’re done!
P1: Alright, thank you! See you later.
I: Mhm, Bye!
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College of Engineering
Interview Date: March 24, 2016
Name of Interviewer: Jordan Wilkinson
Name of transcribers: Michele Chapman and Vanessa Berentsen
Length of interview: 08:34
Link to interview: http://youtu.be/LdNuksszb5Q
I: All right so can you tell me a little bit about your major please?
PI: Uh yes I’m a mechanical engineer major. (Long pause)
I: K and uh what are you studying and what kinda [/kind of/] you know what kinda
[/kind of/] classes do you take? (short sniffle)
PI: So just a lot of math classes right now so like the calculus’s, calc [/calculus/] 2, calc
[/calculus/] 3 (claps once) uh [cross talk]
I: Physics classes?
PI: Uh yeah uh physics uh 195 and 196 and there’s also some programming classes like
uh uh yeah just general programming.
I: OK. Uh what job or career field does this major lead to? (Long pause)
PI: Uh something dealing with (stomping noise) robotics. Hopefully maybe like
building robots of some sort. That’d be pretty cool.
I: That does sound really cool. OK so switching gears a little bit. What type of events,
places or experiences on SDSU campus do you consider art? (Long pause)
PI: Like wha-where is art in SDSU is [cross talk]?
I: Yeah.
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