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SENIOR show 

3/23/2015

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1.     My perspective on art has changed throughout the process of organizing our exhibition by the way people react to the artwork and their comments. For example; people thinking work is someone else due to what they already know about the art, rather than the exhibited series. Once people have a certain idea of an artist that’s what they seem to stick to thinking.

2.     If I had the opportunity to do my exhibit over again I would hope there would be less snow days cutting into the dates; and I would try to work harder with the advertisement of the show overall. It really could of used a better advertisement system; since few people actually knew of the date; and there was little to no show of it outside of the art hall.

3.     If time and resources were unlimited for my show; I would have a larger area for the show (to showcase much more work), live music (classic or jazz; something like house music without words), more food (for the mass amount of people coming to see it, obviously), better advertisement throughout the school, and lastly I would want more installations (in my case that would be work on the walls).

4.     The value of this experience I would think is creating and hosting your own exhibit; not only to show a more professional side of the art hall, but to all meet people interested in your artwork; or art in general, and to engage in conversation that helps build up your artwork and anything eles that may follow in the future for it.

5.     To enhance this process for future art students is to make it more known to school and other students; perhaps make it a bigger deal. Have extra credit like other classes do for the plays. I still don’t think the art students get the recognition they derive.

6.     I don’t think the show was promoted well. Well had very little advertisement, and the snow days messed with everyone about when the show would actually happen. We could have done better by making posters and having the snow days gone.

7.     I think they labeling system was clean, clever, and well-used. Most of our work was titled “Untitled” so all we really had to do was make sure people knew who it was by. So I came up the idea to use symbols. Hannah was a circle (since most of her work featured color in the eyes) Aleena was a square (because most of her work was done in the shape of a square) and I was a triangle (it was the last main shape left and it reminds me of the triforce from Zelda)

8.     The main setbacks we faced were the snow days. If it weren’t for those it would have gone much more smoothly. However none of us can control mother nature and how Virginia can’t handle snow for the life of them. 



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Summer Work

8/31/2014

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Agenda contest cover

2/20/2014

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Collaborative Essay : The School of Athens 

1/17/2014

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“We are, as they were,” is the main point of Raphael’s entire painting. The School of Athens typified the entire idea of the Renaissance. The idea of “We are, as they were” symbolizes the meaning that one must know their past, before one can move forward into the present. Raphael perfectly exemplifies the Greek ideology of humanism, as well as many other fundamental ideas that emerged during this time period.This piece of art was not only a way of preserving the humanistic ideals, but also served as a protest to the church.

Speaking of a protest to the church, Apollo and Athena are painted in the back.The two of them were not gods the church recognized. Apollo is the god of the sun, beauty, athleticism, music, and harmony, and Athena is goddess of battle strategy, the arts, and wisdom,

There are many different famous historical figures that Raphael chose to represent as well-known people at the time. In the center of the fresco Plato (painted as Leonardo da Vinci) and Aristotle are depicted arguing over the idea of what is real.  Plato is pointing upward, symbolic of his argument that the ideas of man are more real than Aristotle’s philosophy that the physical form is the most real representation of something. Herclitus always talked about how important it is for humans to experience strife and hardship, he is painted as Michelangelo for these reasons. Euclid, a mathematician in Ancient Greece, is portrayed as Bramante, the main architect of St. Peter’s Basilica. Raphael even put himself in his painting, to show that he too was a great.

The last important portion of this painting is the Humanistic roots and influences. Plato and Aristotle are the main inhibitors of this idea through their conflicting philosophies discerning form. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man also showed this, with the square representing the ideas (Plato), and the circle representing the Earth (Aristotle). Ultimately this fresco serves as an immortalization of humanistic fundamentals and ideals.

This painting is truly amazing; Raphael perfectly captured the ideas of the Renaissance and it’s fundamentals, including many of it’s ancient Greek origins. He was able to represent the entirety of the time period through his piece, truly saying, “we are, as they were.”.  

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Art 3 Midterm Exam

1/17/2014

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Part 1: What Art Has Taught Me

I love art for many reasons. I love the class, I love the history, and I love the way it’s taught. I skipped a year of art class for academic reasons, and I regret it. I really missed making projects and learning new things like techniques, styles, and history. I learned so much about culture background, ideas about science and the world, as well as the dominant religion of the time period.

Although, one thing I really do enjoy about art class is the way it is taught in the classroom. When we study art history or conduct critiques on our latest projects, the atmosphere is just so much more relaxed and easier to understand then tradition teaching. I’ve learned how to give positive feedback, for the benefit of others and how look la bit deeper that what is just on the canvas. What I have also have come to realize; for me personally, is that I can easily talk to almost any other student in my art class about work or just normal conversation. Unlike my other classes, where there is minimum collaboration and always remains silent. I believe that has thought me to not be as afraid to ask for help and to help become better at giving help. 

I also believe I have become worldly in art class, due to art history. Not only do I learn the cultures from the times periods then, but they relate to around the world. I have many conflicts with school and why we must learn useless, overly complicated information; my father told me it is to become worldly. But to be frank, I believe art history does a better job of connecting other cultures, ideas, and religions than any other class. Learning the depth and meaning behind why a work of art was made can open anyone’s mind to the ideas and life-style of the time period it was made.

Art is an amazing thing to learn about and create artwork based on what you’ve learned and the passion you put into it. I only wish that my other classes would be as interesting and more relaxed as my art class is. Throughout the years art class has been my outlet and I learn countless things from it. 

Part 2: Artist Research Reflection

Alphonse Mucha
http://www.rogallery.com/Mucha_Alphonse/mucha-biography.htm
          Mucha is one of my favorite artists of all time. He has beautiful pieces and works from the 1860 – 1939. However, he wasn’t as popular as of now, as he was in the past; he was thought to be old fashioned. But when his son re-showed his work after his death, he became extremely popular and well-known for his amazing work during the art period of Art Nouveau. He paints gorgeous women with flowing hair, rich colors, and overly decorative style. He uses so much tight and liner detail. All of his works have an outline of black, yet is shaded to give off a 3D effect, but still remaining in the liner perspective. Like in his collection of posters called “The Arts” that consist of Painting, Music, Dance, and Poetry in 1898. All have beautifully drawn women that look elegant and majestic; clearing showing the subject of the piece. Everything he paints has a beautiful and elegant feel to them, which is why I adore his work.
Inka Essenhigh
http://www.inka-essenhigh.com/
         Ink Essenhigh is still a living artist, so there is little to no information about her; however she is still a well-known artist. She is still currently creating art and is changing her style throughout the years. When she first started drawing her artwork was more like doodles than actual pieces of finished work.  Soon she became more experience and her color combinations became brighter and more opaque. Now, her artwork looks more 3D and has a full range of value and shading of colors. So, from her painting of “Arrows of Fear” in 2002 which is flat and almost cartoon-like, to her latest work “City Street” in 2013, which is completely 3D and has bright and dull colors combined. I think that Essenhigh’s work is interesting and has a nice form to it, that I wish I could paint.

 

Hayao Miyazki 
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/miyazaki/
         Hayao Miyazaki is my childhood hero. He is an amazing animator and director in Japanese films. Miyazaki became popular after the animated film of Spirited Away hit the theaters in America in 2002, even though he was already popular in Japan. Not only are his stories wonderful, but the art in the movies – like the background – is like a stunning painting in every frame. Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle are my two favorite movies from him. They are gorgeous and have perfectly painted look. His art and stories will always be my favorite. 

MASH-UP THOUGHTS

I am always excited and ready to tackle a new art project; however when I heard that we would be limited to a certain degree, the countless I ideas and hopes I had started to drain. When we received our lottery numbers I was pleased with half lf my numbers, others not as much.  I love the lace, but not plastic bag; I wasn’t too thrilled about my subjects either until I traded with my friend and received wickedness and birth. I also traded with another person to remove plastic bag and obtain felt. At first I had almost no ideas, mainly just a pregnant woman with some monstrous baby in her womb. I wasn’t happy with my idea so decided to use my subjects indirectly. Instead of painting birth in the actual painting, I have decided to use it as more of a moral. My first idea that came from this was my reaction to see the images I searched for birth; shocked and needing to turn away. Still not happy; I decided to doddle and do some re, coming up with a wonderful idea that I am excited about.  This was a definably a problem in the beginning and I started to doubt my ideas, but I think this will turn out into a great project. 

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