Usually about reviews of art, trips I made to museums, different artists. Things that aren’t about my process per say but related to art.
This semester, I am auditing the ART460 Advanced Independent Studio. It is both exciting and intimidating. We started out as a class by creating a group syllabus(exciting!) and individual statements of purpose (intimidating). It’s been a long time since I’ve completed a finished piece, and longer still than I’ve done …
Thursday was the opening of the show, with a one hour discussion with the professors during the community hour. We actually had a great turn-out for the show. I have to say, it was stressful until the last minute. My team and I were still turning off lights that were …
Sabbatical. You know I never actually knew what that meant? This is typical of me. I’m very late to actually grasp the impact/meaning of words in academia. But only in academia. I was never that kid that obsessed over the percentage weight of the homework versus in class weekly quizzes. …
So the piece is done and I’m about two spoonfuls of patience away from taking a nap for two days. This piece is 44 x30inches and done in charcoal, ink, and acrylic on Stonehenge. The figure is done in charcoal, while the segmented face of the limbs are done in …
For our final reflection in this class, I’m choosing to go back and write about my favorite project: The Blind Contour on Screen. It’s my favorite not because it has pretty colors, but I found it easy and instinctual in arrangement and color. Originally, this assignment was to just practice …
In class, we were told about this photographer names Nikki S. Lee. She has 3 main projects she is known for. One titled Parts where she takes photos with people who are close to her (i.e. boyfriends) and then crops out their image from the photo. Leaving the viewer with …
More blind contours! This time we went all digital. Each of us took a wacom tablet(insert jumping for joy), opened the webcam, and did some digital blind contours. Each contour was to be on a separate layer. Then, just like the hand contour, we were to change it in some …
Last week, I got the opportunity to go to the Michael C. Carlos Museum on a class trip. We we’re taken around the museum by Amanda Hellman, who is the curator of African Art, and shown the new and improved African Art exhibit. We we’re able to see new items …
Recently, not just because of classes but because of my own journey through Art, I have come across two artists that are very intriguing: Glenn Ligon and Adrian Piper Glenn Ligon is a contemporary gay artist who identifies as African American. His work is racially charged, more often than not, and …
Visual literacy, in my opinion, is the reason that we see art as art. The formal definition is that Visual Literacy “is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a …
