Extra Credit questions Blog

1) The assignment I most enjoyed was probably the logo design project. It was really fun and very free and open ended which allowed me to be creative on my own terms. 2) There was no real one specific assignment I least enjoyed. The things I always disliked the most were the videos and blogging about them. Not to say they were all bad but many of them were dry and not fun to watch or write about. 3) ANGEL was really good and mostly easy to use. I did dislike that I had some technical issues with loading and things of that sort but I think it may have been due to the Internet connections I was getting. 4) I would definitely keep all of the projects in this course. They all had real reinforcing qualities and were relevant. I would however remove some of the video watching, most of them were very outdated and stuffy. I think adding a lecture or two from the course instructor themselves would really do wonders. It would have been nice to see or hear the professor in action at least one time. 5) I would definitely recommend this class to my peers. The professor was very organized and the coursework, although tedious at times, was not too bad overall. 6) Overall very good course, professor was a fair grader and willing to talk (via email) and barter with students. I would say however that this should be a 300 level as the coursework was heavy mainly and really wasn’t at a 200 level. It felt as if it was more for majors only than just to be taken as a general education requirement.

Final Blog posting AED 200

1) I had very simple expectations for this class in the beginning. I was just expecting to learn all about art and I must say this goal was met very well. 2) Now that I have completed the course I can say that art is any means of expression. Art has many forms such as painting, writing, acting or dancing. But art as in design or drawing has so many subcategories. Bottom line art is expression of emotions or events. When I first started this course I genuinely didn’t have such a lengthy answer, I was much more simple in my thoughts about art and its true meanings. 3) When I first started the class I didn’t have a favorite artist and it was because I didn’t know of any. Now I still don’t have a favorite but it’s because there are far too many good artists that I cant possible choose just one. 4) When I first signed up for the class I wasn’t too thrilled and I was very nervous that I would do poorly. However now that the course is nearly complete I’m very satisfied with the results. I probably would take another online class, as it was really quiet convenient being able to do course work whenever you really wanted. The only thing I wished I had was interaction with my professor, but that’s online classes for you!

Final Art Material Exploration

1) I selected three works from Clyfford Still art gallery because those pieces were true, real and honest. The portraits showed the man as simple and pure as possible. 2) I used a various amount of materials to create my portrait. I used paper, oil pastel, color pencil, pencil and paint. The reason was because variety is more fun to work with. 3) I'm a really poor artist and this was very difficult for me. I just had to take my time to get over my fear of doing a bad job. 4) This piece depicts me in a simple way. Its a close up on my face which I feel makes it more real and simple. 5) In the self portrait I used line in sketching my jaw and skull. I used texture for my hair because that was the best technique for the curly hair I have. 6) This project was complicated as well as time consuming. After a while however I did end up having a little bit of fun with it. 7) My final work doesn't exactly look like me however it does closely resemble me which is good enough. I tried really hard I just hope it isn't too bad!

Art criticism blog

1)   The exhibits I viewed were, ‘Dancers for a Lifetime,’  ‘progression of hope and humility,’ ‘the beauty of Italy,’ and ‘The Story of love.’

2)   The exhibit I chose to critique was ‘The Story of Love’ from Ashley Billittier. The reason I picked this curation was because Ashley seemed to have done a good job on the assignment and I liked her theme.

3)   The one challenge I think I had was probably to find the right way to say something constructive without being harsh. Being too critical or wording something bluntly can really discourage and sound downright mean and I attempted to avoid that.

4)   I felt a little out of my element, almost incompetent because I am not specialized in art. So it was really odd for me to be critiquing others work when I am not a professional.

5)   I think I’m 50/50 on wanting to view the critique on my own work.  I would like to see the critique but I am afraid that I wont like what is said about my work and I may be offended.

6)   I think my article came out to be about a 9. I hit all of the points and I had enough detail in the article.

7)   I did end up slightly enjoying this project. At first I want big on it, I wasn’t keen on this but then I ended up having fun with it. 

Module 15 Video Review

1)   I watched the video “Greenberg on Pollock: An interview by T.J Clark” and learned a couple of things from this. What I learned from this video was that no alone do critics critique artists but at times they get to know artists on a personal level. That being said I learned that Pollock, because of this particular critic would at times have a warped opinion of his very own art, style and works. This is of course one of the consequences that can occur from critics’ words. The second video I watched was “An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance.” In that film I learned about how each step of the Renaissance and each new artist and great painting was actually an add on or improvement of previous artists. The “master” in the video told his young apprentice a lot about the artists of that time and he thoroughly explained why, how and who was important to the newer creations as time proceeded through the Renaissance. The ‘master’ used a critical yet fair eye in contradiction to the young mans initial opinions, which were purely just opinion rather than critiques’.  

2)   The video “Greenberg on Pollock: An interview by T.J. Clark” only slightly relates to the creation of our art criticism project. We got an inside perspective and opinion of an art critic however it doesn’t really narrow down how you critique an artists piece. Really this particular critic spoke all about his glory days when he was affiliated and critiquing Pollock’s work. In the video “An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance” the older gentleman in the video seemed to represent a non-bias critic sort of teaching the younger man how to critique art and artists. The older man made a lot of valid points about styles and re-informed me about techniques, however the video still wasn’t a huge help to my creation of art criticism.  

3)   The video “Greenberg on Pollock: An interview by T.J Clark” was a bit dull and not that fun to watch. It did slightly teach about art criticism but really it was so narrow that it wasn’t very effective. The video “An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance” was very engaging and kept my attention fully the entire time. The music always helps keep attention and the acting wasn’t too bad either. It wasn’t Oscar worthy of course but it definitely reaffirmed my knowledge about the Italian Renaissance. 

Module 13/14 Project 4 reflection blog

For this project I went down a simple format. My first step of course was to read all of the project guidelines and requirements. After that everything was up to me. So I sat and created a list of steps and organized my thoughts out for this project. The first thing I did was think, think for a little about what inspires, draws me in, moves me and what I could bring to this project. That week I was particularly wishing for home, wishing for the warmth of the summertime, my friends gathering for parties, the beach near my house… Suddenly I became saddened by the thought of the beach, Hurricane Sandy has destroyed it. I was a bit overwhelmed at the moment so I took a break. Breaks are often needed in the creative process and without them one cannot expect to accomplish anything other than a rushed piece of work. The next time I went back to the project I knew what I wanted to do. The ocean holds a special place in the fondest of my memories and is secured in my heart everlasting. But as with many things we sometimes can feel overpowered and frightened by something, even if it excites us. So it was blatantly clear to me that the project would focus on oceans, beaches and mainly overwhelming waves and tides. So I got to work, googling and searching through sites to find painting and artistic photographs of overwhelming oceans. Initially the task was complex and agitating and I was becoming increasingly discouraged by the lack of artwork I was finding. Regardless of the first day I kept beating on and lo and behold I finally found a plethora of pieces. Many of the works are similar in that the waves are massive and are caught in the moment just before the crash onto the shore. I unintentionally created this and I am completely satisfied with the outcome. A couple of works are going in at a different angle however; the colors are far more different than the rest. This was completely intentional. I aimed to show the viewers that color does not mean that it is any less of an ocean, color in and of it can in fact overwhelm and it was an effective way (or so I believe) to express this theory. Overall the project was somewhat laboring and a tad tedious. I didn’t expect to get so into it however I am glad that I did.

Module 13 and 14 Video blog

1) From the video “The lowdown on lowbrow: west coast pop art” I learned that this form of art features a lot of nudity and is characterized by eccentric ideas and creations. This style of art has been compared to surrealism yet it seems to really just be an eccentric form of creation. From the video “Displaying Modern Art: The Tate approach” I learned that art is mainly separated in a gallery by rooms which are separated by art movements, such as pop art, realism, etc. From the video “Bones of Contention: Native American Archeology” I learned that there is a controversy over the remains of Native Americans that has been going “An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan” I learned that Philippe de Montebello was the man behind the expansion of the collections of art at the MET. The video went through the process of what goes into the acquisitions of paintings.




 2) All of these videos relate to the creation of our own art curations. They all have different aspects that can relate and help to complete our curation projects. The videos show an example of an art form, what controversy can lie in picking a theme for your curation, how to set up and display our works of art and how art is generally collected in a museum setting.


 3) I would be completely lost without a majority of the information presented by these videos. The videos for the most part were informative and interesting. I enjoyed watching them and I learned everything about curations and curators from these videos. The only one that was a little off topic was the one on Native