December 2010
1 post
Week 10: The OG'z Vs. The Young GunZ
Today I am writing my last blog entry for this class and I find myself reading and writing this blog differently than when I started. I feel like I have more art insight then I did ten weeks ago in the beginning of September.
On Tuesday artist, Donald Morgan came into class to share his art and inspirations with us. At first he showed some pieces by artists that inspired him like an abstract...
November 2010
3 posts
week 8
This week in class sculptor Tannaz came in to talk about her rather different approach to sculpture. When I think of sculpture I think of clay curving and collage but Tannaz work was very different from the usual. Using an abstract approach Tannaz says each of her pieces has an inner deeper meaning that represents something to her personally. These though some of the photos of her...
Week 7
This week in class we were fortunate enough to see photographs from Terri Warpinski. I liked how Terri goes about her photos; she takes picture of the real world and keeps it true to how she sees it. Most of her photos deal with social disorder and turbulence and our environment. I have always been a fan of black and white photography but it was nice to see photos that really had something to...
week 6
This Tuesday I came into class to find out our speaker could not make it in to make her presentation. I was a little disappointed because I think this writing reflection would be easier if I saw some artwork to tie into the readings.
With that aside our first reading this week had to do with female artists and their place in the artwork. I did not know what to expect when I started reading...
October 2010
6 posts
Week 5
This week I felt seriously blessed to have a painter like Ron Graff come in to class and share his stories and artwork. The Ron talked about his pieces also as discussed his life you could tell he is very honest and real. I could really feel what he had to say. To start his presentation Ron showed us some of his early slides of his realistic still lives and landscapes. Personally I love...
Week 4
This week photographer Dan Powell stopped by to give us a little visit and show us some of his portfolio. I was happy to see some photos because photography is more traditional than some of the other works we have seen in class. I found Dan’s works stunning but also very powerful as he sticks to the conventional black and white film. Many of his pictures were taken decades ago but remain...
week 3
This week in class modernist artist Jack Ryan come to present his non-traditional rather experimental artwork. His first “piece” was all about sound waves and the human ear. On the projector, Jack showed the sound waves frequencies and playing buzzing noises by lowering the frequencies he saw who had the best ears. I found this experiment very intriguing because my mother is an audiologist who...
Entry #2 Eco-Art
This weak in class, an artist named Collin Ives came in to talk about his artwork and his goals as an artist. Collin is called an “eco-artist” because he works have to do with the environment and different ecosystems. He films videos to explain how wildlife lives in our hostile society. One of his works was a study on animals that have thrived in urban living conditions like the kit fox or...
What is art?...
Blog entry #1
This week I started art 111, where I was asked the question, “What is art?” Since I had a class last year with Ty, my professor, it was the second time I was asked this three word simple yet very complex question. Yes art can be a painting or a drawing but this question is so broad it is like asking, “what is god?” or “what is life?” But questioning art really got me...