December 12, 2023 Our final project in Drawing/Imaging surrounded us, as we were tasked to make a personal narrative come to life with an accordion book and visuals that represent a timeline of our choosing. The creation medium was up to us, we could have used digital software that we learned previously or made it…Continue Reading Lifescape Book (Final)
December 6-8, 2023 For our final projects in Integrative Studio I: Memory and Integrative Seminar I: Memory, we had to make a zine and essay, respectively. The zine was based on the theme of our essay. The requirements for our essays were essentially to write an academic research paper based on memory or other topics…Continue Reading Zine & Essay (Finals)
December 7, 2023 For our last project in Time, we were allowed to choose any medium to explore a concept that we were introduced to throughout the semester. Going back to our sequential art practice from the beginning of the semester, I chose to make another piece of sequential art in the form of a…Continue Reading What Can I Do? (Open Sequence, Final)
November 19, 2023 We were tasked to create a piece of art that was inspired by and related to the Baroque art period based on the week’s readings and learning. We were allowed to use any form of media, as long as our interpretation showcased Baroque techniques and characteristics. My work is Baroque-inspired, and it…Continue Reading Baroque Through My Eyes
November 17, 2023 Put into groups, we were assigned to make a portrait of a historical event or memory through the process of multimedia filmmaking. We were introduced to many types of stop-motion animation and were set off to come up with a concept and execute the film. RESEARCH Project Proposal Our project proposal was…Continue Reading Multimedia Filmmaking
November 16, 2023 This group of assignments dealt with perspective and environments. Perspective Studies We started by studying and sketching 1-point perspective and then moved on to 2-point perspective (below). This wasn’t entirely new to me, as I’ve worked with perspective in previous art classes, but I’d never done projects based on learning perspective, so…Continue Reading Perspective & Space
November 9, 2023 For Project 4, we were given the choice of three thematic prompts to make a short film. I chose the following prompt: “Students will make a short video that responds to an artist of their choice. The work can emulate, critique, celebrate or otherwise respond to the work of another contemporary or…Continue Reading Movement Within the Frame
October 25, 2023 This project focused on the art of ceremonial adornment with a focus on traditions and rituals that are passed down from generation to generation, that use memory to recall their importance and value. Assigned to create masks based on significant iconography, whether it be from our partner’s hometown or culture, we interviewed…Continue Reading Ceremonial Mask-Making
October 29, 2023 The following ten pieces are my favorite objects from those that we have studied in Objects As History. They are in order of when we learned about them, not in order of most to least favorite or vice versa. All of the technical details are copied directly from the textbook (Stokstad &…Continue Reading My Favorite 10 Objects So Far… (Units I – VI)
October 22, 2023 At the start of this project, we had gone through about seven topics and cultures within art history. Taking what we’ve learned about contextualizing an artwork, we were tasked to choose one object from the units we’ve gone through and from what was available to view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art…Continue Reading Guide for the Perplexed: A Visual Narrative of the Past