April 8, 2024 Our second project started with basic explorations in shapes and forms. We drew 2D shapes and 3D forms, later unfolding the 3D forms into 2D templates. Basing our templates on an equilateral triangle (below), we drew templates with which we would be able to fold pyramids, prisms, and truncated pyramids with a…Continue Reading MANGO: Volume & Mass
April 24, 2024 We were tasked to interview a classmate about their ideal day. What would their senses be overwhelmed with? What environment, sounds, or smells, would surround them? Who would they be with, and what would they be doing? Based on these answers and further context about their homes and lifestyles, we crafted a…Continue Reading Visual Poetry
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)
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
September 20, 2023 This project was to create a multimedia art book that encapsulates the preservation of our personal memories based on photographs. More than just an album of pictures, though, we had to actively utilize the design process from start to finish, taking into account how we would want a potential audience to interact…Continue Reading The Memory Notebook
September 28, 2023 This project had many layers. We started with figure drawing, where we were to choose from different figures and sketch them out, first practicing to get the anatomy and gesture correct, and then with a focus on the negative shapes that the angles of our figures made. Above are the 5 figure…Continue Reading Abstract Figure & Stool Drawings
September 28, 2023 This project made us think about creating audio and mixing sounds to inform our audiences of a chosen environment: a “portrait of a place.” To practice recording sounds, we used a class day to practice with a Sony PCM-A10 recorder to capture sounds in New York within the radius of our building….Continue Reading Immersive Senses
September 12, 2023 For this project, we were asked to design and illustrate a sequential piece of art that depicts an event or experience that shifted our life’s direction. I brainstormed my idea and composition in my sketchbook before starting on the final project. I thought of two ideas, both revolving around pets. One was…Continue Reading Out of Time: Time on the Page