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Hey! My name is Ashley and I am an art major focusing on photography and moving image. I have two dogs, an English Sheepdog named Miley and an American Eskimo named Snow. My favorite thing to do is travel and take photos.
Paper #1 - Final Draft.docx
Since I do not live on campus, in my spare time in between classes I like to go to the Science and Engineering Lab building to study or just chill. This area is pretty quiet and there aren't a lot of people there. I like that I can just get away and hangout here.
The place I found on campus is on the second and third floors of Stevenson Hall. There are always student sitting, studying, or sleeping here; even though the intent for the hallway is not for these purposes. The first floor sitting area of the building tends to fill up fast, so people just migrate up to the other floors to find room to sit and relax before/after class.
Paper #2 - Final Draft.docxAshley, this is a very thoughtful reflection on the meaning of school closures for students and their communities. Given what you learned from the exhibit, how does art help people to claim a space that has been taken from them. Also, can you insert the text and your image on your webpage so they are visible?
Karyn
While at the Jane Adams Hull House, I found it very intriguing learning about all of the Chicago Public Schools that have closed in recent years. I come from a small town where my high school was very large in size (four large buildings spanning over four block) and the student body was pretty small (roughly 1,000 students total), but if the high school were to shut down then there would be no where for any of the students to go except a private school. Although Chicago is a very large city, it is still shocking to me to think that so many of these schools have closed and these students had to transfer to other schools and (possibly) leave their friends. Luckily they have been able to repurpose some of these schools and use them as positive learning environments for the students even though they aren't schools anymore.
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