Western BFA application Personal Statement
Western BFA application Personal Statement
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The fine arts have been a part of me for as long as I can remember. Art was my favorite school subject, I always looked forward to starting a new project and finding new meaning in art. The prospect of embarking upon a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art excites me as I feel that it would allow me the opportunity to explore more on art and develop my artistic style. I believe that I possess natural talents for drawing and painting, and I hope you see them too. You may be asking, what inspires me? What makes me qualified to be a student attending your University? In this short personal statement, I hope to demonstrate my qualifications and desire for this course and persuade you of my ability and potential to be an ideal student to attend your University.
The truth is, I loved art since I was just a little girl. My first memories of art were when I drew little Nemo from “Finding Nemo” and when I looked at the paintings on the walls in my mom’s apartment. I doodled on every paper in sight and taught myself to draw people and landscapes. After years of being unable to afford art classes, my mom had finally saved enough money to put me into an art program, where I finally learned the proper techniques on how to draw and paint. During my lifetime, I learned many other art forms, such as photography, sculpting, music, poetry, and many more. My mom’s support and the art form of artists such as the feminist Frida Kahlo and the tragic Vincent Van Gogh have influenced me to be the young learning artist I am today. Ever since I was a child, art has been alongside me, holding my hand through highs and lows. To me, art is a language that allows me to speak the truth. It’s my form of freedom, expression, and escape, and I hope that one day I will teach art to young children and inspire them to use art as their form of freedom and expression.
I would be very grateful if you would consider my application to enroll in your degree level Art Course. I feel that I have the required ambition, knowledge, and experience to make a successful student at your Institution. I hope that attending your Art Course will teach me more than I know and that I will become a successful and formally trained artist.
Thank you.
Repatriation Statement - AMT
Repatriation Statement - AMT
Forum Post 3: Repatriation
Forum Post 3: Repatriation
Thursday, February 3rd 2022
By Anne-Marie Tremblay-Alvarez
Repatriation is something I've been hearing about for a while now, and it has been all over the news and internet recently. Repatriation is defined as "the act or process of restoring or returning someone or something to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship: the act of repatriating or the state of being repatriated" (Marriam-Webster).
After doing a bit of research, and watching/reading the stuff for the course, I am left a bit conflicted with my final opinion about it all. But for now, as Prof Sprengler asked, I will write down my reflections on the subject.
I think that the idea of returning items, especially art, back to their original countries, cultures, or people/owners is a fantastic idea, and brings at least some justice and healing to all the damage that has been done in the past (and will hopefully fortify our relationship with the rest of the world, between different peoples, cultures, and countries). However, I also think it's very important to have museums that hold things from all around the world and from different cultures and such. It allows the lucky people that go to museums, like the Louvre, to see many different forms of art from the world as well the history and culture of different peoples. Forcing countries to only keep stuff that are of their origin is a huge change to our already multicultural society and it makes it feel like it's shutting out different cultures from different places which gives fewer opportunities to the people to learn about other countries and cultures, which may lead to more ignorance than the world already faces. I think the simple solution to all this, as said in the video we watched in the course from TVO, is that we could just ask the owners of the artifacts if we could keep the stuff at the museum for a certain amount of time (or negotiate some others objects/artworks to be displayed), and make sure to have their full consent and to be respectful of their choices and such.
Sources:
Definition of Repatriation;
Video about Repatriation on TVO:
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