Hiking, traveling, amateur roller skating, sailing, skiing, art, taking pictures. Pretty much anything outdoors or creative.
I am a freshman majoring in art education!
I am from: Okemos, Michigan
Fun facts about me:
I can juggle and I hate seafood.
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"Painting for the Burial" by Yoko Ono
Many of Yoko's works consisted merely of instructions.
Yoko Ono is a Japanese-American, conceptual and performance artist, and musician.
This piece is simply instructions for how to bury a painting. I think it has to do with the idea of a lot of artists not liking their own work. It is saying you can either throw your work away, sell it, or plant/bury it. I think the burying it is a symbol of growth and new beginning since it is in the garden. I think this could mean, go back to your piece and turn it into something else.
“Yoko Ono Art, Bio, Ideas.” The Art Story, https://www.theartstory.org/artist/ono-yoko/.
Your first image is very successful. Not only were you able to make a great composition, but the image is a great conversation starter. Having the word "political" centered and in red has a big impact on the viewer of the image and I would not change anything that you did artistically.
~Hailey Bos
Every morning, I hear the alarm go off and the hustle and bustle of my owner getting ready for the day. She quickly slips her feet into me and I get stomped on as she runs out the door. I look to my right, to see my partner shoe; apparently we come in pairs. Throughout the day, I touch all sorts of different textures; grass, scratchy sidewalk, gross grocery store floors and soft carpet. I get squashed by the weight of my owner. When my owner gets home from work, I am taken off and thrown into the closet with all of the other shoes. The dress shoes are lucky, because they barely get worn. I sit in the spooky, dark closet all night until I hear the alarm go off again.
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Contemporary Artist: Frank Loyd Wright
I chose this artist because he designed a house in my neighborhood. He has a very unique style. There are about 400 of his houses in the U.S. He is arguably the most famous architect of all time. His designs embody the mid-century movement, all interesting shapes, wide angles, and a clever use of glass.
This photo symbolizes the act of relaxing and having fun. The birds are at a disco and are very happy.
This piece is about the full circle of the uphill battle in life. Once you finish the battle, it loops back around and a new one begins.
Art 21
Theaster Gates: Gates is from the southside of Chicago. He is an urban planner, potter, and artist. He creates sculptures out of clay, tar, and renovated building. He was originally inspired by the creativity of music in Black Churches.
Chris Ware: Ware is known as the master of comic arts. He started drawing comics as a child as a way to express himself. He draws in blue but goes over the parts he wants to keep in black and when photographed, the blue ink disapears. A lot of his work reflects the role of memory in constructing identity. He is well known for his New Yorker magazine covers.
"Homemade With Love"
This piece symbolizes unity through art. The mail/envelope represents unity as it is a way of connecting people over distances. The quote on the envelope, "make art not war" symbolizes peace and unity with war meaning any type of battle or dispute. Art can bring unity over differences.
In Memory of Gun Violence (installation piece):
Our installation is a tribute and representation of the recent shooting at a gay club in Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-five people were injured and five people died. This tragic event shows the war on the gay community that our country is facing. It is heartbreaking to see homophobia and it is especially hard to see lives being lost because of it. We made thirty objects total each to represent someone that was injured or killed during the shooting. We installed our project in a classroom to remind us of the effects that guns are having on our country. Kids are in danger going to school due to school shootings. Installing our project in a classroom reminds me that each of these people were humans. You can see how much space thirty chairs would take up. I named this piece “In Memory of Gun Violence” in hopes that this project will help end gun violence and it can one day become a memory in history.
Our materials include, glue, pom poms, string, and popsicle sticks. We glued the popsicle sticks into an “x” shape and then wrapped string around the center of the x to add color and to hold the two popsicle sticks together. To add color that represents the gay community we glued rainbow pom poms to the popsicle sticks. We originally placed our objects on the windowsill and we liked the reflection that it made in the window but it did not feel enough like an installation. We instead decided to put our objects in a classroom in front of a chalkboard. That way it was in more of a public space and it could have a little more meaning to it since gun violence in classrooms is also an issue that our country is facing. We placed 5 of the x’s on the table to represent the five people that died in the Boulder, Colorado shooting and we placed the other 25 on the chalkboard to represent the amount of people that were injured.