Stephanie's art blogger

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met? I expected to learn a lot from this course when I began it. I had expected to learn about different art techniques, and I even learned more than what I had expected from this course. 2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting? Now that I been through this course, art is many different things. It could be a photograph, a painting, a collage, a sculpture etc. There are many things that can be created and can be considered a form of art. If you have a vision to create something it can be created and made into art. 3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?  I did not have a favorite artist from my original posting, but after this course I looked at a lot of artwork from Frid

Al Mitsu 1944 Oil painting Jame Amos Porter 1957 Oil on Canvas Frida Kahlo 1945 These are all of the three of the inspired self-portrait pieces I have decided to include from the art gallery visit. All of these pieces were found virtually from the Google art project website. 1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces? I selected these inspiration pieces because I felt like these are exactly what self-portraits are supposed to look like. It is the person, and they are either doing something or just still. 2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait? I selected the media to create my self-portrait because I felt like it would be the best way to create the image of myself that I wanted to. 3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them? The challenges that were faced while creating my self-portrait was not being able to create the best image of myself. Since this was my first time creating a self portrait,

Video 1: "An Acquiring Mind: Phillippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan." in this video some concepts that I learned about was the the artist was very prideful about his culture. His artwork was able to define and represent his feelings and ideas about his culture. He also had a very outgoing personality. Video 2: "Low Brow & Low Brow West Coast Pop Art" a key concept that I learned from this video was that different types of art works are created and formed into its own category. Video 3: "The Tate Modern" something I learned from this video was then when artwork is made, the placement of it is another process that has to be decided. 2. These videos do relate to the creation of my Art Exhibit project and although these videos are different they tie into a general, common relation of theme in my project. Each form of artwork has its own theme within it. 3. I like watching the films, they kept me very entertained, and I learned a lot from each of

1. I chose the video on Andy Warhol & another on Henry Moore. I chose both of these videos because the topic interested me, and I was familiar with both of the people that these videos were on. I wanted to learn more about these two people. 2. In the first video I learned that Andy Warhol used a technique called "silk screening" to make it a style that he had created. This was something that made it unique for his work. He also used a lot of repetition when it came down to his art work. In the Henry Moore film I learned that he included the idea of a mother and child to create the idea of family in his work, 3. The videos relate to the readings in the text because they include a lot of information about modern art from previous times and individualism.  4. In my opinion I enjoyed watching these two films. They were very informative, and I learned a lot about each artist in great detail.

I chose the videos The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present & Dada and Surrealism. I chose the first one because since my culture is Hispanic I found it interesting and wanted to learn more about Spanish art since this is my background. I then randomly selected Dada and Surrealism. The key concepts I learned in the first video was about using dark colors to portray dark, gloomy images. In the second video I learned about artists using their artwork to get messages across and to demonstrate lessons. These videos relate to the readings because they describe the concepts learned in the video and describe them in a deeper meaning. Overall I liked the videos but after a while they became boring. They did not keep me as entertained as previous videos.

Attached above are the inspirations of my desired mask. These masks are called the "Diablo Cojuelo" masks. These masks are a tradition in the Dominican Republic and are used during the time of carnival. Carnival begins around February for Dominican independence, and could go throughout Holy week in in Easter. I have been inspired to create my own version of a Diablo Cojuelo just in time for the Easter holiday. Below is my sketch of what I want my mask to look like. Here is the finalized version of my mask: