Category: 9:30 AM Class

Blog 2 – My Art Story

As a whole, I believe art is used to define the creative world around us. For something to be considered “art”, it doesn’t have to be in a museum, nor does it have to be a painting. To me, art can be anything from a film, to a photograph, to graffiti on the walls of New York. If people are able to attach meaning and relate to a creative piece, then it is considered art.

Art is a very large portion of my life. I love photography and despite a busy schedule, try to go shooting with my friends at least twice a week. I began my creative journey in 2015, after coming across a photography page on Instagram. I grabbed the camera laying around my house that nobody used, and went to take pictures of trees, bridges, cars, and anything that I saw as creative. As I gained more knowledge and experience with photography, I bought myself an actual DSLR, and began to focus my photography on urban/street photography. This primarily includes streets, subways, buildings, roofs, and anything that pretty much screams “New York” when looked at. I also began to experiment with online software such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.

For this class, I want to learn a couple of things. To begin, I want to learn about some of the history of art, especially modern art and their techniques and how they came to be. More importantly however, I want to understand why people deem some things as art, and other things not. I have seen museum exhibitions where there are blank canvasses on the wall, or perhaps have a few lines or splats of paint, and people go crazy over them. On the other hand, I have seen beautiful works of art such as photographs, paintings, or sculptures that people seem to brush past or not appreciate. As I stated, art to me is being able to relate or connect to a piece. I want to understand how people are connecting to lines, as opposed to, in my opinion, more detailed and dedicated works of art.

Blog 2: My Art Story

Art, is all around us. It is a form of a expression in the world around us. Without art, life would be boring (to me atleast). Art is a way people express their emotions, feelings, visualizations, imagination & inner thoughts.  It is a form of creative human expression, we are able to distinguish the moods of an artist through their art weather its happy, sad, or just a fantasized world that they’ve come up with it. Art can also be a form of therapy to many people, like myself. Although I am not a professional artist, I love to draw just to ease my mind, my favorite form of art is actually street art because I love to see how creative and talented a person is using more than just a pen and paper, how they are able to make colors come to life and truly make a picture speak a thousand words. I believe every art piece in the world, from different culturals have a meaning and purpose, and I would like to learn how to truly figure it out especially on historical pieces.

Blog 1 – How to Post

Creating a blog post can be a daunting task for someone who perhaps is not very tech savvy, or has never done so before. However, it is actually a very simple task  to complete that requires a few short steps.

Step 1: The very first thing you will need to do, is register for a CUNY Academic Commons account.

Step 2: Once you are registered, sign into your CUNY Academic Commons account, and select the group that you are part of.

Step 3: At the very top center of the page will be a plus sign with the word “New” next to it. Click it, and it will take you to the page where you will actually write your post.

Step 4: Create a title for your post in the smaller box towards the top, and begin your post right underneath in the larger box.

Step 5: Once you have finished your post, you can add any media such as pictures ,by clicking the button towards the top that says “Add Media”. You may upload your own files, or select media from the Media Library.

Step 6: After adding any desired media, look to your lower right hand side. In the box labeled “Categories”, choose the group you belong to. Right underneath in the box labeled “Tag Sticky”, select the type of assignment it was.

Step 7: After completing steps 1 through 6, you have finally finished your blog post! Look to the upper right hand side, and press the blue “Publish” button.

Blog 1: How to Post

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First, you need to register yourself for CUNY academic commons & log into your account. Once you are registered you have to add yourself to your group which would be ART 1010 9:30am class.

You will stay logged in and in your corresponding group, you will see menu bar on the top of the screen, click on “+NEW” to begin writing your post.

Give your post a title such as “BLOG 1:How to Post”

Write out your assignment on the body section or attach a file/photos.

Finally select a category and a tag.

When your done with all this make sure to click the “PUBLISH” button on the right.

Blog Post #2: My Art Story

What is art? When people hear the word “Art” they immediately think about paintings, drawings and sometimes even sculptures. Although this is true, those things are just a very little percentage of what art truly is. In reality there is more to art then just paintings and drawings. Photography, Dance, and Writing are also different forms of art. My personal favorite type of art is Music.

Music is the art of using sounds, created vocally or instrumentally, to express emotion. Music is my favorite type of art. My love towards music began back in elementary school, Cesar Rodney, while in music class. At the time I was in second grade and the class was just beginning to learn how to play the recorder; although most of the kids in the class hated and found it annoying I was one of the few who thought it was fun and entertaining. The following school year I decided to join the school band and learned how to play the clarinet. Although learning the clarinet was a lot more difficult than learning how to play the recorder I didn’t quit. A few months later I performed at my first concert and it was then that I realized I loved it and continued my journey as an instrumentalist. Years later I used what I learned and auditioned to the arts program at my middle school, The SEEALL Academy, and years after that also used my skills as a clarinetist and auditioned for my high school, Fort Hamilton High School, in which I was apart of both the Concert and Marching Bands.

Although I may have made it seem that music is what art truly is about it isn’t.  Art, to me, is defined by creativity. Painting, Drawing, Sculpting, Photography, Dancing, Writing and Music are all just some of the many different forms of Art. The truth is that the anything and everything that has even the slightest bit of creativity can be considered art. In the end there is no definite meaning as to what Art is since the idea of something being “creative” varies from person to person.

Blog 1: How to post

  1. First, you will register for commons.gc.cuny/edu and log in to your account.
  2.  After you have registered you will click on the tab labeled “Sites” and select a site. For our class it is Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College.
  3. Next, click on the following tab to start following our class page.
  4. If you are not already added to the group click the “Add yourself” tab on the left.
  5. To start a new post click the tab labeled “+New”.
  6. Once you click the “+New” tab you create a title indicating what your post will be about.
  7. You fill in the body section with your work.
  8. Once you have finished typing your piece you cant attach pictures by clicking the ” Add Media” tab on the upper left hand corner. You have the option of going to your files to upload new content or using images from the media library.
  9. After you are done typing your piece select a category and a tag. To select a category click on the group you belong to or are posting for. Underneath the Category box the “Tag Sticky” box allows you to choose what type of assignment you are posting.
  10.  Once you’ve completed steps 1-9 click the “Publish” button on the right.

Blog Post 2: The Meaning of Art

It’s quite fascinating that throughout the centuries, art has been a constant factor in bringing societies together. What do I mean when I say “art”? Art can be anything that allows the individual to completely express themselves without judgement or labels. This can include music, painting, drawing, or even singing. It doesn’t have to be anything in the sense of physicality, but rather something that moves the being from within. Ironically, the best art has come from the ones who were deemed as outcasts or mentally unstable. Take for example Vincent van Gogh.

He was an artist who cut his own ear off to give to a woman, and then in his later years, committed suicide. Even though, van Gogh went quite mad, he still created some of the best paintings known to man. Other terms that artists are familiar with being called are “outgoing” or “different.” These “outgoing” artists give the rest of society the opportunity and freedom to be themselves. Alot of people are fearful to be themselves due to certain labels society has created. With these labels, a once beautiful soul in someone can be pushed back into the dark, whilst manifesting a mask just to please current society. With the use of art, not only can it be therapy, but it can save lives as well. During times of hardship, the best stress reliever is the one where you can let it all out.

 

When I see or hear art, my hopes is to understand it and be able to communicate it. Much of art today, is abstract and has veered away from its fundamentals. Of course art is in the eye of the beholder, but to me a squiggly line on a canvas cannot be classified as art. When creating something beautiful, there has to be a story behind the chaos, no matter how vague. To me, art is something that connects people of all races, ethnicities, and cultures, resulting in a society brought together without prejudice. In 2018, that’s a difficult goal to achieve, but with time and effort it can be accomplished.

In my life, I have experienced art in its many forms. From the simplicity and swiftness of playing a sport to the technicalities of a high school choir. You might find it odd to consider playing a sport as art, but in the end it comes down to patterns, rythm, and dedication. In my childhood years, I used to play tennis. For eight years of my life, I trained three times a week for an hour a day. My trainer taught me to recognize the pattern of my opponents playing style and the rythm that I feel when hitting the ball. It was only recently that I knew I took it all for granted. I quit playing my freshman year of high school and didn’t think to look back, until recently. During my high school years, I joined a choir in school. We sang different kinds of musical pieces, from classical to modern, to appeal to everyone’s taste. Our main goal was to move the individual and show them that the classics have not yet faded from our generation. In Art1010, I am hoping to learn the affect art has had on generations before mine and what it meant to various cultures and societies. I want my mind to be opened to great possibilities, all drawn from the same root, which is art.

 

  Gustov Klimt’s “The Kiss”

Blog Post #1: How To Post (Steps to Creating a Blog)

In order to create a Blog Post you must complete the following steps…

  1. Log in to you to your account.
  2. Once you’ve logged into your account click on the “Sites” tab
  3. After clicking the “Sites” tab you will click the “following” tab to see a list of the sites that you are currently following
  4. Choose the site in which you want to create the blog post and click on the link (ex. When creating this blog post I followed steps 1-3 and then for step 4 I clicked on the “Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College” link since I wanted post the blog on this site.
  5. Once you’ve selected the site in which you want to post a blog you will need to click on the tab label “+ New”
  6. After clicking the “+ New” tab you can then begin to write and create the blog that you want to post on the website.
  7. Once you have completed typing up the blog you can post it by clicking on the blue publish button that is located at the top right of the page.
  8. The final step after publishing you’re blog post is to sit back and relax because after completing the 7 easy steps listed above you have successfully created your blog post.

My Art Story

The word “art” is such a simple word, but without its textbook definition, I believe that its definition becomes more complex. Everyone has their own definition of art and stumbling upon two people who can give an identical definition would not be easy, in my opinion. I believe this because I believe one important aspect of art reflects what each individual person sees in the world and their perspective on their own life. At the end of the day, I believe art can be anything, depending on how each individual views it. To me, when I think of art I instantly imagine paintings and drawings, but at a macro view for myself, I think art is anywhere I can show my creative side and imagination to make something that is meaningful to myself and hopefully others. For example, when I cook and bake different cuisines and add my own personality to the dish, I think of that as my artwork because when it comes to drawing and paintings I was never good at that nor did I take an interest. To go back to my original idea of what art is, my view of artwork is different than that of my brother who is an artist. For him, he personally thinks of art as drawings, paintings, and even video games because these are all woven into his life and how he expresses himself (picture shown).

To continue with the idea of art, I believe it fits into my ever day life and soon my career. As mentioned before my art and appreciation of art is in cooking and baking, these are two art forms that truly resonate with me and for that reason they have been my hobby since I was about 5 years old. I love that in these two art forms, there really never is a wrong way to make something, every recipe has the personality of the person who made it. I say that this will fit into my career because I am studying to be a Dietitian and in my opinion there is a certain art form to this career. When you’re putting together a diet therapy, each one has a “default”, but then each therapy needs to get customized to each individual and you have to be creative and imaginative with dish and food options. This also intertwines with my interest of food and baking, where to make things “healthy” you have to really think outside of the box and present food in a way that makes people want to eat it and take an interest in it.

In this class I hope to learn more about art in general. I have definitely learned to appreciate all types of art since I was younger and wish expand my knowledge on the history behind them. Everything has a story and I believe I am at the age where I want to learn the story to not only gain knowledge, but also develop an opinion on it and comprehend the real meaning.

My Art Story

I think of art as a way of expressing yourself to the world. Art can release a person’s true feelings, without any words coming out of their mouths. Art can also be used as a very successful therapy technique where clients can draw or paint their emotions instead of talking about them.

On a broad level, art to me is creativity and uniqueness. There are no two paintings that are exactly the same or have the same meaning. It is inconceivable to see all the different types and genres of art. On a personal level, the art I prefer is music. Performing arts is the kind of art I listen to daily. Whether I need to focus and drown other people out or listen to a genre of music based on what I am feeling, I will just plug in my earphones and listen to music. Plus, it is a method of expression. Typically, people will listen to a specific type of genre based on how their feeling or who they are as a person.

What I would like to gain from this art class is an in-depth analysis of paintings. I am extremely interested in why painters painted a work of art and what they were feeling at the time. Additionally, I would love to compare art from past to present day to see the major or minor differences between them. Overall, I am exceedingly enthusiastic to begin learning the types of art that are included in different cultures.