EXTRA CREDIT (FINAL CHANCE!)

1. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the best? Why?

I liked the sculpture gallery visit project.  I used the outside sculptures and it was really interesting.  Now I look at them on my way to school and notice how the surrounding changes with the season and weather.

2. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the least? Why?

 

I was not a fan of the video blogs...mainly because I have a really short attention span for movies.  I'm very fidgety.  It was nice that I could pause and watch at my own pace, however, so that definitely helped a lot.  Those assignments probably took me longer than most people, I just don't learn as well from long videos like that -just me!

 

3. How did you like using BLACKBOARD?

 

I really liked blackboard.  I tried taking this course once before over the summer but ended up dropping it because it was next to impossible for me to keep track of the assignments.  The calendar makes everything so simple to know when is due on what date, projects, etc.

 

4. What is your opinion of the Discussion Groups in this course?

 

I don't mind the discussion groups at all.  It's nice to see that you're on par with your peers.

 

5. Did you participate in any of the extra credit projects in previous modules? If so, what was your opinion of them? (mandala, elgin marbles, culture, art critics)

 

Yes - I loved the mandala project.  It was super informative, the video and reading materials were awesome and I have recently decided to get a tattoo of a mandala!

6. If you had the opportunity to change this course:

What would you keep?

The projects

 

What would you remove?

The video blogs; if not remove change them up a little

 

What would you add?

More personal art exploration projects.

 

7. Would you recommend this course to your peers?

Absolutely; I learned so much.

8. Please list any other comments you would like to share.

Week Sixteen - Blog: Reflections of AED 200

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?

I expected to learn a lot about art from this course and my expectations were really exceeded.  I learned a lot more about how one may go about actually "defining" art and how to describe art using multiple senses.

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?

I still don't think art can truly be defined, as it holds a different definition to everyone, but I do think I now know how to properly express my feelings about artworks.  I didn't have those skills before to describe what I was seeing with anything but my emotions and how art made me feel.

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 really love Sylvia Ji.  I think her art expresses emotion that hits deep and her style is very unique and evokes a lot of emotion.  I love that she paints on pieces of driftwood and how personal that makes her paintings seem.

4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

I still really enjoy the fact that this is an online course.  There was a lot less pressure and I was able to explore artists I enjoyed right from my computer as I was discovering them.

Week Thirteen and Fourteen - Blog: Video Review

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art

1.      For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Lowbrow is art that nobody else can really categorize.  It is a reactionary category against highbrow art, which was uninvited among the fine art types.  Originally a term to depict images of half naked women and hot rods it has now grown and evolved to include comic book images, b-movies, rock and roll, surfing, surrealism, etc.  It seemed like almost an uprise against the strict and rigid culture of art schools and dominating art forms.  Cartoons and narrative were a large part of lowbrow culture.  Very rarely is something stillborn without dynamic.

2.      Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

This video does relate to my Art Exhibition project.  I thought I might play off of something Tim Burton related that has a dark feeling to it but an uplifting kind of story.  That is very lowbrow culture I believe and displays the multi faceted idea of lowbrow.

3.      What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?

This film helped me narrow down a better theme for my project by giving more depth and understanding to the lowbrow culture and what fits into it.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach

1.      For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Modernists helped to shape the presentation in museums and galleries.  Each room in the museum was dedicated to a particular art movement or artist, chronologically set up to travel into the present.  The progressiveness of this movement was a new development in a world that picked and chose, generally omitting female artists all together.  It gave the illusion that these movements started and ended and built upon one another.

2.      Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

This video helps give insight on the principles of which a gallery is set up upon.  It helps to narrow down my range of pieces for my project by realizing that a collection should have a beginning and end but also show that it builds on past movements and offers something for future movements to build and be influenced from.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?
  This video helped me to gain a perspective for the span and size of the project; 15 images, what I should be looking to cover, how to begin and end a collection, etc.

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Montebello was the director of the Met for 31 years.  In his time there the museum space doubled in size, acquired over 84,000 new works of art and implemented new innovative conservation techniques.  With a growing budget the Met became one of the top tourist attractions in NYC.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
This video helps to explain how art changes over time.  A span of 30 years as a director of a museum is almost unheard of aside from Montebello.  It helps to see how time changes everything.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?
I liked this video.  I have visited the Met before and it gave me a new found appreciation for it that I didn't have the first time I went.