Senior Exhibition

I really like how the seniors get there own exhibition to display their works from this and past years. I enjoyed the whole exhibition and various different types art work done by the different types of art work done by the different departments. It was something we did at my high school where each seniors received a section of wall or floor space depending. It was a great way to show how we had grown with our art over the years.

I choose Marcy's print she did of Martin Luther King Jr. and Harvey Milk. I liked this print because how well she was able to combined the two images together making them like as one. Both King and Milk were very influential people of their time. King fighting for the right of blacks and Milk fighting for the rights of gays.

I like how she added quotes from each of them to the print, it adds so much more to the meaning of the image. You can tell that she took her time getting the print just right and making sure it came out just right.

Stacy Gever EXTRA CREDIT

Adal Maldonado is a Puerto Rican artist that began his culturally inspired photography when he moved to New York City at the age of seventeen. He has had experience producing suggestive and surreal photographic collages in the early 1970’s, as well as portraits of others with an ethereal theme. “The Evidence of Things Not Seen” is a cluster of collages that create a disorienting effect that is said to resemble his inner most intimate mental landscapes. He likes to create imaginary worlds that fans appreciate across the globe. He claims to have explored the world of biographical art by using himself in his photos and is know for his collaboration with different artists. His art has been featured in such museums as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is New York City, and also other various museums over seas.
At his assembly that took place in the Kehr Union Multicultural Room, he explained that he enjoys using dark humor and politics behind his art. He also explained his experiences concerning baptism. He was in fact, baptized himself and shared a story about a Jewish woman he had met who was unable to explore in a church called La Santa La Madre de Tomates because she wasn’t baptized. The church is an inspiring place, established by Reverend Pedro Pietri in 1976, where all of the artwork was created from inspiration by Adal in 2001. Adal felt that this woman deserved to enjoy what the church had to offer, so he helped get her baptized. He said that ever since then, folks have been getting baptized in order to get permission to enter the church.
At the end of Adal’s presentation I decided to meet him and tell him about my first experiences working with photography. I felt that we share a lot in common because we share similar passions and both like to express inner feelings in our art. He told me that he was truly inspired twice in his young life when it comes to photography. He explained to me that he lived above a portrait photographer named Chuck Stuart, an album cover photographer, who would constantly explore the faces around him and even asked to photograph his mother. After meeting Adal, Stuart invited him upstairs into his studio and invited him to become his assistant. Adal fell in love with photography and tried saving up money to open his own studio. Stuart recognized his passion and three years later helped pay for a studio in hopes of helping Adal follow his dreams. Adal claims that Stuart was a big inspiration to him.
We discussed photography further and in more detail, and both agreed that the most mesmerizing and magical part of photography is letting the exposed print into the dektol, and watching the photo come to life.

Julie Farnan: Personal Adornment Day

This past week I experienced my first personal adornment day. I have never heard of it before, but I knew some people who were going to be in it, so i went to check it out and see their work. I was surprised by how interesting it was. Each piece modeled was unique and interesting in its own way. I thought the added aspect of different music for each piece added a fun vibe to the show. The first two pieces were my favorite. Ralph Hinkle was the first model. He wore nothing but tape and acrylic paint. His piece was a performance piece representing seeing a person for who they really are, past the exterior and looking at the interior instead. I thought the idea behind his piece was really inspiring. Its a thought many people think and even preach, but few of us actually take it to the level he had the courage to do. For that, i give Ralph very much credit.

The second piece was done by Maryam Cristillo. Her project was very earthly, entitled "Ala: Nigerian Goddess of Mother Earth." The overall design of her work was very well done, and her ways of modeling her piece captured the viewer instantly. She had tribal music playing in the background, and came out dancing and interacting with the audience. Her piece was one of my favorite because the way she altered the materials was so nicely done and the entire performance piece flowed very well overall. Her energy was apparent which engaged her viewers.

C. Hird: Personal Adornment (Extra Credit Assign.)

This was my first time attending Personal Adornment, I was pretty excited since 2 of my friends were going to be part of it. They are both very creative non-art majors so I was interested in what they came up for the event. First of all I want to say that all the students did an awesome job making the various outfits and the meaning that went into each were all different and special in their own particular way. I enjoyed the creativeness of all the costumes and how most of the models/artists were excited when coming down the runway. My friend, Tiffany-Ann did a superhero theme for her adornment and theres a picture to the right, the idea of everyone goes though a battle everyday... I thought her adornment was interesting and positive. The piece was entitled, Soldier and the materials she used were Rattan, chicken wire, cardboard, bubble wrap, paper, and various synthetic fabrics.
Another student I sort of know, Arielle Ortiz and her adornment was titled, Goddess of Creation, She designed this dress made of paper, spray paint and tulle. The dress was amazing piece of work I really liked. There was other pieces I enjoyed like Maryam Cristillo's Mother Earth and Megan Combs's untitled collection. It must take alot of time and work to come up with these designs but they seemed to do a good job overall.