Art music

along with watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing. It is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Degas was a French artist who was most famous for painting and sculpting ballet dancers. He spent much of his time at the opera house, observing the dancers performing and practicing there. Degas did not always portray his dancers as the delicate, graceful figures we see in music boxes. Instead, he chose to paint them in a more realistic manner. A large amount of his…

while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life” (Diggs). Daveed Diggs, a singer and performer found a passion in the arts. The arts are brought into students worlds in middle and high school, which is when they are truly trying to find who they are. Just like it did to Diggs, the education of the arts can change lives. Education that alumni get at school is how they learn to love creative arts. If the arts get cut, there will be no life changing…

Art has the ability to unify people by allowing them to connect emotionally and reminding them of their humanity. In Station Eleven, Mandel expresses this message through her portrayals of post-apocalyptic communities and the effect of the collapse of technology. The art in the novel centers around the Traveling Symphony, a group that travels the post-apocalypse world to spread art through their performances of Shakespearean plays and orchestral music. The Traveling Symphony, a prominent group…

emotions through speech. However, I would express myself through art, in the form of drawings. Once I lost interest, unfortunately, it marred my artistic skills with the pen. In the beginning of junior year in high school, I decided to pursue another way of expressing myself artistically-through music. I, in my thirst to learn more, began learning music theory on my own, purchasing my own instrument. Through my newfound knowledge of music, it allowed me to express my emotions more clearly…

social change. This has impacted the creation of music, and art which continues to push what’s socially acceptable. With the waves that are created from pushing social norms artists have been subjected to censorship of what is believed to be unacceptable material. Censorship has prevented potentially great art from never being allowed to be shown to society for the safety of the citizens. It’s important that artists should be given free rein on their art when they follow morally acceptable…

graduation, I have been presented with many opportunities to thrive in science, social studies, and technology, but there have been less chances to excel in the arts category. I believe that everyone’s passion should be supported equally within the community. I believe this category has not been purposely neglected; people often times overlook fine arts because it…

Visual/Kindergarten Unit Focus Students study the role of contrast in visual art following a unit on community and the individual. They examine the role that difference plays in society, creating diverse and democratic groups. They then compare this to compositions in the arts, examining how contrast functions to create visual interest (“There is no light without dark“). Students will focus on the way an artist uses the elements of art to create contrast within a work in addition to gaining a…

Richard Foreman Richard Foreman was born on June 10th 1937 in New York City. Richard Foreman is an American playwright, artistic director and avant-garde pioneer. Foreman is considered be one of the most influential figures in American Drama and is known as the “Godfather” of the American Avant-Garde. Foreman creates works in the Avant-Garde performance movement, now largely known to post-dramatic theater. Foreman went to school at Brown University and became interested in film and…

When considering the theoretical baselines of this module, I decided to look within myself, and consider what in my life embodies these ideas and concepts. Put mildly, I am a dance music fanatic. I perform regularly in Exeter as a DJ and when sifting through my record collection, I came across a record that really speaks to me personally, and in many ways, has a universal allure. The record was released on a German record label named Innervisions, and is called Acamar, written by a duo called…

reflected by its Art and Culture. These are shown through numerous forms of folk traditions, performing arts, music, paintings, writings, rituals and beliefs to mention a few. India has been known for its rich culture since ages now. On a journey from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Jammu and Kashmir we will come across innumerable types of Art forms. Every state has their unique history on the form of Art and Culture which takes us to a completely different land of interest and curiosity. These…