Art school

Author and educator, Amanda Alexander discusses how engaging a developmentally disabled community through art based learning helped create a better community. It all started when the author was selected by the University Service-Learning Fellowship to participate in monthly seminars during the 2012-2013 academic year. The seminars consisted of listening to guest speakers, writing reflections, reading information about service-learning, discussing service-learning possibilities, teaching methods,…

Have you ever looked at a piece of art that’s hanging on your wall and thought, “What is it trying to say?” or “What was the artist’s purpose on that particular painting or drawing?” I think once in a while we should run our imagination wild and think sociologically. Well, a piece of artwork is more than a decoration, an artifact, or an interment. Art is a sentimental action of emotion that is presented in someway. Therefore, it should be valued, respected, and practiced. When we walk by the…

1891 to seek more training. Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts were famous art schools that “taught according to the academic method.” Matisse was taught by all the well known famous artists from these schools. These kinds of schools worked a lot with live models and practicing works of “Old Masters”, for Matisse those would be the works of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne as he was already introduced to their forms of art in Paris. While in Paris in the mid 1890s Matisse began to…

reality is my favorite thing in art and in my opinion shows creativity. When I was back in elementary school I always dreaded art assignments or activities that required precision and rigid step by step directions. Blame it on my caregiver 's permissive parenting style but, I liked to do things independently. Following teacher’s direction in art, frustrated me when the final product didn 't look exactly like the teachers. It made me hate art. Much later in high school, I learned about Salvador…

A well known and relatively simple way to express oneself is to make art. Whether it be through painting, writing, music, singing and really anything one could imagine. Art therapy is also a common type of therapy. Expressive art therapy is the use of creative arts as a form of therapy and is a…

fascinated me. Art and design work that reflects cultural and traditional themes has always interests me. My inspiration and for arts and design is deeply influenced by ancient traditions such as Asian traditions. Contrasting cultural traditions with modern designs to create different emotions and opinions is what inspires me to be creative. I want to focus and extend my knowledge and understanding of historical arts and design’s and how they are interpreted in modern designs and arts. I find…

Introduction Art is a tool of personal expression. It allows individuals to manifest ideas, imagination, and life experiences onto a canvas. The artist paints to relieve an emotion or portray a concept. Although much of the artist's intention can be revealed through analysing symbolism and technique, by delving under the surface and connecting events of the artist’s life to smaller aspects of the painting, one is able to understand more about the artist mental state. Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van…

I’m walking through the hallway of the technology center at Winterset High School. As I near my destination, I begin to hear the song “Uptown Funk” floating from a room a ways down the hall. My eyes search curiously for the door from which the music is coming from. I reach the door and turn right to enter. I instantly smell the aroma of fresh paint. As I look around the art room I’ve just walked in to, I see huge canvases bathed in hundreds of different colors. Blues, reds, and purples blur my…

transcripts on file (Syracuse U, SCSU and Univ. of New Hampshire), FIA206, Arts and Ideas II was accepted for three semester hours of credit in art. A full 12 semester hours of credit in art were not identifiable. Please submit course descriptions for the course(s) that you feel may be considered for art course work.” While is it accurate to conclude that my only “formal” credits in fine arts were earned in FIA206, Arts and Ideas II, Connecticut General Statutes relating to educational…

I have always loved and appreciated art, but I never considered myself being an artist or even capable of being an artist. I am a writer, photographer, and videographer, and while I experience those mediums as expressive and personal, I have made excuses as to why my products are not art: “even creative writing is formulaic and academic, therefore it is not art; my photography relies more on technical skill and internal math, therefore it is not art; my videography captures a subject but is not…