Art school

Bronze, plaster, copper, or marble the sculptures dispersed throughout the campus stand as a symbol of pride for the campus and bring unspeakable beauty throughout. When walking along the campus you can see many different types of art and observe many differ artists work. As you walking past Parks Library though one piece stands out among others. The Left Sided Angel, a cast bronze sculpture made by Stephen De Staebler brought to Iowa State University in 1986 commissioned by phi kappa phi honors…

Many artist have had interesting lives but I think that Mary Cassatt's is very unique. She had to choose between her family and Art, and she chose art. Mary Cassatt is one of very many artists, just like everyone else she had to fight to get where she ended up being. I will tell you her life story and all the hard ships she went through to get there. Mary was born in a very favorable situation on May 22, 1844, in Alleghency City, Pennsylvania , her parents where wealthy, but not rich, her father…

Every year, more than 460,000 student-athletes compete in 23 sports under the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA (NCAA.org). Each and every one of these young, talented, and dedicated high school seniors are required to select an academic major that is, more often than not, not relevant or consistent with their true intentions of attending the college they choose. Improving athletic skills is why significant numbers of NCAA Division I student-athletes are at their respective…

I remember when I was in third grade our teacher had great passion for the arts. She introduced us to many artists and one of the one Jackson Pollock, an American abstract painter. His art amused me because to many all those splattered paints meant absolutely nothing but a “mess” some would say but to me this art had so much expression in it. The fact that he took different meaning to everything he painted was what made me admire him. I even remember the class doing group projects and my group…

Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a long project to finish. The project was finally finished in the spring of 1945, it took…

As an intern art therapist, I work with child populations at a community center in Brooklyn, New York. The community center provides after-school programs for pre-K to high school students at no cost. Art therapy is also provided as a part of the programs for children who present behavioral or psychological problems in the classroom. Fortunately, I have opportunities to observe a classroom of children aged seven to eight and to interact with them prior to my art therapy session. The classroom…

Arts curriculum in early childhood education overall is the opportunity to let children use their imaginations, and to let them succeed to the best of their abilities. As schools become more advanced, many children are seeing the potential of some form of art education, and what it can do for them in the future. For many kids today, the arts establish a foundation beyond everyday learning. The two most common types of arts curriculum is visual arts and performing arts, with a focus in music,…

Art Programs: Giving More Than Receiving Art programs help people, but people are not helping arts programs stay in schools. Art programs are not getting as much funding as sport programs. When schools do not have enough money, they usually get rid of the art programs. People tend to think of sports as more important than the arts, even though art programs have many benefits. Art programs are not receiving enough funding in schools. Furthermore, schools do not carefully consider which…

museums to let them in. “That we would have a venue and if no one gave us a venue we pulled our money together, we made a venue, we rented a venue, and we stole a venue so we could show our art, and our art…

his paintings: pink, beige, and red). With the end of the Rose period a newfound art style began to emerge within Picasso that is later known as Cubism. Through this form of art reality is distorted and expressed through geometric shapes to present a physic defying world. With the beginning of WWI Picasso transitioned himself into the last two phases of his life: Classical period and Surrealism. During both state the art piece of Picasso became more somber that expressed the sorrow he felt…