Arts integration

Traits of the American Musical Icon Today’s music industry has become a competitive business to see who can make it to the top of the charts. Iconic musicians make themselves stand out by being charitable, using their personal history, crossing over, signature style, and their stage presence. Many icons worked hard to be where they are to day, so they know the struggle and give back to the community. Many artists reflect on and incorporate into their music experiences from their personal lives…

Spike Lee combines certain cinematic techniques together in order to convey a specific message about societal issues such as race and gender. Throughout this analysis of Spike Lee, the relationship between the dialogue in a sequence and the cinematic techniques in a sequence will be heavily analyzed. The analysis of this relationship will help the viewer to understand the message that Spike Lee is trying to convey in his films. To reinforce this relationship, the ideas of the film theorist…

Introducing literature that exposes students to global issues is an important aspect of the IB curriculum. “Graffiti Knight” by Karen Bass and “Wanting Mor” by Rukhsana Khan, both offer a great plot structure, characters and historical context that would teach IB students about risk-taking. Graffiti Knight is about Wilm and his friends who rebel against the Soviets in Germany during the post WWII. Wanting Mor is about a girl named Jameela who her father abandoned and left in the orphanage in…

After observing the painting and coming up with my own interpretation I did some research that changed my perspective over this piece of artwork. This painting was done by Pollock only three years prior to his death in 1956. When I saw this painting I had a sense of confusion because it was no ordinary painting. It had two separate parts to it, but I knew both had to come together to convey a sense of meaning. The more I researched its meaning I was shocked to figure out what this piece really…

What is Therapy? I started going to therapy as a child off and on through the years. I have participated in family therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy. Honestly, I hated going to therapy and I never really saw it as a positive experience. It was something that I did because it’s what my mom said that I needed. I never went to the same therapist for more than a few sessions. I have had therapists that wanted to diagnose me with a major psychological disorder (such as bipolar disorder)…

Chinese Painting The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History says that Chinese painting intergrades poetry, painting and calligraphy. This connects the characteristics of the poet and the painter. The oriental creator is the philosopher of the art, that his art is the creation he makes. The painter and poet together are symbolic due to combining into one person. Materials in Chinese art depend on the type of art that is being created. There are two types of brushes. According to the ThoughtCo, you…

Portrait painting thrived in the Netherlands with the increase in production driven by interest in the idea of personhood and the definition of the individual self. Portraits help document the development of a personal identity as it connects factors like marital status, class, and profession. A common portrait genre produced during the seventeenth century portrays their subjects with an impassive demeanor with little vigor. At first, these paintings may be evaluated as lacking “personality” or…

The Imposter (2012, Bart Layton) is a stimulating documentary that expresses the account of Frédéric Bourdin, a 23 year old man from Spain, who was deprived of a joyous childhood, and allocates his time to stealing the identity of minors, including Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year old boy, who disappeared in 1994. Frédéric Bourdin successfully swindles Nicholas’ family into undoubtedly believing he is their missing teenage boy, despite Frédéric appearing entirely different from Nicholas and having a…

Roaming the many galleries and halls of the Detroit Institute of art I found myself overwhelmed at the sheer number of paintings and styles. I thought to myself that I wouldn’t be able to select just one piece to focus on. I held that thought as I passed by the self portrait of Vincent van Gogh and the Elenor of Toledo and countless more. With nothing really speaking to me in the way I would have hoped, I began to think I would have to settle. Rounding a corner found myself in the American…

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.(John Wooden). Visiting Both beautiful museums “ The Morgan Conservatory for Papermaking” , “Zygote Press” was amazing. Definitely an experience that will always be remember. Just walking into The Morgan it just influence you to want to come up with…