Bachelor of Arts

been creating art. I colored on anything I could get my hands on, and was always adding more color everywhere I possibly could. My love for painting blossomed my Junior year of high school when I took an oil painting class and fell in love. I knew from the very first day that I had found what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I have been blessed with such a beautiful gift and I plan on using it everyday for the rest of my days. I plan on attending the Cleveland Institute of Art to obtain a…

Finland, Helski in the year 1945 and thereafter migrated to the United States in the year 1951. He is a graduate of Wagner College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Minkkinen started taking self-portraits in 1971 as he worked as an advertising copywriter on Madison Avenue in New York. In 1974 he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree when studying with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at Rhode Island School of Design. In the last four decades Minkkinen has been a…

landscapes that even photography could mimic and adapt. Photography is an art form that differs from other forms, because it communicates with the world through real life. Photography was developed in 1826 when the first photography was made in France by Joseph Nicephore…

Rosa Park Circle. Using water as her inspiration for the park, she demonstrates each form that it takes right here in Michigan. Her designs have an incredible ability to encourage people to gather together in open spaces while teaching them through art. Her very first design brings people from all over the world to mourn and celebrate the lives lost in the Vietnam War. Maya’s life personally and professionally is filled with perseverance and appreciation from her earliest work on the Vietnam…

Volunteering for the Creative Time Summit allowed me to participate in the production of a large scale, multi-day conference that connects the arts with social justice. Attendee’s included Innovative artists, activists, writers, and curators. As the Junior Producer and Gallery Coordinator at the creative communication agency Exposure, I was responsible for all the in-house exhibition logistics…

Viola Frey’s life-size but larger than life Pink Lady. In 1956, Frey received a bachelor of fine arts at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, then received a Master of Fine Arts from Tulane in 1958. She settled in Oakland, where she became a tenured professor in ceramics at CCA in 1965. Her work is renowned for its non-classical, unique form and thematic notations regarding “gender, cultural iconography, and art history.” Her piece Pink Lady was sculpted from stoneware, glazed, and…

in Bristol, England on June 6 of 1965, unique art pieces like “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” (1991) and “With Dead Head”(1991), provoked controversy in the artistic audience(theartstory.org). It is through his unique art pieces that the overlooked concept of death is illustrated, making the audience reflect on their own lives. The creation of rather irregular artworks emerged from his interest in punk music, pop art, and installations as a teen. As a teen,…

out about this particular Art Institute. This institution has everything I desire, all my interests and needs, etc. My expectations towards my education at the Art Institute of TN, Nashville are to pay close attention to every major key terms, and phrases, take effective notes, help jot down visual pictures…

In their book “Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques”, Susan Crabtree and Peter Beudert emphasized, “Don’t draw things; draw relationships. It’s so simple: just put every brush stroke in the right place.” The quotation basically summarizes the job of a scenic designer, who is responsible for bringing the world of the production onto the stage. The scenic designer (or set designer) is expected to fulfill five basic goals in order to design an overall concept for the play.…

that the universe is identical with divinity. Schneemann says her earliest connection with art and sexuality was with her drawings between the ages of four and five. She had drawn her father's prescription tablets. “Schneemann's family was generally supportive of her naturalness and freeness with her body.” Carolee Schneemann attended many schools, Bard College where she received her Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana, Columbia University and the New School for Social…