Mural Arts Program

Professor Albert Faggard Art Appreciation 1301 September 23, 2015 Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock, or “Jack the Dripper”, born on January 28, 1912, would become one of the world’s most influential American painters. He started his art career when he was only eighteen years old. He studied with countless numbers of well-known artists in his lifetime. From the Public Works Project in which he developed his most famous paintings, to being a part of the abstract expressionism art movement, Jackson…

are buildings, people, cars, and all of the other obvious answers. If you look closely, there is art everywhere you look, although to most people, “art” wouldn’t be the correct term to describe what they are seeing. What people see is graffiti and street art, and while most of our society would label it as vandalism and destructive. Being a graffiti artist myself, I believe that graffiti and street art as a whole gets an undeservingly bad reputation. This is because throughout our history there…

graffiti artists that are allowed to spray paint walls or subways, for work and volunteer serves, can be seen as legal graffiti. The attitudes towards graffiti have changed because people think graffiti is an artwork, people are connecting with this art, and people think that graffiti artists need to be out there more in the world. One way the attitudes towards graffiti changed, is that people think that graffiti is artwork. One example that the attitude towards graffiti changed…

administration. He took his love for art and the love in thrill seeking to create something that could be shared on a larger scale. The same could be said for Keith Haring. In life his art was his lifestyle connecting his LGBT rights to his art, and in death his patterns being using in popular articles of clothing. These are two examples of people who had their love of art shared for the world because they love art, but there are those who are part of the street art movement solely to capitalize…

Niagara. At the King St. location, they offer a number of programs such as: the PAC program which goes to any house that is experiencing conflict and tries to mediate and teach parents to help the children solve their crisis. They have the REACH which goes to elementary schools to help rehabilitate bullies. Bridge Transitions helps with many situations that deal with clients and the school system. They are between the ages of 12 and 20. In this program, they offer a classroom setting at the King…

Saturday Morning Art was a meaningful community service engagement project. The program increased my awareness of some of the needs and issues in my community regarding art programs inside and outside of schools. The project gave me the opportunity to self-reflect and understand that art is not always a common subject in Education. Saturday Morning Art is located at the University of St. Francis in the downstairs of the Mimi & Ian Rolland Art & Visual Communication Center. The program houses 6…

Art has been a part of human culture since the beginning of time. Starting as rudimentary paintings on cave walls, to today’s high tech computer designs. Art is a common thread all humans share in some way. For example, speaking the native Italian language of artist Leonardo DaVinci, is not required to see the mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile. A person doesn’t have to be of a certain religion to admire the beauty of Michelangelo’s murals in the Sistine Chapel. Art brings people together regardless…

xecutive Report: University of Southern California (USC) Summer Bridge Program Overview The Academic Counseling Services (ACS) is a unit of the Undergraduate Programs in the Office of the Provost. The purpose of the ACS is to identify and assist specific populations in an effort to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students at the University of Southern California (USC). In collaboration with academic partners, ACS offers general academic advising, tutoring services,…

research what made a program exemplary. According to an article by Pogrow, “an exemplary program is one that can increase learning to a surprising extent with a great deal of consistency”. (Pogrow, 1998) This definition helped me to narrow down the list of programs and to have a criterion on which to base my decision. I also found an article written on the NAEYC website, that describes six principals that can be used as a criterion of reference on how to become an exemplary program. These…

several programs for the state. Last year funds were cut for a particular program that was implemented during the George W. Bush terms in office. Connecticut was chosen to pilot the program initially and due to our success it was implemented throughout the other states. The program was called Access To Recovery (ATR) and the problem the program was designed to address was to assist former inmates and people involved with the judicial system i.e. (parole, probation and court diversion programs…