Stencil

displaying the unique work of Stephen Watson, an artist whose medium is ground spices. Watson’s spice art installments are made by sprinkling powdered spices and herbs onto pieces of precut plexiglass that are laid on the floor. Custom designed stencils are used to layer the spices and create intricate patterns and designs. Watson said he has been working with spices exclusively for almost two years and there was a journey that brought him to using such an unusual medium. “I was making a body…

Mulan presents a very accurate representation of the gender and identity issues that many women in today’s society endure. What many do not understand about gender is that “gender differences are a ‘socialized but relatively fixed identity, organized around biological sex.’” (Eisenberg) The very first song in the movie, “Honor to Us All,” displays the characteristics a woman should have, as fixed by society. More specifically, the song details the characteristics a woman should have in order to…

Previously, researchers believed that cave paintings and other symbols were only found in Europe from around 40,000 years ago. However, that thought has been majorly challenged after researchers found hand stencil and a nearby painting in Indonesia dating 39,900 and 35,400 years old respectively. They were able to date the calcite, which contains trace amounts of steadily decaying radioactive uranium. Another team found incredibly compelling evidence of symbolism in South Africa's Blombos cave.…

Is Graffiti considered as Art? I’ve walked through many parts of the community, and seen many vibrant colors drawn and writing on buildings, bridges, billboards and highways which are known to be graffiti. Graffiti is known as designs on public or private property’s walls. Which gives these artists a way of expressing themselves to society. This type of art can be understood in different ways such as vandalism by some and art by others. Although many artist are talented and spend plenty of time…

Humid gusts of wind burst through the ajar windows in the back of our clamorous twelve passenger van. Through the stereo, a soft melodic beat flows effortlessly. Excitement bubbles over each passenger, and our faces radiate with joy. Anticipation blinds us from perceiving the grand distance between our vehicle and our destination. Every approaching mile draws us in more rapidly than the last. Smiling from ear to ear, my family of eight has been overcome by a wave of contagious exuberance, Our…

1. What math skills and concepts are important for the age of the children you teach? For Pre-K students, it is important that they learn counting, use of numbers, shapes, patterns, matching, sorting, grouping, and problem solving. 2. Explain your math program. The Creative Curriculum program that the Pre-K used was objectives for development and learning, and the teachers provide a wide range of materials to encourage the children to explore. They use small group and large group settings. 3.…

The analyzed portrait was painted by Frida in the time, where her husband Diego Riv- iera (Portrait on on the forehead) had an in- famous affair with Maria Felix (a film star). Maria was also a good friend of Frida and always thought that Frida would joke about her husbands affair like she did with all his other stupidities. However, as this affair was a public scandal, this paintings reveals her true emotions. The Painting was ordered by Frida’s two married friends (Florence Arquin & Sam…

Art is the universal language that creates the same visual to anyone, which is the product of nature, the hands of an artist, or science; but these visuals are going to create different interpretation for anyone who is part of the same audience created by art. Analyzing the quote by June McFee written in the article Why Do We Teach Art in Public Schools “A visual symbolic message is not a direct transfer of one person's experience” (June-McFee, 1968, p.1) describes that a visual or a piece of…

Cubism is one of the most important art movements of the twentieth century. It is typically associated with Pablo Picasso a modernist Spanish painter. Cubism was co-invented by Picasso and Georges Braque a French painter, between the years of 1908 and 1912 in Paris, France. According to Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the post-impressionist artist Paul Cezanne inspired Picasso and Braque with his flattened planes that “sought to undermine illusion of depth (Harris and Zucker).” However,…

January 3rd, 2015. On this day I chose to get a permanent reminder of an organization that had significantly impacted my life. To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit organization that works to help those struggling with mental illnesses, such as depression, self-harm, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. I was twelve years old when I happened to come across this organization. I can’t remember the exact date or what I should’ve been doing at the time, but I was browsing through YouTube. I…