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FINALLY!!!!

Got the shirt washed and it looks awesome, if I do say so myself.  Picture to follow soon. 

TMCC Art Reception

Today there was an Art reception at the Dandini campus on the third floor.  Three artists had peices hanging on the wall across froooom the controllers office.  I viewed Kellys' work and read her story.  She is an artist who suffers from MS and painting is theraputic for her.  Her paintings were lovely.  I would hang them in my home.  Also, they served some great food. 

Drift

I picke to take pictuers of park benches.  I liked the two posted because of the quirky patterns and I like the other because of its straight neat lines. 

Chapter 2 page 39 answers

I believe that John Taylors depiction of the Treaty Signing was more representaional, and Howling Wolfs ledger drawing was more abstract. 

John Taylor was sketching the event at the time it took place.  It was a visual record of what was taking place.  In my opinion Howling Wolfs is a little more cartoonish maybe even a little embellished.

To me the two depict very differant cultural differances.  Taylors picture is stiff and orderly and could be saying the that the white man is an orderly not so fun bunch of people.  Howling Wolfs is very colorful and fun. The fact that Howling Wolfs ledger drawing makes me look all over makes me think that there was more going on than the nakede eye could see. Maybe it was not as orderly and bland as Taylor has sketched.

I also believe that because woamn played a part in the Indian tribe they were invited to the signing.  Tribes are a group of peopole who stand together and the white man is a society of people who believe a womans place is in the kitchen not out in nature taking care of a peace treaty. 

To the left you will see another visual record of the Peace Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge.

The Homeless Vehicle

Krzysztof Wodiczko was born in Poland and immigrated in 1984 first to Canada and then to the United States.  He is now a professor at MIT. He has done many innovative works of art.  For instance, portable and wearable communication outfits and the homeless vehicle.   

While living in New York City in the winter of 1987 he was appalled by the amount of people who were homeless.  He felt the city was a failure to the homeless community by not providing some type of shelter for the homeless.  So, he asked himself "What can we do for individuals struggling for self-sufficiency on the streets today?" (A World of Art, 51)  His solution was to build a vehicle for the homeless.  He took to the streets asking and observing what the homeless would need or want in the vehicle. 

             The vehicle started as simple shopping cart and he transformed it into something that has a place for doing wash, resting and sleeping.  It also has a compartment for holding cans and other small items that need storing. 

This is a link to the video of the homeless vehicle  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DV3k2fVfA&feature=player_embedded

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I chose to do a picture of my sister in-law.  Eventually I will have some type of picture of each member of my familia.  Angela is my brothers wife. 

For those of you going crazy looking for the website.  All you need to do is go to paste magazine.

Chester Arnold

My Visit to Chester Arnold Exhibit

Chester Arnold was raised in post war Germany, but he was American by birth. “The opening of my first paint box at the age of 16 was the opening of a life..." States California based Chester Arnold (Linda Hodges Gallery.)  His studio is cluttered with toys and other objects, and some of these objects can be seen in his paintings.  He also keeps a sketchbook and journal with him at all times.  When he is in his studio painting he uses a table top palette.  Sometimes he will scrape all the paint off and reuse the pallet and other times he uses a fresh one.  Another interesting thing he does is he writes about the work of art on the backside of the canvas he is using. 

            His paintings are as much about politics as they are about social responsibility.  When viewing Arnold’s work I had a hard time deciding which painting was “the one.”  There was Road to Paradise painted in 2008, Dirty Laundry in 2002, and Redemption in 2006, How the West was Won in 2007, and after much looking Tree Service spoke to me.  In the painting there were men cutting trees down, a pile of trees burning in the background, and trucks hauling trees away.  I believe he was trying to depict how we are destroying our earth.  Trees provide us with the oxygen we breathe, food for animals, shelter for the wild, etc.  By cutting the trees down we are driving the wild out of their habitats, and by burning the trees we are putting pollution into the air.

            I enjoyed the entire exhibit, and the way he depicted our thoughtlessness towards mother earth.  It made me take a look at my tendencies to recycle or not, or how I see other people throw out their belongings with no care to whom or what it affects.