I Know What Art Is(Famodun)

Kevin's Final Project

I think what i learned the most in this class is too appreciate paintings and drawn art. I've always been a fan of music but i started to realize that alot of paintings and drawings are really cool. I understand art to anything created to stimulate your senses. I would consider a smooth piece of silk, even if it was created by a machine.

What i know about art(Anthony Irozuru)

I have learnt that art is not just about paintings and drawings, it is a way of life, the inner most expressions of ourselves. I have come to learn that art comes in different forms shapes and sizes and have now realized that art is everywhere and is shown down to the small things like the way our cell phones are, the way we dress and even the way food is presented when we go out to eat. I have been challenged to explore my artistic side and to view life with an artistic eye because I have now realized that there are limitless boundaries when it comes the expression of art.

Taylor's final post

The main piece of knowledge i have taken away from this course is that art the the surperior form of expression. One can put his or her heart and soul onto any form of media from a song to a painting and be able to share the emotions they were feeling at the time of creating with the world. Art is a major part of a fuctioning society and will remain a passion of mine throughout my journey on the planet.

What I learned in Art

During my stay here in Introduction to Art I've picked up a few different views and opinions about art as a whole. I am Business Major so I don't devote too much time into art, but it is an interest to me, so I am very pleased at what stuck with me after this semester in this class.
Some things that intrigued me about art is the fact that art can take the shape of many different forms such as; performing musically, and photography. Also the art of light shows at concerts is considered an art form which enhances performances on a visual level. I've learned in this class that art is everywhere and around every corner. You can always see art of the human struggle, celebration, remorse, and the contact between other humans in almost every environment you are in. My art knowledge has enhanced since I've been in this class, because of the way or professor has challenged us to find art everywhere we go. This class has been very informative, although not related to my field of study, it still left me with information I will keep forever.

We Know What Art Is (Patrick Laughlin)

I've decided to post a blog and just talk about what I have learned in Introduction to Art. I am a student studying grahic design, and I think that as an art study this class has really complimented my other classes, such as art history and my studio classes, like drawing. 

Art to me has really changed from when the year began. I started the year originally enjoying high renaissance works of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, ect and superrealistic works from those like Chuck Close. It wasn't until now that i understand that Art is not just merely making an image as realistic as possible. Art for me now really encompasses so much more than i originally thought of and while i still do believe personally that Art needs to express some sort of an emotion or story, it can be done in alot more different ways. I dont think i really particularly like Dadaism, Cubism, Pop Art or many of the other contemporary works, but i can atleast appreciate them and understand what they mean to art.

For myself, this class has helped me in my other classes because it has made my understanding of the subject i am majoring in more clear. I personally believe that too much of the art program at this school (as well as other schools) focus entirely too much on the actual producing of art and learning the craft, which gives the students the wrong impression of thinking that they need to work work work in order to get better at whatever art they are pursuing. I could not disagree more with this philosophy, i think that in order to grow as an artist that it is quite possibly one of the most important things that you can do by just stopping and taking time out to read, write and discuss. By discussing art frequently in this class it really opens up ideas and understanding of my art. As a growing graphic designer I try to read books dealing with my craft, as well as biographies of my favorite artists like Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Chuck Close, reading interviews and ect. I try to write in a journal frequently about my thoughts and ideas rather than hastly trying to make them.  This Class taught me that spending more time reading and discussing with my peers is far more important to growing as an artist than actually creating work is.

Interview with an Applied Artist

Name: Tanner Ewing (interior designer)

What does your job require you to do?
-Interact with my clients to decide what their house should look like depending on their personality.

What do you like best about decorating?
- I like making people happy and making them feel comfortable in their home.

How do you incorporate art into interior design?
-I have to use the complementary and contrasting colors to make things look good.

How long have you been into art?
-My whole life.

Interview with a Folk Artist

Name: Grant Hawkins (self taught keyboardist and vocalist)

When did you first want to start playing music?
-when i was 5, my mom was a music teacher and she got me into music at a young age.

How did you teach yourself the keyboards?
-i used to just sit down and mess around with my Barney Instructional Book and i just kept playing around till i got good.

Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years?
-ummm...ummm...i dont know

What are you studying at West Ga.?
-Physical Education

Artist: Angela Lewis

Name: Angela Lewis

What are you going to school for? Fashion Designer/Business minor.

Before school what works did you produce? mainly sketches, some painting and crocheting. Mainly jewelry decoration, ect.

Where do the ideas for your work generally come from? Nature pretty much, and people who are more naturalist. Anything natural and pure.

Who influences do you have? India Arie, what she wears, she wants to design stuff like that and she also painted her guitar a certain way that inspired me to do the same for my own guitar.

What do you usually participate in to bring about creative ideas? Usually when I am listening to music or outside thinking and listening.

Does any of your work really have any kind of meaning right now? Not really, most of my work doesn't focus too much on telling any kind of a story.

Out of all the different mediums of art you work in, what do you enjoy doing the most currently? Crocheting, i've been doing it since i was nine so its very therapeutic.

Why do you enjoy doing what you do? Because it makes me proud when i see someone enjoy what i am doing, to create beauty.

Do you create things usually with yourself in mind or the viewer? its a personal image but more like crocheting i try to create things that i would like to wear, but i know that other people dont really like what i would enjoy wearing so i think that its important to make things with the viewer in mind as well

Did you have a creatively stimulating environment as a child? everyone in my family is apart of art, my dad painted alot when he was younger, my mom was an art major, my sister paints frequently and draws, and my brother went to SCAD as a graphic design major, so yes...i had a very artistically nurturing environment growing up as a child.

When considering the process of creativity where you have things like coming up with ideas, evaluating them , working on them and ect. What would you consider the most crucial step in that process? I would say that evaluating my work and editting it would be the most important step in my creative process.