Our activity of the week was to visit any art museum.  I visited the Long Beach Museum of Art on a rainy, cold Sunday.  I bought my ticket (6 bucks with a student ID) and embarked on  my art adventure. I saw a lot of pieces that I liked.  Here were a few that caught … More Activity of the Week – Museuma

Snapchat is proabably one of the hottest social media apps out there right now.  Everyone I know is constantly taking snapchats.  It is a more personal form of social media and practically everyone is on board.  Send a picture and it deletes in a maximum of 10 seconds! “hold on I gotta snap this real … More Activity of the Week- SnapChat

Janet Cardiff was born March 15th 1957 and is still alive today.  She is a Canadian artist who works with audio and sound installations.  She is best known for her audio walks which are usually a guided walk in a site specific place.  Her multimedia works create multi sensory experiences that draw the viewer into … More Artist of the Week- Janet Cardiff

So our activity of the week was to pick a place in a neighborhood we care about and rethink the area. El dorado park is huge.  There is a golf course with a restaurant, park offices, 6 baseball diamonds, several picnic areas, two playgrounds, a tennis center, two basketball courts and a skate park.  There … More Week 6 Activity

Nikki S. Lee was born Lee Seung-Hee in Korea.  After moving to New York city she selected an American name which lead her to be Nikki S. Lee.  In her beginings she was the assistant to a fashion photographer, David Lachapelle, while she was studying fashion and commercial photography.  Eventually went on to pursue her … More Artist of the Week – Nikki S. Lee

So our activity of the week was to graffiti our names using two different colors of spray paint!  Some of my classmates met in Venice Beach to do their art on the Graffiti walls.  I work Saturday mornings so I was pretty sad I couldn’t go.  I had no idea that there were walls you … More Activity of the Week – Graffiti

Victorine-Louise Meurent (1844-1927) was a French woman born from a working class family.  Her father was thought to be an engraver and her mother owned a laundry shop.  During her lifetime she was a well known painter but was an even more well known model.  She is small in stature and has iconic red hair … More Artist of the Week – Victorine Meurent

Joseph Cornell lived from December 24th 1903 to December 29th 1972 in New York.  He was an American artist and sculptor.  He was influenced by Surrealists and he was also an Avant-guard experimental film maker.  He had no professional training in art which is surprising because he is one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents … More Artist of the Week- Joseph Cornell

So this week our class activity was to make a virtual chair.  To get started, I did a google image search of “pink princess chair”.  Initially I wanted to do this one but I knew this would probably be hard for me so I chose a simpler chair instead. After scrolling through a whole bunch … More Week 4 Activity – Virtual Chair

Francesca Woodman was born April 3rd, 1958.  Just like our artist of the week last week, Woodman also died at a young age, being only 22.   It is speculated that she committed suicide due to the fact that her work was not getting noticed.  Francesca Woodman was an American Photographer who was predominantly known for … More Artist of the Week – Francesca Woodman