Art Progression

For a long time I aspired to become a teacher of the arts. I had always felt it was my duty to share my passion with others. I wanted not only to teach individuals about the color pallets VanGough idealized, but also to show in times of need how art can be your best friend. Whenever I find myself caught up in the mysteries of life I turn to my sketch pad and there I find clarity. It may not always result in an answer but creating art simplifies the heart.

It was my freshman year of high school when I took Drawing A; I quickly learned that I had a skill that I had previously ignored and began embracing it. Sophomore year, though, was when I truly started using my art. It was during this year that I received a 4 on my AP-Studio Art portfolio, and won four awards at Scholastic Art and Writing in photography. Art gave me a feeling of accomplishment that I didn’t usually get in the rest of my academics, so I always tried my

In fact, art has always been an inseparable part of my life. My journey with art started when I was still in Iran and my mother enlisted me in my first extracurricular art class. After moving to Beijing, the capital of China, I became fascinated with Chinese painting that is very different from western paintings in both mediums and techniques. Thus, I signed up for one-to-one classes for Chinese Gongbi and Shui-mo painting. When my journey brought me to the United States, I took advantage of the flexible high school curriculum that I previously did not have and enrolled in a variety of Art classes. I was able to make my own short animation, explore different mediums such as watercolor, acrylic, and clay, learn to develop in the dark room what I photographed with my film camera, and create works of art such as sculptures and paintings, all of which have been displayed at my schools galleries. After my virtual tour of Jewett Arts Center, I fancied of walking down the halls and be inspired by the great variety of artworks. The art center resonates the promise that I can further explore my artistic abilities and perhaps step out of my comfort zone and lead a new adventure with oil

I graduated from Hilliard Darby High School this past spring. My love for art began very young with my father who always made sure to encourage my creativity. I remember making coil pots with him during the summer and then painting them. In the ninth grade I took painting which I immediately became attached too. For the past four years I have continued to expand my abilities and strengthen skills with the help of my teacher Mrs. Kulick-Brown. From there I have completed several commissioned pieces for teachers and their families. Painting has taught me a lot about color and composition. During high school I also was involved in ceramics where I competed in the annual ‘Feats of Clay” competition. I love the focus and serenity I experience

I chose to do my research on a local ceramics artist named Heather Dahl. After interviewing Heather, I have learned a lot about her past and in addition, I believe that I've learned some helpful knowledge for myself going into the future. Heather Dahl grew up in Winnipeg and moved to Yarrow when she was 14 years old. Later on in life she moved to Vancouver and now has a studio here which was funded in 2007 called dahlhaus art. Heather believes that the environment she grew up in had an impact on herself as an artist, but personal experience, aesthetic and many more aspects also play a role in her story as well. She knew that she wanted to have a career in the arts by grade 9, but in the beginning she had always thought that she would become

I lacked self-confidence as an artist, negatively affecting my two Creative Media courses – Making Art and Making Art: Studio – and found myself unengaged by my professor’s teaching methods in Introduction to Psychology. Realizing that there was very little chance of my salvaging my Rhetoric of Community and Psychology grades (and after reaching out to Professor Kelly Thomas, my Rhetoric professor), I devoted myself to my other courses – Art History, Concepts of Community, and Making Art. I had several discussions with my Making Art professor, Stella Marrs, about my standing in her class, my plans going forward, and possible improvements I could make for next semester. She gave me several suggestions, most of which I agreed with, and which I fully intend to follow up

As a self-taught potter, I have been working with clay for nearly 2 years. I make primarily functional wares fired to cone 10(2345°f) using porcelain or stoneware clay. I obtained a degree in political science from Winona State University in 2015. I am highly influenced by my experiences as a production potter, other midwestern ceramic artists, and my rural/military upbringing.

I took every art class possible at school, then by the time senior year came I already took all the classes so I took three independent studies and spent about three hours a day in the art room with the only teacher whom I actually liked, and it was heaven creating anything I wanted from a ceramic flamingo to a plastered seahorse made from pumpkin gourds. Spending time in that art class was the only thing that got me through the day and made math and science classes go by faster knowing I had something to look forward to. I am so excited to start the ascend of my future by coming to BGSU, but it is a little overwhelming to know that my future career path will be judged by how I spend the next four years of my life, however there are many goals and accomplishments that I want to accomplish before I hear the name Anthony Joseph Sansalone being called from the loudspeakers of the graduating class of 2022 at

I took a ceramics class at my high school. I felt overjoyed every time when my piece came out the kiln still in tact with the vibrant glazes adding to its beauty. My proudest work produced was my Day of the Dead inspired skull.

My undergraduate study in painting and drawing at the School of Art Institute of Chicago was one of the significant experiences and experiments in my art career. I was able to experiment art materials and tools in painting and drawing studio

I have been an avid student of art since my freshman year of high school, and have developing

Throughout high school and college thus far, I have been a part of the TRiO program, which is suitable for first generation and low-income students. Being a first generation college student , it allows me to succeed above the boundaries by parents were not able to do. This allows me to further my education and without it, I would not be achieving my BFA in Design. My heart’s desire is to get my BFA in Design and continue visually communicating the properties of good design. In my beginning art courses, I had trouble opening up and getting out of my comfort zone, but by gaining that knowledge from my freshman level courses, I got to broaden those concepts.

studied various art mediums to explore creative talents. In my junior year, I decided to

As a teen right out of high school I started looking for work and found a two-week gig out of town working construction for a company called Custom Floor Restoration. I’ve always been an artist and to this day I still draw and paint. I quickly fell in love with the art of floor installation to restoration. I gained experience working with brick, adobe (also known as mex-tile), slate, terrazzo and so much more. When stain concrete came along, naturally, it fell right in line with what we already did. Little did I know that was supposed to be a two-week gig, turned into a passion of mine that I still enjoy almost 15 years later.

As I got older it was obvious Faculty Of Fine Arts is the place for me.. I had to convince my father , i was a class A student that could join any big career faculty but, at the