College Admissions Essay: Public Art Festiva My Life

From a young age, I knew art was what I wanted to pursue. I’ve had a love of photography since I was a little girl, and my older brother, who was a photographer at the time, nourished this passion. He taught me how to use a camera before I had even graduated elementary school. I took every chance I could get to take photos. From the moment I bought my first DSLR camera in seventh grade, it never left my sight. My mother called it my ‘security blanket’ and everyone at school called me ‘camera girl’. It felt like a dream come true when I was accepted into the Digital Arts program at Stafford Technical Center; it was like opening a door to another world, one that understood how deep this passion ran and how far it really could take me. In Digital Arts, we study all types of art. Although my adoration for photography lives on, I ended up falling in love with graphic design also.

Art is something I couldn’t live without. I was never involved in anything. I never played sports and I was never active in clubs, so when I came to the realization of being interested in art, it was so exciting. I knew I would never be good at anything like sports, opposite my brothers. Both of my brothers had played football and basketball from their days in elementary school to high school. It just wasn’t the “thing” for me. Recently, I went to Art Club just to check it out and see what it was like. Consequently, I fell in love. Now, I can’t imagine my life without art. Since joining this club, I have become more creative, made more friends, and spread my horizons. Art has showed me what type of person I am and has made me grow as an artist and person.

Julie Becker was born in 1972, and passed away in 2016 at the age of 43[i]. Los Angeles was an integral part of her life as she grew up, created, and died in L.A; however she studied briefly at Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin in 1991 and completed a residency in Basel, Switzerland at Stiftlung Laurenz-Haus Foundation. Becker was the daughter of artists[ii], and subsequently grew up in constant travel from one apartment to the next while her parents worked odd jobs to survive. In lieu of finishing her senior year at Santa Monica High School, she became the youngest student ever to attend California Institute of the Arts in 1989 at the age of 16. From CalArts in Valencia, Becker received her BFA in 1993, and her MFA in 1995. Paul Schimmel, curator at the L.A Museum of Contemporary Art, selected Becker’s MFA thesis project, Researchers, Residents, A Place to Rest 1993-96, for the 23rd São Paulo Biennial, where she was the youngest participant.

I visited an art gallery for the third time in my life but this time things were way different. Because in my head I knew I was going there just for my class but as I walked down the San Marco streets on October 7’th to find “The Vault 1930 Art Gallery,” as I walked in Jim Carr welcomed me with a big smile it was like I stepped into another world. I was amazed that I lived in Jacksonville for eleven years and never realized that the city holds a beautiful art gallery like this. As I started to make my way around the 5 roomed gallery, with Mr.Carr’s guidance and observe the different artwork I noticed that the majority of art was on the floor because of the sizes of the portraits that were giving a better vintage look for the gallery. As I looked around there were many pieces that grabbed my attention but one of my three

I am writing to apply for graduate program at New York University to study Art Education to start a step to become an art teacher. I consider education as an essential guidance and instruction in assorted knowledge, skills, and history. Especially in art, there are many concepts, materials, and practices in relation to art history. The art history is still ongoing where fine art has made its transition to contemporary art. Based on the professional art education from my undergraduate program and the past work experiences in art environment, I find myself responsible to inspire and teach students different aspects that art retains. This passionate nature has led me to apply for masters program in Art Education. I believe that New York University will advise virtuous and exceptional curricula for me to gain professional attributes as an art educator.

On a recent 70-degree afternoon, Judy Hecker was putting personal notes on the last few invitation letters for the upcoming Spring Benefit Dinner. More than a hundred envelopes were piled up on a nearby table, ready to be mailed out. When she finished, she looked through the office window, and suggested we do the interview outside. The caged elevator took us down to the ground floor, and on a garden bench across the street, we had the conversation about her current role, career path and long-last love of art.

Many people have told me that I have a restless personality, which I believe to be true. I constantly seek experiences that will make me feel alive. Maybe this why I do the things that I do. I love hiking and traveling, especially to places that seem untouched by man. Most of my inspiration comes from that moment when I absorb the spectrum of beauty in front of me through my eyes. I process the thoughts that subsequently run through my head, and when it is released through every pore of my body, I recreate the feelings through my art.

The main points are why I have a pacemaker, and how I overcame the obstacle today. This will provide the reader with insight. Understanding how the device helps improve my daily quality of life is a key factor of the essay. The pacemaker became a big deal again last year when my ten-year old pacemaker stopped working and the battery went dead. I had to get a bigger, new device implanted. Both surgeries at age six and sixteen caused me to have a lot of pain. Because I had the surgeries, I was able to thrive and go on energetically with my life. The purpose of this essay is to prove how my pacemaker helps me in life.

In this ambitious work, Sarah Thornton opens to doors to the art world and anyone is welcome to enter. The organization of Seven Days in the Art World allows the reader to easily follow Thornton as she experiences the art world from buying, selling, to creating art. Seven Days in the Art World delivers an entertaining account and perspective on the art world. This book is an excellent resource for not only students, educators, and art enthusiasts, but also those who don 't know a thing about the art world. In reviewing this book, the principal criteria included detailed information on each location Thornton visited giving any reader a sense of belonging through detail, explaining art terminology, and connecting the locations she visits one another in various ways. Although Thornton changes her tone toward the middle of the book and an artist contradicts himself making parts of the book confusing, these problems are only a minor distraction to the story being told.

I graduated high school in 1986 and from the day I was born until I went into government service I was not one much interested in art. I spent most of my days as a typical Southern California kid spending a majority of my days outside with friends at the beach or enjoying the beauty of living in “America’s Finest City”. I wasn’t planning on going to college after high school so AP classes weren’t a priority during my high school years. After graduation the same applied for my years of travel until I left government service in 2017. Over the years I have enjoyed the occasional musical and have admired the beauty of a few paintings, on the occasion that I happened to be somewhere that had some, and have admired the beauty of both ancient and modern architecture over my many travels, but I have never really taken the time to study and examine the true beauty of all the art around me. Fast-forward to August 2017 and my first year of college. Thanks to 9/11 GI Bill, and Professor James Holbrook’s Humanities class, I was exposed to new information on the complexities of art that I was never aware of.

“Any drawn line that speaks about identity, dignity, and unity is art,” (Chaz Bojorquey) is a statement that I agree with. Art is perceived differently from all people based on their culture, religion, personal taste, and many other factors. I believe that as long as what has been created is meaningful to either the creator or even to somebody that is viewing it, it should be considered art. Art in the public is a very controversial subject that brings up the important question of, “Should public art be considered as real art,” personally I think that it should be. I believe that the difference between art that is placed in a gallery and art that is visible by a community is the fact that what is acceptable in a gallery

Have you ever thought that one day you could do something more with your art or that it would lead to something bigger and better? As an eighth grader at Pampa Junior High School that was my thought every day when I walked into art class and prepared myself for what the rest of the day held. Somehow art seemed to make things better especially in the morning when the sun would paint the sky a beautiful turquoise and orange. Art has always been something I cherish, but I did not know what possibilities it held for me while in school.

“ Nowadays there are about 3 million people worldwide with pacemakers, and each year 600 000 pacemakers are implanted. With rare exception, implantation of a pacemaker does not change the recipient’s activities or

After carefully evaluating three possible solutions that were presented in the previous section on implementing arts integration into the classroom, this paper will recommend the solution to be, hiring an art teacher. As stated before, hiring additional teachers, for most student tends to be very helpful. It can relieve stress and any additional preparation that comes with integrating the arts. This recommendation could help teachers divide their work with the hired art teacher.

     The art exhibit was in the Gordon Hightower Library. The exhibit was on Thursday, April 10, 2002 and lasted all day long and is still going on. There were not many paintings, but the two main painters were Marlin Adams and R. Defamore. Adams painted portraits of fruit and people. Defamore painted a series of paintings that were all similar but very different and dark such as “The Victim- Talking Hand and Screaming Heads” and “The Hero-To Tell Or Not To Tell”.