Samo Duck Project Analysis

This project was completed in the period of two weeks in New York’s Central Park with the blooming of the 7,503 fabric panels on February 12, 2005. The gates and fabric panels could be seen from far away through the leafless branches of the trees (christojeanneclaude.net). The main purpose behind this artwork was to create a meaningful public art and how art responds to and impacts our relationship with the built environment (khanacademy.org). Through this work, fresh perspectives about environment, socio-political, and aesthetic characteristics of life are revelaed (home.nwciowa.edu). Environmental artworks of Christo and Jeanne Claude leave a lasting memory on every aspect of life

When David Bligh joined Dexter Southfield last September he brought the love of art, teaching, and experimentation with him. Bligh teaches upper school art with a focus on printmaking. He has shown work in numerous exhibitions, including UNC's Crossover and Composites: Hybrid Forms, Techniques & Media, The Color of Thin Air at Sculpture Fix Gallery -Two by Two: Small Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial at Eastern Washington State and The Future at Scuola Internationale di Grafica in Venice, Italy.

1.Briefly explain why it is important that the team work together when supporting children and young people’s play.

The sculpture demonstrates the idea of children’s mind development. What would one growing child naturally think and imagine, and how do they perceive and describe the themes that are often sublime which us adults lack to connect. This significance retrospect to where we earlier developed our creative thoughts and character.

This toy uses the cognitive development theories of both Piaget and Vygotsky by helping children learn through experience. When the child turns the farmer and sees him pointing to the picture of an animal and then hears the noise it makes, the experience helps the child to understand that the picture and sound are connected. Just like Piaget says, the hearing and seeing of the animal helps the child create a theory of how these animals in their minds. Vygotsky says that children are products of their culture so, if a child is in a culture where there are no farm animals they would have no idea how these animals sound without the experience. However, with this toy they can experience a farm culture without actually having to be there. A parent could help enhance their child’s cognitive development according

I have chose to tell the story, and achievements of well renown artist Peter Morgan. Peter morgan is 33 years old. He grew up in Abingdon, Va with his parents Ed, and Helen Morgan. Peter graduated from Abingdon high school in 1996. Peter had never taken a ceramics class until his sophomore year in college. His college professor at Roanoke College inspired him during his time taking ceramics to go the length with it. He went on to continue his education at Roanoke College in Salem, Va. He later received his Bachelor of Arts degree from this university. He then went on to receive his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, Ca. He also received his Master of Fine Arts degree at Alfred University

Many schools entered a fashion design contest to make outrageous objects out of everyday items. Students are required to use one recycled item over and over to make a design that functions, as opposed to fine art. (Jones 18) All of the students had creative ideas, and embraced the fun factor completely. One student made a dress of of plastic bags and floating toy fish. Other students created even crazier items. A chandelier made out of hamster tubes, and a dress fashioned out of soda cans are just a couple of the students’ crazy projects. Everyday items can be created into fun and intriguing art

Walking around campus and looking at all the statues and the art pieces in the Bizzell Memorial Library it was hard to choose which two pieces I thought had the most in common. After going back and forth, the two pieces that I decided had the most in common were the The “Sower” by Paul R. Moore located between the Centennial Arches on the south end of the south oval and the Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Garden located on the north end of campus, next to Jacobson Hall. I chose these two because they both have historical meaning and are cornerstones for the University. I think we should admire these two sculptures for their profound meaning and character. These two pieces of art work have a background and a story that contributes to their uniqueness.

The Australian King Parrot puts their nest in a deep hollow in a tree trunk that is 10m off the ground. The female will lay her eggs in the hole on decayed wood-dust at 0.5m off the ground.

Michelle Lougee is a very famous environmental artist, sculptor, and ceramist. She is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery, and her artwork has been shown in many New England museum exhibits. She also teaches sculpture, ceramics, pottery, and drawing to adults and children at various local museums. She holds an M.F.A and a B.F.A. from Boston University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work focuses on the delicate balance between nature versus human society and technology. The contrast of this relationship is explored in both materials and subject matter. The combination of the two factions produce mysterious yet familiar forms. Michelle Lougee strives to replicate the animated quality that all living things possess. She believes that her job as an environmental artist is “to capture that beauty in my work while instilling a message into it.” Michelle Lougee uses a wide variety of naturally found materials from the environment. These materials are very banal. They include clay, papyrus, paper, cloth, plastic, post-consumer grocery bags, and plastic bags. Michelle Lougee’s signature material is the plastic bags as they are symbolic of the harmfulness brought to our environment. You can see her thorough incorporation of plastic bags in her Gyre

During my time as volunteer at Somerset Dade Academy, I was able to work closely with the elementary and middle school teacher. During each visit, I was able to follow Ms. Lee’s daily routine. In the morning, we had 30 minutes to plan and get her cart ready with supplies she needed for the day. Also, we would both create various model artworks to inspire her students to create something more original and imaginative. She wheeled her cart through certain elementary classes depending on her schedule. Depending on the grade level she was assign to that day, we were able to teach her students the fundamental concepts of arts and major art movements, all in 30 minutes. Every three weeks, she would focus on a concept, artist, or art movement. Additionally, she would assign vocabulary words, which her students would copy and also had access to them online on Quizlet. At the end, she would administer a summative test on everything they learned for the past three weeks. On the other hand, Ms. Lee’s middle school classes were different, more one-on-one, and it was a one-hour period. Her students were able to recreate impressionist and expressionist artworks, such as Monet’s Water Lilies, Van Gogh Starry Night and The Bedroom on wall-sized canvases.

Artist Chris Paxson, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, found himself pursuing commercial art after attending school at Stockton University for visual communications. He is the owner of Coastline Creations, a company that specializes in three-dimensional fabrication. His company has worked with companies such as VH-1, and Crayola Crayons. They have also worked with small businesses. Although Coastline Creations carries much depth, I will be discussing Paxson’s solo art, most of which consists of animals, especially fish.

The summer of sustainability theme was a success; the effort was support by a $951,000 dollars sustainability grant. The “Reused+Recycle=Art exhibit, had members, showcase their artwork, and they had to use at least 80 percent of recyclable in their sculptures or paintings. Below is an feature painting made form recyclable items, it is an recreated of “The Great Wave”

The space for ‘Earns of Joy’ is very interesting for a viewer it’s as if the real life background of the sculpture is the background for the boy and his dog. I think the artist did this purposefully so that when people see this piece they will also admire the background surround the work. Also the fact that the rec center and surrounding area is the background show how important the surrounding area is. The artist goal might have been to not only draw the viewer to the sculpture but to draw viewers to the surrounding areas around

The tale of “The Ugly Duckling” has been told for many generations. It is the story of a little swan that is mistakenly hatched in a duck’s nest and because of his strange and different appearance he is teased and ridiculed. Even his mother can’t understand how this “ugly duckling” could be one of her own. The ugly duckling goes through many hardships and a long, lonely winter. Then upon seeing his reflection in the pond he realizes that he has become a beautiful swan and happily swims off, joining a group of nearby swans.