Teen Ambassador Sample

It must have been 13 years or so since I have been to the art museum, back in elementary school, on a one of a kind field trip. 13 years is way too long to have been away from the art museum, as my experience this year reminded me that. It was a beautiful, sunny October day, although it felt like July, and it was an even better day to talk a walk through the vast, mesmerizing pieces of art that the museum has to offer. The North Carolina Museum of Art provides an abundance of artwork from various time periods, cultures, and one can find art anywhere from Egyptian, to classical, to modern and contemporary art. The artwork that the museum provides not only displays an abundance of artwork, but

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an extraordinary New York site. For me, the Egyptian exhibit is especially meaningful because it engenders personal pride in the contributions of my ancestors and challenges me to use my talents to impact society in a positive

Fred Wilson is an art activist for minority groups, especially the African American population, which in today`s generation, is looked upon as the unseen minority group (Grinberg 2012). Wilson creates innovative exhibitions to display art and artifacts found in museum collections with arrangements that represent minority contemporary artists. His ideas lead the audience to acknowledge that changes in the perceptive view transform the whole meaning of what is presented.

Since its founding, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has been exhibiting and collecting works by contemporary artists. They have an ever-expanding collection of 20th- and 21st-century art that I had the pleasure of viewing, following its remodel in 2012. In addition to the permanent collection, a new innovative experience called the Black Box gallery introduces a new way of viewing the works of contemporary artists. The Black Box allows the viewer not only to see the work in a new way, playing with light but also hear and experience images in motion. The exhibit I went to see was curated by Kristen Hileman, the senior curator of contemporary art, and it features two screen-based works as opposed to displaying one as it usually does. The two artists featured were Kara Walker and Hank Willis Thomas.Within their works, both artists discuss the feeling and experiences associated with being black in America, specifically the historical significance of the legacy of slavery.

In fifth and sixth grade, I was invited to attend The National Young Leadership Forum, an organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a week in Washington D.C., where I learned the qualifications of a righteous leader and to develop academic abilities and interests. I will bring my knowledge of leadership to sustain a school community in which students will strive to maintain integrity and trust with each other. By engaging in community service, I have an opportunity to learn experientially, expose myself to diversity, and develop a sense of responsibility. By volunteering in multiple ways in the last several years, I was able to knit hats for children in hospitals, help at a local food bank, create and donate bookmarks for third graders, and help at the Bellaire Public Library. Helping others has given me a great sense of satisfaction and I plan to continue working on various community service projects in the future. Born and raised to Israeli parents, I am benefited with bilinguality, traveling overseas, exposure to other cultures, and insight on global

Dear new friends in FYS 102, by the end of this introduction assignment you’ll probably know some of my biggest accomplishments. I have a lot more things that really made me the person I am but the ones I am going to tell you about today are the ones that made me aspire to be a better person. These experiences are also the ones that influenced my decision to be an elementary school teacher. One of the milestones in my life was being selected to be a teen ambassador and a senior ambassador. Being able to participate in these things throughout high school have really shaped me into being such a social person. Also being able to work throughout the community and with the underclassmen in my school had a huge impact on my decision to be a teacher.

I have had a passion for art since childhood. Over the past three years i have sought to use this enthusiasm to good effect. I focused on discovering new talent and learning about the process of creation and also the curating of exhibitions. This lead to me creating a pop up exhibition for students at Central Saint Martins in a vacant space on the Portland estate in

Moreover, other pieces show the lives and struggles black people have endured since their freedom in the 1960s. Stevens, Ellis, and various students’ art depict the reality of black history in a time when much of black history has been forgotten or altered . The pieces show

High school students are the leaders and problem solvers of the future. We students need to understand community issues so that we can resolve them and provide help where it is needed. High school students also offer new and unique ideas that adults would never consider. Every successful community has opinions and inputs from all members of the community, not just the older adults. By high school students having knowledge of community issues, the students can impact and influence issues that affect less represented minorities. I can play a role in making a difference by serving my community. I can volunteer my time and effort to better the lives of people needing help. I can raise awareness of issues that typically get skipped over by voicing my opinion. I can work to lead groups and organizations that help and serve people in need in my local community. Also, through the help of the T4T board, I could give money and support to people already in the community performing acts of kindness and compassion. I can make a difference in the community by having and raising awareness to issues in the community that are often ignored and rejected. This help could change somebody’s life forever and that is what inspires me.I know I can make a difference in the community and the T4T board can help me serve and benefit my local

The African exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago is difficult to find. At the end of a shotgun wing consisting of Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian art, and beyond Native American art, sits the one-room gallery for African art. Here, most of the objects could be considered fashions, tools, or domestic objects. There is a bizarre absence of chronology, and the objects seem too similar to speak for Africa at large– as if everything on display arose from the same historical situation and from the same experimental sampling pool. Among this ad hoc assortment of characters, one would find a chest. Actually, a rather bulky jewelry box, which is immediately distinct from the precious, intimate jewelry boxes in many of the visitors’

Highly accomplished museum curator and visual arts manager, with domestic and international experience. Through decades, as a dynamic visual art curator has developed an extensive experience running museum exhibition projects, collections, art education and community engagement programs in museums and college art galleries. Gutierrez has guided exhibition programs engaging a spectrum of curators, scholars, critics and diverse audiences in its activities; displaying a broad historical, cultural, and aesthetic range of visual and related arts. Substantial experience in transdisciplinary diverse artistic programs.

This positive impact is evident in the assistance I provided to the children of the local community in developing their literacy and social skills. The positive impact I made on the children was also evident through the safe and healthy learning environment I provided to them, as this accomplishment established a safe environment for those who may not have access to one within the community. However, the positive change I brought forth was not only evident in the lives of those I engaged with, but in my own life as well. Volunteering in this program allowed me to further develop my leadership skills, all the while learning how to interact with children in an instruction-heavy environment, both of which will help me in the future. My acts which demonstrated global citizenship demonstrated how I brought a positive change to the lives of those around me, and my

The exhibition A Fantastic Journey on display at the Brooklyn Museum presents the artist Wangechi Mutu’s collection of art. The exhibition includes paintings, collages, sculptures, sketchbook drawings, and new animated videos. Wangechi Mutu incorporates the Western culture’s influence on her African culture into her modern day artwork, which can be seen when walking through the museum. She explores common issues such as war, consumerism, gender and race, globalization all while focusing primarily with the female African protagonist. An interesting and unique aspect of Mutu’s artwork is her collages. She takes different pieces ranging from magazines and fashion, to National Geographic and creates a hybrid female body consisting of part

When viewing any type of art it is vital to look at the piece as a whole. Though enjoyment can be had by just looking at physical appearance, the true significance of the piece cannot be reached without gaining knowledge of its origins. African art, specifically, to be fully savored must be further investigated to recognize its importance. Willett talks about how to fully interpret African art and how westerns are improperly viewing African art.

Art can be used as a way of reaching out to preach about racial prejudices. “Excuse Me, Can I see Your ID?” is an art exhibit created by Lonnie Lee. Lee is an Asian-American woman who designed this museum as means of showing the harsh truth Asian-Americans face on the daily. ““Excuse Me, Can I See Your ID? is not intended for the white gaze.” (Frank). This exhibit shows what the white-dominated art world does not. Each piece of work tells the story of different individuals and their struggles of what it is like conforming in America where Asians are viewed as “perpetual foreigners”. From one medium to another, the Black Arts Movement, which lasted from 1965 to 1975, was a great impact on society. Following the assassination of Malcolm X, black people came together to protest their liberty. While it had the most effect in theatre and poetry, African Americans spoke their minds through literature, visual arts, and music. Not only reaching cultural recognition and economic success, the Black Arts Movement brought about modern-day hip hop and spoken word.