Art Blakey

As the visual arts intern at Blue medium—one of the leading art PR firms in NYC—my experience has taught me aspects I could have never learned at a typical PR agency or traditional art institutions. By helping with several ongoing projects of big clients, such as IFPDA Print Fair, The Museum of the Moving Image and Albertz Benda gallery, I learned how an art PR firm operates and how to conduct a comprehensive marketing strategy for arts institutions. To summarize my learning points, here are three

2.1 Art Index and Methodology The case for investment into art and the development of art indices has been at the forefront of the evolution of investing into alternative assets. Databases, indices, and market reports are now essential analytical tools with which art investors can assess financial performance. Over the past few decades, researchers have used different methodologies to calculate the financial returns on art investments, based on public auction records. 2.1.1 General Review There

Collingswood’s essay, he begins with a question on what is a work of art. He defines this idea by asking two questions on the origin of the art (which is not made of altering a raw material) and of the artist. First he discusses the artist, and how the art is composed. He remarks that something is controlling the artist and what it might be and elaborates that it is not the artist skill but the control that is producing the art. This control can be thought of as inspiration but leaves us with the

with oil paints. The canvas was 121.9 cm by 213.30 cm and is currently being shown in the contemporary section at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Joseph Raffael is inspired through many traumatic and reoccurrence with death throughout his life, he says that this affects his art in many way. He traveled a lot during his college years and learned a vast style of art. Joseph always was a spiritual person and says that this inspired many of his nature and simplistic pieces. Often times his pieces come

Art has been a highly valued way of expressing oneself in any culture. Through the use of the artistic skill one can show the oppression that may be felt from society, or to develop a certain style that follows what the culture is up to date with and problems that may need some emphasis to be noticed. Art is not only left for the artistically skilled to do anyone who can develop a thought and can put artistic meaning on their own creative canvas can be considered an artist. Graffiti has been considered

This movement was introduced in the 20th century, specifically in the early 1920s (surrealism.org). Based on my direct observation, both sculptures exemplify the era of surrealism. Thus, Magritte and Brauner at that time had to explore this form of art as well. Meanwhile, these two in the round sculptures have similarities and differences. The similarities of the two sculptures are the following: both medium are bronze, both artistic styles are surreal, both have smooth textures, both shapes

United States offer a variety of arts programs, while other schools may have mediocre to non-existent arts programs. Students in their early years of schooling from elementary to high school depending on whether he or she has an arts education can affect them in the long run. Art programs since the 1980s have integrated into public education, however the No Child Left Behind act has since put the arts in the decline. According to Americans, 93% of them agree the arts are vital to providing a well-rounded

The New Green: Renovating Macon’s Public Spaces Public spaces are areas in the community in which people can come into a common place and promotes community identity. Parks create an environment for the community to reach out to each other as well as creating a public forum for the community. We need to have the community more involved with each other and the best way to create an enriching environment is if the community was able to come and share their many identities to create a unique identity

interest in art and becoming an artist. Art was always in her life because her grandmother and her two sisters always leisurely painted as well. She continued to follow her curious wonders about art at Sacred Heart Academy. By the age of 15, Georgia O’Keeffe had already became an independent driven artist. At her high school, she eventually joined the yearbook staff and became the art editor of the yearbook (“Georgia O 'Keeffe”). After she graduated, she moved to Chicago where she attended the Art Institute

That’s right, spray paint. Many states, including Texas and Florida prohibit selling spray paint to minors. That means that, without an adult, under-age graffiti artists cannot purchase the medium needed for their creative work. Unlike other styles of art, graffiti denotes passionate emotional controversy. Ask anyone to describe graffiti and you are likely to hear anything from vandalized walls full of writings to beautiful commissioned murals. This paper will explore this intriguing creative expression