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For my project, I decided to go to downtown Long Beach and take pictures that expressed the amount of trash that litters the streets. I chose this concept because much of the litter that people leave is that of plastic or paper, both of which are not biodegradable. These items do not break down naturallyContinue reading “WK 6-Art Experiences-Shocking Art!”

I chose this story because my cat is very important to me, since I have always wanted to and finally got the chance to adopt Loki last May. He generally does not show affection, and actually loves to scratch and run away from people, especially males that he is not familiar with. Despite this, heContinue reading “WK 5-Art Experience-Storytelling (Photography)”

Exhibit Information: Artist: Jean IwoharaExhibition: Glass EyesMedia: paintings, sculptingGallery: LBSU School of Art, De Maxine Merlino GalleryWebsite: https://jeaniwohara.weebly.com/ Instagram: Instagram.com/jelly.jean This past week I had the opportunity to speak with Jean Iwohara, an undergraduate CSULB student in the School of Art, specifically the Illustration program. Besides illustrating, Jean loves to sculpt with clay as well,Continue reading “WK4-Art Conversations-Jean Iwohara”

Shown in the images above are the drawings that I attempted to make. Overall, I did have a rather nice time during the ‘Drinking and Drawing’ activity, however it wasn’t the drawing itself that made it fun, it was meeting a few new people and the having fulfilling conversations that made it a good time.Continue reading “WK4-Art Experience-Drinking&Drawing”

My group members and I decided to tape this section off of a brick wall. We noticed these bricks had been stained white and had a rather rough texture, due to what seemed to be weathering, in comparison to the bricks just above the top taped horizontal line, which were smooth. Explaining to the restContinue reading “WK3-Art Experience-Find Art Anywhere”

Creating my own finger painting was a unique experience that I haven’t done since my early childhood. Despite this seeming a childish task to do, I rather enjoyed it for the carefree nature of it. It was actually much easier than I initially expected, since I was admittedly a bit caught up in the factContinue reading “WK2-Art Experience-Finger Painting”

Performing maintenance art around the USU area went well. It was nice to see the students in our class stand around and work together to clean our campus and the sculpture, while also enjoying themselves with friends and socializing. This was especially true for me since I did even meet a few new people andContinue reading “WK1-Art Experience-Maintenance Art”