1. How has your perspective about art changed throughout the process of organizing your own exhibition?
I think I have a new appreciation for the work I do. During the show people came up to me and told me how much they liked what I was creating, and what it meant to them. MEANING is essential. I want to create work that incorporates this what I feel more that what I think looks good.

2. What would you do differently if you had the opportunity to do it over?
I would start earlier. I feel that if we started planning earlier this could have saved a lot of frustration.

3. If you had unlimited time and resources, what else would you have done to complete your show?
 I would have gotten more promotional stuff. Many people had gotten the dates confused. I would have made more work. I could have also gotten more food. All this stuff could have helped to make the show better. 

4. What was the value of this experience for you?
I learned a lot about time management, teamwork, and being professional. These are things I know I will use in my career and in my daily life. Also I realized the importance of planning. 

5. How could this process be enhanced for future Art 5 students?
I think if there was a schedule the students had to go by it would make the process easier. For example: if Mr. Guyer said that by a specific date the students had to have one wall finished or by a certain date the students had to have their promotional stuff done this could to make the process run smoother. 

6. How well did you promote your show, and how might you have promoted the show even better?
I think it could have been promoted better, but the snow days really made it hard for us. Our cards had the wrong date on them, and we had to change the announcements a couple of times. Maybe we could have just more posters around the school. 

7. How do you feel about the labeling system you used for the work on display?
I think we used a very smart system. Because there were many pieces that had a white surface it didn't look right to have small white labels next to them. The shapes really made the show look clean. 

8. What setbacks did you have to face, and what could have been done to remedy tfhem?
SNOW!! SNOW! SNOW! The snow was a real setback. It confused a lot of people. They didn't know when the show was even with the promotional stuff we did. The date kept changing so it became quite frustrating. We could have just kept a better job of keeping people updated. 

To have Joanna, Alex, and Jinny be the first seniors to have an art show this year was a great idea. They blew it out of the park. I absolutely loved the show. This is the first time that it wasn’t three separate shows, but one cohesive gallery of three artists. Last year, every show I saw was the same. The work was different, but the presentations were the same. Having a collaborated show was perfect. It made me more excited to see the show. The instillation was unique and made me very interested to see more. I love that the artists featured took something common in their work, and used it in a collective unit. Each artist’s work complimented another artist’s work. There were similarities, especially between Joanna’s and Jinny’s work. Alex’s photos are different, but still works well with the other’s work. Overall, I believe the gallery was a great first show for the 2013-2014 year.

Throughout the show a viewer sees several different pieces of JInny, Joanna, and Alex. Jinny has a technical skill I have not seen before. Her work with pen and paper is amazing, but she is also gifted with paint, charcoal, and pencil. Same with Joanna. She is a wonderful artists that has great skill with paint, but she is also great with pencil and charcoal as well. Alex is something else. For his young age, I cannot believe the incredible work he is developing. His images are great and they are very deep. There is so much going on in his work, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from seeing him. All of these are different in their own unique way.

One of my favorite pieces by Joanna was the work with acrylic and colored pencil. Her skill is really portrayed in that piece. She says, “We are more alike than we are different” I think her work speaks this. My favorite pieces Jinny did were her pieces with pen. They are very intricit and they are amazing. I absolutely love them. Alex's photography is very cool. I can't believe how good he is. My favorite Alex pieces’ are the ones at the beach. They are dark, but are so full of meaning. 

   For this project, I struggled greatly because I was not sure what to do with so much freedom. Using my love of "doodling" and trying new things I was able to make 10 works.

One of the pieces liked the most by my classmates was the piece with wood, green paint, and sharpie designs. I combined three mediums I love working with. This piece was also one of my favorite to make. The designs could be considered
random, but there is a pattern created by the strokes of paint. The main focus of this piece were the small designs.

In this piece, I focused more on the painting itself. I love making shapes with the paint strokes and combining different colors to create a work that is versatile. I love the idea of using a color and it's light and dark version. It can create an amazing pallette. I think the reason why this piece was liked so much was because of the design/pattern made.

This was also liked by classmates. This idea came out of nowhere and was thought of on the spot, but I think I can go far with this. I wanted to do a work that repesented the idea of being "broken". So I decided to use Cds. I believe that this work really opened my eyes to what I can put in my art. The way it plays tricks with your eyes and shows colors is somethinig I want to research and hopefully put into my future projects.

My summer work was something that I really tried on, but still believe I could have tried harder on. I was trying to do something like I did last year. I leanred what techniques and styles I'm confortable with. Painting on wood is something that I REALLY LOVE. It's different and I think thw wood can be complimented with the paint. I also realized that I like intricate art. I like detail and art that my eyes can get lost in. The summer work helped me realize that because I would draw something and decide whether or not I want that on my summer work. I also love color. I'm young and want my art to look realistic and elegant, but still fun. That is why I tried to continue with the Maija Fiebig influence. I loved her video and she is a col artist. My summer work also helped me realized that I don't have to work on such a large scale. I felt as if I was intimidated with all the space, and my art will look better if I work on a smaller scale. Doing my summer work helped me realized what to do this year.

Pablo Picasso’s work is pretty cool. I mean I didn’t know what to think if his work at first,  but then I thought, "it’s a little different so who care". Picasso was part of the cubism movement. He did many types: paintings, drawings, sculptures, and ceramics. I think that is kind of crazy, because most artists focus on what type of art, but Picasso stretched his ability. Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. He had a nice childhood. It was good, because his father loved art as well. So, he was supported by his family to purse art. One thing that I think is unique and original about his work is the fact that he makes realistic human figures, like in La Vie, but also then he makes human figures that are distorted and full of color, like in The portrait of Dora Maar. Overall, I think Picasso’s work is different and I love it!

Jackson Pollock is a very interesting artist. His color palette and
techniques are very unique. He was part of the Abstract Expressionism movement. Most of his works are paintings. Pollock said that one of his role models was Pablo Picasso. I love Pollock’s work. The colors are gorgeous. To have splatter painting your signature technique, I think, is fun and a person could never get bored. Each one is similar, but yet very different. Many might not know this, but the scale of his pieces is huge. I have no idea how he makes the pieces so big. One of the reasons why I like his work is because I feel as if it can only speak to artists. Many people will go around and look at the image and think it’s just mess, but people with different perspectives and open eyes will probably look at it differently. Overall, his work I feel is simple, but filled with emotion.

1 This is my fifth year taking art. I never really thought about why I wanted to take it or what I would learn from it. In the beginning, it was just a class to fill my elective slot, but then I realized what art meant to me. Every day in middle and high school I would be so impatient and stressed out during the day, but then I would go to art. I was and still am able to let loose and be a little bit freer. During the years, I learned a lot in art class. I have studied, about literal things, like artists, movements, paintings, sculptures, murals, and more. I have also learned a little bit about shaping my perspective on art. It has taught me to not look at things from one point of view, but to go beyond.

     The amount of art history I have learned in the past couple of years is inexplicable. I know so much about some of the most famous paintings in the world. I honestly believe that the dates, names, vocabulary, movements, stories, I have learned about art history is totally worth it. Because of my knowledge about art history my entire view on art is different. I like the feeling of knowing all the information about a Renaissance artwork when I see it on TV. I like the feeling I get when my parents are in complete awe when I tell them about all the information I know about the Statue of David.  For me, art history was captivating. I am very happy that I got to learn so much about it.

     Coming from a different direction, art has taught me a lot about me. I feel as if in the past two years I have really come alive in art class. My view on art has taken an extreme turn, and because of that I think I take art seriously. Art has taught me to look at things from multiple perspectives, use more of that right side of my brain. I think I am more open-minded and my interpretation of a good piece of art has changed as well. Also, art has taught me to use what I have around me to bring out my creativity. I have learned how to bring my creativity out more easily. It isn’t that difficult anymore. Ken Robinson said, ““My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” This taught me the importance of creativity. I am really happy I got to hear some of his lectures. I have learned that I honestly can say that art has changed me in many ways, and I have definitely become a better artist.