Small Works Folk Art 1

A photograph, a drawing and a polymer clay sculpture of an angel that has my birth stone.

Reading 2 "The Outsider Art Fair"

Cassandra Cespedes

WARP Section 1

Jerry Saltz on the“Outsider Art Fair — and Why There’s No Such Thing As ‘Outsider’ Art”

I am glad they moved that place and remodeled it, its always good to have a change. I learned in this reading that there have been no great women artists because they had to be trained in a academy. Back then women weren't allowed into academies because they were considered to be pure to look at the nude, I find that ridiculous and unfair. I also can not believe that many museums follow that old patriotic belief. Even outsiders  should have a chance to show what they've got and become great. 

I am ecstatic that they have an Outsider Art Fair for these people, because that is just not right. What if they didn't have money or they feel they already know pretty much just enough to become a great artist. I love seeing new artists and seeing what they can do even if they didn't go to school. There should be no reason to judge them, they can be just as good as someone who did go to school and studied. In this reading I have already discovered new artists I have never heard before.

Reading 1 "The White Bird"

Cassandra Cespedes

WARP Section 1

‘’The White Bird’’ by John Berger

The white bird is a form of art, it can be defined by nature, religion, aesthetics, beauty, emotions and irony. Something so simplistic and yet has so much meaning behind it. I feel the author was trying to show different ways of what the white bird signifies and what art means to him. I believe that John Berger is correct when he says  “ Art sets out to transform the potential recognition into an unceasing one”, I think its so true thats the irony part. For example, the bird its not just a bird, its more than a bird. 

There are so many meanings that someone can get out of art work, as well as feelings. I also noticed there is a comparison between art, nature and beauty. For example, “ Under the fallen boulder of an avalanche a flower grows”. The author said something about “what a given community finds beautiful in nature will depend on its geography and economy” which I think is so true. People in america might find the animals in Africa fascinating and the people in Africa might be tired of them and not find them fascinating.

Creative Impulse: Exercise- Paper Folding

Creative Impulse: Exercise- Paper Folding 

I thought this exercise was fun and very educational.

WARP First Post

Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.