User:CatiaRoss

Bio
I am Catia. I have lived in Washington my entire life and I just moved Seattle. I go to the Art Institute of Seattle. My major is Fashion Marketing.

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

Where my family came from.


 * Research Component


 * week 1

talk with my mom


 * week 2

talk with my dad


 * week 3

research on family


 * week 4

research more on family


 * week 5

work on rough copy of family tree


 * week 6

finsh rough draft on & work on final


 * week 7

work on final product


 * week 8

make pretty with glitter (finishing touchs)

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
Aug. 5th. 2009 The piece I found at Olympic Sculpture Park that really got on the nerves was the Bunyon’s Chess by Mark di Suvero. I hate this piece because I think it looks like he was just playing with huge Lincoln Logs. Even his other piece at the park, Schubert Sonata, I hated. My mission is to research him as an artist and see if my opinion changes in next week C:

Aug 9th 2009 I have researched Suvero a lot more. I still do not like the sculpture that is in the Olympic Sculpture Park though, or any of his other sculptures for that matter. I think they are more of architecture rather than an art piece. I do not like the fact that he comes up with the basic idea and gives other people orders to put it together. I did like the way he came about making his sculptures. He was injured while doing construction. While in rehabilitation he learned to use a arc welder. I found out somethings that did change my opinion of him as an Artist though. I found a piece that I really liked called the "Peace Tower". He has very strong political message. Many of them against Bush, which I loved. I've noticed that he's piece are place in all kinds of place in the world. Mostly in the United States though. My opinion of his sculptures I doubt will change, but my opinion of him as an Artist has. I saw him as an untalented "Artist" when I first came across Bunyon's Chess but after looking at paints and other pieces I now see him as more of an Artist than I did before.

Self-Assessment
During my three months of this General Education class I believe that I did not take out as much out of it as others may have. I feel like the class was teaching people to think “critically”. I already know how to think “critically”. I am all about having my own option and questioning EVERYTHING! Life is not worth it if you believe what everyone tells you. Thinking critically is what gives you personality and makes you who you are. What would the world be like if everyone had the same opinion? I believe the world would be a boring and uninteresting place. I sure there are many first quarter college students who do not have this capability. This to me, is some what depressing. I was always pushed by my family to have my own opinion and express it. I began being taught to think critically in elementary school. Many of my fellow students are either straight out of high school or their parents are paying for them to go to college. In a few of my Previous high school course, opinions seemed to discouraged. Since many of my peers are fresh out of college they my not even be sure what an opinion is. I love having my own opinion being know, that is something this class really oferred. I loved the projects we did as well. I actually enjoyed the sculpture park assignment more than the final project. Overall though I truly enjoyed the class. This class was the only class I did not ditch all quarter. I think this is pretty hilarious considering that this class was my only AM class. Every Tuesday night before class I usually ended up not going to bed until like 2:30 or 3:00 AM. I felt like I had more of an option to chose what I wanted to learn. I really like having the classroom decisions. I like feeling like I can put my own opinion out there. I feel like I took more out of it than some of the students.