User:Nellroversi-deal

bio
I am in the Culinary degree program and this is my 8th quarter here (last quarter I was in New York doing my Externship at restaurant Daniel). I am from Hawaii :) I plan to have my own catering business one day. When I graduate, I plan to do some extended travel/work in Europe where I hope to learn about traditional cheesemaking practices as well as winemaking. I really want to have the chance to experience the cuisine of different cultures. My favorite dessert is carrot cake. I love to knit (hats and scarves mostly), cook for my brothers, and do gardening (but not in Seattle apparently since I have so far allowed two house plants to die despite my best efforts...but then again maybe Ikea isn't the best place to buy a house plant in the first place) and I love to read. My favorite literary genre (other than cookbooks :) ) is historical fiction.

assignments
PUBLIC ART WALK ~ 1/13/09

'What was the least “public” piece of art you saw today, and why?

This might seem like a strange answer but the piece of art that felt the least public to me was actually the Garden of Remembrance outside Benaroya Hall. Although it was clearly created as a public tribute, there was something that was very delicate and individual about the engraved quotations from soldiers’ letters to home. Reading them, it almost felt as if I was somehow intruding on someone else’s private grief.

''Did you see anything you would not define as art? Why?''

I don’t know about “vertebrae” on Spring and 4th…When something appears to be just twisted metal for people to look at or sit on, it doesn’t do much for me. But then again, I probably wouldn’t have been a fan of dadaism in its day either. Hey, call me old fashioned.

What was something interesting you saw that was not officially on the tour?

I think the fountain in the waterfront park between Union street and the aquarium is beautiful. There is a little monument, also along the waterfront, that I had never noticed before that was very interesting. It is a plaque to the Great White Fleet that apparently anchored in Elliot Bay in 1908 during a circumnavigation of the globe. I also saw some freaky characters in West Occidental Park…

midterm
For my midterm project I researched The Eiffel Tower as an art piece that I find really fascinating. It was interesting to research the tower as a piece of art--I never actually looked at it in quite that way before. I presented a powerpoint about La Tour D' Eiffel in class on week 5.

final
I did my final art project on PEACE. I collected new and favorite quotes on peace and made 23 colorful posters which I put up around Belltown and then documented them with photographs. I presented a powerpoint of the experience in class on Week 10.

reflective assessment
Self Reflection Assignment - by Nell

3/22/09 - Week 11

This class was not what I had expected…I am still trying to discern whether I enjoyed it more or less than I thought I would. Writing about it seems strange…having done everything in a very verbal, visual and integrated way in this class, I feel somewhat disconnected from the sort of textbook academic side of it, which is probably why reflecting on it now in writing seems oddly foreign to me. I thought this class would be more one-dimensional—that it would be teaching me about appreciating art. Well, I suppose it did, in a way, but I actually find that instead it made me incredibly curious about culture. It has made me think not so much about the forms of artistic expression themselves, but about the human emotions that fuel them—about why someone would choose to express themselves through art, and what emotions govern peoples creative expression. Looking at some of the modern art we viewed, I felt like I understood it for the first time. I’ve never really appreciated most modern art, I’ll be honest, but for the first time I found a sort of connection in it. I really enjoyed watching the documentaries of artists like Cristo and Jean-Claude and Andy Goldsworthy. This class broadened my perspective on what is considered art—I have kind of realized, who am I to judge? To admit the truth, I actually found virtually zero relevance to my major of Culinary in this course, but that’s okay. This course was relevant to life, and learning should enrich your general appreciation and understanding of the human experience because you’ll be a richer person for it. Trying to answer the question “what do I have left to learn” is completely insane—what DON’T I have left to learn? In fact, every time I learn something new it only makes me realize how much more there is to learn. My experience and knowledge grows, but the world seems to grow with it, and I will never come close to learning all that I desperately want to know about the world. But, this class definitely made me want to discover more about the history of art—I think a new appreciation for museums is in store for me, thanks to this class. I feel more prepared than ever to see beauty in simply strokes of color, bizarre cubist images, and wacky street performers. Not this class alone, but the juxtaposition of this class with other recent life events have come together for me, and I am starting to develop a better sense of non-judgment and openness to people, artistic expression and the world in general.