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This week we explored the idea of graffiti art. Today we see masterpieces being created in alleyways with little attention. Culture has even shifted to try to find and praise these areas. A once rebellious way to express art is coming to light and people like Banksy are using it to say “fuck you” toContinue reading “Week 14 – Art Activity – Graffiti Bubble Letters”

Artist: Micol Hebron Website: http://micolhebron.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unicornkiller1 Micol Hebron is a unique artist. As an expression, she varies in medias and styles. Art to her is a way to implement the change she wishes to see in the world. She began her art in college as a way to cope with trauma of being sexuallyContinue reading “Week 14 – Artist Conversation – Micol Hebron”

This week, I looked for “found materials” to create a work of art. My idea stemmed from the piling up of disposable gloves that I saw often in parking lots due to the pandemic. It was strange to see the little in the street turn from a collage of items to mainly gloves of whiteContinue reading “Week 13 – Art Activity – Sustainable Art”

This week we were tasked with finding artists in a multiplayer game and displaying this work in our blog. I decided to explore the topic of “showcasing personality in a 2-D world” as I searched the Animal Crossing world. chose this topic for a few reasons. One reason was that today more and more weContinue reading “Week 12 – Art Activity – My Virtual Art Gallery”

My goal this week, with my vlog video was to talk a bit about my experience with this pandemic. I accomplished that goal and along the way accomplished another goal of talking to a camera. Starting out this experiment, I wasn’t very comfortable with the idea of talking to a camera. Something about it makesContinue reading “Week 11 – Art Activity – Vlogging”

This week we explored automatic drawings of two varieties – a map of our college and a partnered automatic drawing. In this activity, we were meant to have fun with our subconscious mind. In the first automatic drawing, I felt that. The automatic drawing of the school map was a fun experience. The second oneContinue reading “Week 10 – Art Activity – Automatic Drawing”

Artist: Mahsa Soroudi Exhibition: 7500 MilesWebsite: http://www.mahsasoroudi.com Mahsa Soroudi was born and educated in Iran and moved to Southern California in 2013. Soroudi was exposed to art from a young age, having been born into a non-traditional Muslim family where her parents were more open to the arts. Her father even had his own sortContinue reading “Week 10 – Artist Conversation – Mahsa Soroudi”

a world where there’s no struggle to survivea world where the money cant buy liessomewhere where i can choose to bea success in everyone’s or only my eyes no worry about what to eata secure place to live and to sleepwhere neighbors don’t feel the need to stealcause they too are taken care of andContinue reading “Week 8 – Art Activity – Your Realism is getting in the way of My Romanticism!”

Artist: Giselle DaneshmandExhibition: Flight PS752 / Flight 655Gallery: LBSU School of Art, Max L. Gatov Gallery Website: giselle-davis.com Giselle Daneshmand is currently in the last year of pursing a Master of Fine Arts for sculpture at California State Long Beach University, having graduated with a Bachelors of Arts from University of California, Irvine. He worksContinue reading “Week 8 – Artist Conversation – Giselle Daneshmand”

For this week’s activity we were tasked with exploring a counterfactual identity. To me, this meant wearing something out of the ordinary to present myself in a different way. My name is Yazmin, and I am a Computer Science major. My normal day-to-day dress is probably indicative of my major or at least steers peopleContinue reading “Week 7 – Art Activity – Counterfactual Identity”